Target… According to Charlie Brown

Target… According to Charlie Brown

Eastvalley’s Target Team:

Sarah Covington and Stephanie

Clatterbaugh

Try not to have a good time…

Mission: To prepare gifted students for an ever-changing global marketplace where innovation is key and where they must be self-reflective, goal-oriented problem-seekers and solvers

I want to know about life…

“Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” - Oprah Winfrey

There is no greater burden…

• Second Grade: P.A.C.E.

• Third and Fourth Grades: Audrey Aims, Art Conservator

• Fifth Grade: Invention Convention and S.T.E.M.

The answers to life…

Well, you know the old saying Charlie Brown…

I have a feeling…

In the book of life…• Student engagement• Class meetings• Cognitive and affective

components• Performance-based

instruction• Focus on logical and

creative problem solving• Technology integration• Research• Independent and

collaborative• Brain-based practices

For after all, he was only human…

• Task commitment/personal best

• Short and long-term projects

• Cooperation• Individual

accountability• Homework/Weekly

Question

You mean you’re going to send the same form letter…?

• Blog• E-mail• Phone calls• Conferences

What is STEM?STEM stands for a cluster of careers in the fields of:

ScienceTechnologyEngineeringMath

In Other Words...

STEM careers :Search for new information, methods, and ways to do and understand things better Work to effectively and efficiently solve the world’s problemsRequire you to innovate, create, & discoverRequire you to ask why and how about things that need to be built, invented and designed

ScienceTechnologyEngineeringMath

LEADER IN ME

Questions?