{"id":724,"date":"2018-02-02T10:18:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T15:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/?p=724"},"modified":"2018-02-02T10:18:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T15:18:33","slug":"integrity-not-just-another-buzzword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/2018\/02\/02\/integrity-not-just-another-buzzword\/","title":{"rendered":"#Integrity: Not Just Another Buzzword"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new semester started on Monday and I don&#8217;t know about you, but I am so excited!\u00a0 My students made incredible <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1ZLNq6xUR5lXPetnHrOkHbUdQpiE-i7Fm\">gains<\/a> last semester &#8211; and I can&#8217;t wait to see what students will accomplish during second semester.<\/p>\n<p>My vision for students in my classroom is three-fold:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students should take ownership of their learning.<\/li>\n<li>Students should hold themselves accountable to a high standard.<\/li>\n<li>Students should have integrity in their thoughts, words, and actions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It goes without saying that as their teacher, I have these expectations for my students.\u00a0 However, it is not enough.\u00a0 Students <em>also<\/em> need to believe in the importance of owning their learning, holding themselves accountable, and demonstrating integrity in every facet of their life.<\/p>\n<p>To help guide them on their journey, I have included this semester&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16hFitrJbo8qUYD_OMdqRzlxWMrOihvWf\/view?usp=sharing\">Academic Integrity Contract<\/a>.\u00a0 It is vital that students shift their focus on learning, and stray from the paralyzing shackles of &#8220;getting good grades.&#8221;\u00a0 If students are learning, the grades will happen.\u00a0 But if students are not learning, or are developing bad habits and cutting corners,\u00a0 all the &#8220;good&#8221; grades in the world will fail to prepare them for life after high school.<\/p>\n<p>Integrity is not just a buzzword people use to define good character &#8211; it is a way of life.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/p4cdn4static.sharpschool.com\/UserFiles\/Servers\/Server_2296256\/Image\/AICMaci0001.jpg\" width=\"413\" height=\"305\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new semester started on Monday and I don&#8217;t know about you, but I am so excited!\u00a0 My students made incredible gains last semester &#8211;&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/2018\/02\/02\/integrity-not-just-another-buzzword\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#Integrity: Not Just Another Buzzword<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1798,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}