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Terrarium is like a self-sustain agency. It provides the environment to support growth and for one to thrive in.

We leverage on stakeholders (parents, external agencies, air and atmosphere) and people in the agency to provide the supportive environment.

More choices could be provided, and we teach responsible choice-making so that students know that every choice comes with its consequences, and that we have to bear it.

Less structured ways of measuring success, of how we define or how we view successes.

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Picture shows T (a teacher), with coffee and laptop.

Students (not shown in picture) being self-directed are busy outside the CRs (exploring themselves) doing their work.

Teacher is a facilitator and monitors visually and through IT devices.

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AiA: Possessing the dispositions/qualities to effect a change or have an impact on others

Leverage/Capitalise:
1. Standardised curriculum provides some form of control and quality, and opportunities to work together.
2. Positive school culture
3. Technology

What could we do more of:
1. TWA (to be willing to let go of school responsibilities temporarily)
2. Exposure: for eg exposing staff and students to the demands of the future job market/future (to help students to plan ahead)
3. Possibility of working with external partners to get real life experience like work internships

What could we do less of:
1.

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What should we leverage or capitalise on?
Niche skillsets (strengths) and people's passion. Communication into Collaboration.

What could we do or have more of?
Deeper TSR with students (through positive communication e.g. validating and understanding each other's feelings and perspectives)
Vision casting: allowing teachers and students to understand the why of things.
Safe environment for students and teachers to try and to learn from their mistakes.
MORE GROWTH MINDSET

What could we do or have less of?
Handholding, less judgement.

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Teachers as agents(secret) that adapt to the situation behind enemy lines (going in blind), ever learning and ever coping to ensure mission success.

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1. Teachers’ growth and experience, role modelling for students.

2 & 3. Adjusting the mode of assessments to better gauge our students. Assessment as a formative approach rather than a summative approach.

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We should capitalise on global events that change social landscape such as covid

More of: we could have more of time to unlearn, re-learn and reflect on new pedagogies. Less of "just-in-time" info so that we can plan ahead and its less disruptive. And more welfare such as snacks in pantry to fuel our minds. And more recognition for small victories, and looking at mistakes as "learning opportunitirs" so that people are encouraged to innovate

Less of: We can have less of administrative work that takes away from preparation and reflection.

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'Muddy' after being polished through the agency will become 'pearl'

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PASSION
ICT
VALUES
More teacher, smaller class size
More Flexi adj for relief of teachers workload

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- Tap on interests, knowledge, skills, talents, creativity of colleagues & students.

- Have more collaboration, interdisciplinary work, synergising, communication.

- Have less isolated, repetitive work.

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Agency in Action:
It’s in our hands to mould the students into the unique individuals which they are. As we lovingly let them go out into the world, they will create their own ripple effects in future.

Riding the Waves:
Positive school culture - good discipline, gracious community, good collaboration amongst ourselves and stakeholders

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Releasing the birds (teachers) to the sky (sky is the limits)

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Leverage & capitalise the current strength - Culture of trust - transfer this set of trust to our students. Trust the students that they eventually will take initiatives in learning by building positive teacher-student relationship. Capitalise DI - through designing of assessment, Give students more autonomy, but with high support & guidance.

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What could we do or have more of?

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#Evolution #Revolution #Transformation