Six teachers from Wilson attended the NJAIS (New Jersey Association of Independent Schools) conference this week held at Pingry School. What a wonderful experience for teachers to have the opportunity to learn and share what they do in their classrooms with other professionals!
We heard two keynote speakers: Angela Duckworth, who discussed the importance of self-discipline over IQ in long-term success in school as well as in life after school; and Rob Evans, who reminded us of the new and persistent pressures that parents feel about their children and the anxiety that this causes. Variously, the teachers attended workshops on technology use in the classroom, greening and sustainability ideas to enhance the curriculum, the waning popularity of French, storytelling, and other topics of particular interest to individual teachers.
Everyone returned enthused with new energy and encouraged that we too are doing wonderful things in the Wilson classrooms. Many thanks to the teachers who held the school together while we were gone, and to the substitutes who did a great job.
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