Vision

The General Administration of the Greek Orthodox schools in the holy land has a vision towards its teachers and students as following:

  1. Teachers will know their students – As the teacher understands what motivates and engages their students they are able to see each as an individual unique learner whose style of learning can be utilized and catered for to create richer learning experiences for all.
  2. Students will be inquirers – The way students learn to interpret is to question. Through questioning, students learn to create their own interpretations, thus making the information their own. This allows student directed knowledge building and interpretation.
  3. Students will be knowledgeable – Students come to school with different forms of social and cultural capital that when utilized within the classroom context enriches the learning environment for themselves and those around them.
  4. Students will be thinkers – Students will be encouraged to form links between various interpretations of information to their own lives. If students can read, understand, interpret and link a story to their life, then that student can understand more of the world around them.
  5. Students will be communicators – This includes both written and oral communication. Students learn how to write; develop oral communication through question and answer time and presentations and read in many contexts. All this prepares students to effectively be rational thinkers, able to take ideas and either make them their own, or discard them.
  6. Students will be principled – Understanding the moral obligations we have as humans, being able to know right from wrong and appreciate actions create consequences.
  7. Students will be open-minded critical thinkers – Two important aspects of critical thinking are questioning and interpreting. When a student can do these things with freedom, they can critically think through and analyzing thingd.
  8. Students will be compassionate – By encouraging students to look out for each other, others in our community and the world around them establishes principles of service and custodianship.
  9. Students will be risk takers – Establishing a safe and challenging classroom climate is essential for students to feel able to freely think and express their ideas. Making a mistake is not a problem as students are aware that they are perfectly imperfect and learning from this mistake that is important. Problem solving, it’s about life skills that our students need to have.  The ability to think ‘out of the box’ and not simply do what has been done before because it is the common thing to do.
  10. Students will be balanced – A student with balance will be able to understand the highs and lows of emotions and situations and be able to assess their importance and relevance.
  11. Students will be reflective – When students are aware of the connections they are making between learning class tasks and their own knowledge and experiences, they take ownership of this and consider on how it can be utilized in a real world experience.