RIGOR - A rigorous classroom is one that teaches students to understand, analyze, and synthesize complex and challenging content.
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT - Students must be actively engaged for authentic learning to take place.
APS teachers were challenged to videotape a creative, academically rigorous lesson happening in their classroom and describe the video and the learning that took place. From the submissions, four teachers and one administrator were selected to visit the Ron Clark Academy on Dec.8-9, 2016. This blog tells the story of the challenge the teachers accepted and the trip to Atlanta, Georgia!