{"id":28308,"date":"2025-04-22T11:10:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=28308"},"modified":"2025-04-22T11:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:10:58","slug":"teaching-and-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2025\/04\/22\/teaching-and-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching And Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dr.This message is from MPA\u2019s Office of Admission from the April 22 issue of Inside MPA. Click here to get in touch with Admission and learn more!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, we shared the first video in our Head Of School Conversation series featuring both Dr. Bill Hudson and Dr. Lori-Anne Brogdon. They continue to work together closely as the head of school transition approaches in July, and we\u2019re thrilled to share the second video in the series<\/a> where they candidly talk about their work together.<\/p>\n

Watch “A Head Of School Conversation: Teaching And Learning” here ><\/a><\/p>\n

Set in the Makerspace, they cover the importance of curiosity, rigor with purpose, independent thinking, innovation, learning by doing, supportive teachers, and dreaming big.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think about soft skills that are now the necessary skills, and we talk a lot about challenge, and being able to fail, and being able to get picked back up again by those who are around you or even yourself,\u201d says Dr. Brogdon. \u201cWe\u2019re not willing to explore things that might seem scary or challenging if we don\u2019t know somebody\u2019s going to be around or that we have the stamina within us that someone has helped us to develop to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s the traditional definition of rigor\u2013one that probably you and I grew up with\u2013and then there\u2019s the rigor that we talk about here at MPA,\u201d Dr. Hudson adds. He then asks Dr. Brogdon to share her idea of rigor in MPA\u2019s college prep environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want students to feel appropriately challenged. And so, what I really appreciate about the definition of rigor here is its \u2018rigor with purpose.\u2019 The purpose is for learning, to be a better human. When you\u2019re stepping into a classroom, it should be challenging\u2026but above all, you should be able to walk away and reflect and say, \u2018I learned.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Stay tuned\u2013there is one more Head Of School Conversation to come!<\/p>\n

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