Kristyn: CREATIVE
Creative to me means to
be colorful and to think outside the box. There is a grey box in the
center of my square with the word colorful around the box which is meant to
encourage people to think outside the box because it is a colorful world out
there!
Why
did you choose the creativity prompt you did?
I took the word creative and thought about synonyms.
Thinking about your experience today, what is 1 thing you
want principals to understand about Student Creativity and how to foster,
nourish, develop it?
Student creativity is diverse. What they feel is creative is
unique to them and is connected someway to their learning. It is a colorful
reflection of who they are.
Through the experience of today’s session, what
have you learned about creativity for which you see a connection to the work of
a school principal? Explain this in a sentence or 2 (or more).
Creativity will look different to everyone.
Ramona: CONNECT
My square “Connect”. It represents a/the system. The system
is a web where everything is interconnected.
Why did you choose the
creativity prompt you did?
I choose this prompt because everything we do impacts several
other things that we may or may not anticipate it impacting. This requires one
to be creative when a leader is making decisions, making change in an
organization, and determining allocation of resources.
Thinking about your
experience today , what is 1 thing you want principals to understand about
Student Creativity and how to foster, nourish, develop it?
Creativity allows students to look inside themselves. It is an
opportunity to be reflective and expressive in a non-judgemental way. Giving
students an opportunity to be creative allows them to develop critical
thinking, metacognition, and to think about multiple ways to approach their
thinking when it comes to their work. It allows them to expand their knowledge
as they use creativity to develop these skills.
Through the experience of
today’s session, what have you learned about creativity for which you see a
connection to the work of a school principal? Explain this in a sentence or 2
(or more).
It is another way of looking outside the box, to having multiple
perspectives to create a vision based on a common goal. It allows for
collaboration in this process and for individual expression in achieving
organizational goals.
Kimberly: DIVERSITY
The title of my square
is, Diversity. The square not only represents cultural diversity, but it speaks
to the importance of having diversified ideas when collaborating on a common
goal or plan. The colors represent an array of ideas and the hands symbolize
the commonality amongst us all because we have hands!
Why did you choose the
creativity prompt you did?
The reason I chose this
particular word is because I wanted to emphasize the importance of diversity in
various aspects of thinking and collaboration. I felt it was important to show
the collaboration of hands because they reflect the beauty of people of all
working together.
Thinking about your experience
today, what is one thing you want principals to understand about student
creativity and how to foster, nourish, and develop it?
As school leaders, it is
important to allow students to be creative, as well as, reflective of their
thoughts and work, so that they can develop the critical thinking skills needed
to be successful leaders. Students should be allowed to collaboratively create
work that deepens their understanding of a specific concept or idea. School
leaders should provide professional development sessions to instructional staff
that would support them meeting this goal
Through the experience of
today’s session, what have you learned about creativity for which you see a
connection to the work of a school principal? Explain this in a sentence or 2
(or more).
Today’s lesson was an
eye opener for me because I normally do not categorize myself as a creative
person. However, as I pondered more about this, I find that I am creative, but
in a bit of an abstract way. As a school principal, I will use my creativity
for visionary purposes, but I will collaborate with my team to assist in the
execution of our vision.
Jessica: REFLECTIVE
The prompt that I chose was REFLECTIVE. I
believe that as an educator in order to grow and provide our scholars with the
education that they deserve we must be constantly reflective of our craft. Each
child is unique and every class develops its own personality. What works for
one will not always fit the needs of another. What makes sense to us may not be
understood by our scholars. We have to keep in mind our end goal. Our focus is
to help each scholar grow. Continuous reflection and adjustments are needed in
order for this to take place in a way that is most beneficial for our babies.
After the experience today, I believe that it
is extremely important that principals understand how important it is to foster
creativity in our scholars. It is amazing to see how children can comprehend
and take ownership over an learning experience if they are encouraged to
approach the activity in a creative way. Instead of focusing on whether
something is right or wrong, but on what the scholar is taking away from the
experience.
Today’s activity has made me reflect on how if
we allow scholar’s to creatively approach an assignment we as the educator can
see interpretations of the assignment in ways that we previously have not
thought of before. In this way, we allow scholars to own the knowledge that
they are gaining.
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