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Welcome to the blog of Zaq Roberts, Associate Head of School at The Berkeley School in Berkeley, CA. I blog about a wide variety of topics, from classroom moments I witness, to administrative events and conversations, to the educational blogs, videos, and books I am reading and watching, and how they are influencing my thinking. I hope this eclectic approach will give you insight into the many ways that I am engaging in advancing the school and strengthening our program, and I welcome your thoughts and comments!

This blog takes its name from a quotation by Archimedes that reads "Give me a lever long enough, and I can move the world." The TBS mission speaks directly to the need to engage a changing world, while many of the experiences in our program focus on the development of students' agency and authority. TBS is the lever by which we all - administration, faculty, students, and parents - can together move the world to be more humane, compassionate, and responsive. To borrow an important Montessori phrase, it is our way to remake the world.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Today's elementary division meeting warm-up activity

I like to always begin our elementary division meetings with a warm-up activity that gets people involved and engaged with the group, and I try to come up with a new activity each time. For today's meeting, I asked each teacher to complete a sentence, and share their answers. The sentence starters from which they could chose were:

-When I was younger, I wanted to be...

-The best news I've gotten over the past week is...

-The biggest thing I'd like to accomplish before my next birthday is...

-If I could relive one event, it would be...

-A funny thing that happened to me as a child was...

Although some faculty had difficulty selecting which sentence to complete, this activity lead to great stories and lots of laughter all around the table, as we listened to stories of each others' childhood, or learned about the hopes and dreams of our colleagues.
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