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We look forward to learning with you at WISSIT in August!

We know a school can be only as good as its teachers. The best schools are those where teachers continuously improve their practice through collaboration and guided self-reflection.

Three questions guide our vision of WISSIT: What if we were to bring together motivated teachers from a wide variety of schools in order to engage in deep discussion about effective teaching and learning? What if we provided support when they returned to their schools, where they put into place what they have learned? What if these teachers were able to build a school-wide culture of reflection and collaboration with their colleagues?

At WISSIT, you’ll be joining educators from all over the Washington, DC, area, as well as researchers from Project Zero at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.  We will engage in an intensive week-long exploration of two themes, Building a Culture of Thinking and Educating for Global Competence.

See you on Monday morning, August 3!

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Becky Farnum

Sidwell Friends School
Teacher, 6th Grade

Rebecca Farnum lives and works in Washington, DC. She has been teaching for over 14 years in both public and private schools. Becky earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Alfred (NY) University and her Master of Education degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She currently teaches sixth grade at Sidwell Friends School. She is particularly interested in using art in all disciplines to develop students’ thinking. In 2014 she was a learning group co-leader at WISSIT and returns as one for WISSIT 2015.