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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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Elise Heil

Sacred Heart School
Principal
Washington, DC
Elise Heil is the Principal of Sacred Heart School. She gained her first exposure to PZ ideas in 2010 at the Project Zero Classroom summer institute. Since then, she has been actively integrating PZ ideas into the classrooms and culture of her school. Elise is a founding member of DC-Project Zero (DCPZ), a professional learning community of DC-area educators who are dedicated to investigating and implementing PZ ideas. Most recently, Elise has been working with Project Zero researchers on the Children Are Citizens, Making Across the Curriculum, and JusticexDesign initiatives. She has shared her work with integrating thinking routines in the math classroom and building a schoolwide culture of thinking at Project Zero Perspectives conferences and at WISSIT. Recently, she was named “Distinguished Principal of the Year” by the Archdiocese of Washington, DC. She is also a member of the WISSIT leadership team.