Our HOPE teachers wear many hats! Thank you for working in partnership with us in ‘growing your young people’.

We are:

• Providers of information we build on students' prior knowledge and move them toward a deeper understanding of the subject at hand. 

• We role model: being an adult; being a christian; being a human being. Many students often have more contact with their teachers than their own parents, so we try to always reflect a positive image and teach children things like respect, trust, and responsibility.

• We must assess each student's growth and mastery of the lesson objectives. We are able to recognize patterns through assessing our students and then plan our lessons to meet our students' needs. 

• We must be expert planners, both on paper and in our heads! We never know what may happen that will derail a current lesson plan, so we need to have backup plans available to pull at a moment's notice. 

• We are developers of resources - making worksheets, designing assignments, creating PowerPoint presentations to go along with lessons. We work hard  to provide differentiated learning opportunities and deliver learning in an authentic and meaningful manner.

• In addition teachers are also event planners, rule enforcers, ‘travel agents’, ‘tour’ guides, resource purchasers, counsellors, first aid givers, sport coaches, team co-ordinators, shoulders to cry on, production managers, learners… the list goes on.

We are ‘called’ to HOPE to support the mission of the school, each playing our part as we strive to  provide an excellent Christ centred education. 

I am blessed to work with a team of educators who are committed to their craft, are humble and real, who ‘teach for the heart’, and who choose to love your children (even on the days when they may not be acting very ‘lovable’.)  I believe that I can speak on behalf of all of our staff in saying that one of our prayers is for God to work in each of us to develop the following traits, so that we can have a significant and lasting impact in the hearts and lives of the young people that you entrust into our care.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering (patience), gentleness (kindness), goodness, faith, meekness (gentleness), temperance (self-control): against such there is no law. Galations 5:22-23

But, Learning isn’t just influenced by teachers, the classroom, the tools, or curriculum. While teachers are responsible for creating a productive learning environment, parents play a critical role in ensuring a child shows up at school ready to learn. As parents you can support us in our work by: Normalising and supporting the challenges that come with learning; Keeping  your relationships with your kids strong; Helping your children adapt to the expectations and structures that ‘are’ school; keeping your own relationships with teachers on track; supporting the school schedule, routines and expectations; helping create routine, structure and play time out of school hours; supporting your children with challenging peer interactions and keeping the lines of communication open between school and home.

Cheryl Flight