In support of your work and continued effort to provide our students with quality learning experiences, the Siskiyou Union High School District Board of Trustees adopted Resolution 11-18 at the December 14th board meeting. This is a statement of support for your work and a recognition that you are at the forefront of an effort to prepare our students for the 21st century. This efforts takes time, learning, leadership, creativity, collaboration, and risk.
The Board of Trustees appreciates and stands firmly behind your work and as stated in the resolution:
"The Siskiyou Union High School District commends its teaching and support staff for their learning and efforts, and urges the administration, the teaching and support staff, and the communities to continue in their efforts to provide all students with relevant and engaging learning experiences that prepare them for success in the 21st century."
The Siskiyou Union High School District recognizes that the process of preparing students for careers, college, and citizenship in the 21st century requires our schools to be interactive and supportive learning environments that provide all students with learning experiences that are relevant, engaging, and lead to the development of identified academic standards and interpersonal skills. To bring all students to a level of proficiency with these identified standards and skills, each school must develop projects and experiences that are intentionally planned, provide specific instruction and opportunity to use and develop a variety of skills, and provide students with direct interaction with their communities.
The Board of Education and District Administration recognizes the learning and change that this direction requires of the teaching and support staff. The Board of Education and Administration unequivocally support their learning and development of these important Project Based Learning experiences that will prepare our students for success in the 21st century.
The Siskiyou Union High School District declares:
WHEREAS, all of our students need to be proficient with identified academic standards and identified 21st century skills; and
WHEREAS, students desire to be involved with engaging and relevant projects and activities that allow them to use and develop their talents and interests; and
WHEREAS, Project Based Learning is a proven method and instructional strategy of developing identified standards and identified 21st century skills; and
WHEREAS, teachers need to collaborate with each other and with community members to develop these types of projects and learning experiences; and
WHEREAS, teachers need to learn, innovate, develop new skills, and develop community partnerships in support of the learning experiences for students, and
WHEREAS, in a variety of ways, efforts will be made to identify and enlist the support of community members for community-school partnerships, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Education will provide teachers the autonomy, support, and encouragement necessary to develop these types of experiences for all students; and
WHEREAS, this effort involves a fundamental shift in our structural, cultural, and educational expectations; and
WHEREAS, the future of our high schools and rural communities depends on the preparation, involvement, and success of our schools and students,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Siskiyou Union High School District has adopted this Resolution in support of a Project Based Curricular focus, in support of the learning and implementation efforts of our teaching and support staff, in support of the development of community partners to support the learning experiences of our students, and in support of the future of our students and rural communities.
The Siskiyou Union High School District commends its teaching and support staff for their learning and efforts, and urges the administration, the teaching and support staff, and the communities to continue in their efforts to provide all students with relevant and engaging learning experiences that prepare them for success in the 21st century.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of December, 2011, by unanimous vote.
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