Strategies for Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
There
is no longer one way to solve all the issues that face us in
the area of education. Teaching is without a doubt one of the
most challenging careers that exists today. The job is much
more complex than most people outside the profession can envision
because the extremely important role of teacher now encompasses much
more than just the sharing of content.
Students
today enter the classroom with more challenges than in
years past. Many come from homes that lack
positive role models. Most teens are media savvy
and appear worldly on the surface but this often covers
up the fact that they still lack the skills, maturity,
and guidance to not only succeed in school but also to
cope with life in the 21st century.
Teachers
must act as counselors, entertainers, mentors, role
models and friends while still maintaining the
appropriate distance, teaching the content material,
handling all the changes technology has brought to the
classroom, dealing with parents who often have negative
feelings about teachers from their own educational
histories, and meeting the constantly changing standards
and laws that are imposed on a frequent basis.
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We at
Horizon Enterprises offer several tools for both the
educator and his/her students
With over 35 years
in the field of education both in the public and private arena, the goal of
Horizon is to seek out and share strategies that have been successful in the
21st century high school setting. We seek to provide tools to support
one of the country's most challenging and important jobs with the ultimate
goal of helping students succeed.
Strategies for Success Curriculum
A leadership/success program for
high schools written after the tragic events of Columbine High
School which positively changes the lives of the students who
take it. Now in its seventh year, this program was
recently the recipient of Certificate of Special
Congressional Recognition by the United States Senate.
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Teacher Resources
including books, TeleSeminar and audio training in easy to
download format or CD.
"I created
the Strategies for Success program after
one of my students who was bullied
committed suicide.
I felt that if students had a class
where they could learn how to cope with life's challenges,
including schoolwork while having the opportunity to learn
the strategies of the world's most successful people - goal
setting, leadership skills, team building, study skills,
financial literacy - then they would not feel the need to
bully. And those who were bullied would have the tools
to cope successfully without resorting to extreme measures."
Marianne
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