HSLI staff: a community of professional growth.
HSLI staff members actively work together to create a community focused around honesty, humor, collaboration, and excellence. All staff members participate in twice-monthly meetings that staff members themselves facilitate. Meetings cover everything from personal reflection, specific "shout-outs" for work that goes above and beyond, examining paths and roadblocks to honesty, personal goals, school-wide vision and operations, getting to know each other as the year goes on, and having fun. It may seem simple, but this kind of purposeful community-building is what leads to outstanding teamwork and exemplary results.
Teachers also meet every day in common planning. Four days a week, teachers meet for 45 minutes while the students have lunch, and on Fridays, the teachers meet for two hours while students attend arts-based classes. Teachers use their time to deepen their practice, give each other feedback, look at student work and data, and share effective planning and strategies.
High School of Language and Innovation
Christopher Columbus Educational Campus
925 Astor Avenue, Bronx, NY 10469
Christopher Columbus Educational Campus
925 Astor Avenue, Bronx, NY 10469