Often we talk about setting goals, or pushing students to reach their full potential. But for young people to sustain their enthusiasm, and to achieve in meaningful ways, they must be guided by a larger sense of purpose, by an understanding of the impact they can have in the world.

我们经常谈论目标设定和如何推动学生充分发挥他们的潜力。但是，年轻人要保持他们的热情，并且取得有意义的成就，就必须要有一种更大的“意义”感，并且了解他们可以对世界产生的影响。

For two days before the start of the new semester, our faculty continued their professional development workshop led by Ross Wehner, the founder and Executive Director of Boulder, Colorado-based World Leadership School, in an exploration of these questions.

在新学期开始前的两天里，上海宏润博源学校的教师们继续参加了由Ross Wehner先生领导的职业发展研习会，探讨以上问题。 Ross Wehner先生是世界领导力学院的创始人兼执行董事；世界领导力学院位于美国科罗拉多州的博尔德。

“We can’t give what we don’t have,” Ross explained, as much of the workshop focused on faculty members’ own explorations of why they taught and of the gifts they bring to the classroom.

“我们不能给予我们没有的东西，”罗斯解释说。研习会大部分时间都专注在引导各位教师探索他们从事教学的原因，以及他们给课堂带来的独特“礼物”。

Faculty worked in pairs on an activity known as “Golden Thread,” which allowed them to reflect on the contours of their own lives—moments of accomplishment, as well as periods of frustration and growth. “This means being vulnerable, which is hard,” Ross said, inviting everyone to find confidence in the larger journey in which they’ve embarked. Only through such stories can we find sources of direction and meaning, and better identify the strengths we have to share.

教师们结对参与一项名为“金线”的活动，反思自己的人生路线——取得成就的时刻以及沮丧和成长的时刻。“这意味着你们要在搭档面前展现自己脆弱的一面，这很难，”罗斯说；不过这场对于整体人生旅途的反思，也会帮助我们找到自信。只有通过反思并分享自己的人生故事，我们才能找到人生的方向和意义的来源，以更好地认识自己的优势，并与他人分享。

Ross also helped faculty draft a purpose statement, a brief, abstract conceptualization of why we do what we do. The exercise brought forth a wonderful distillation of the talent present at SHBS, and helped clarify how each person can adapt their skills to their work.

Ross还引导教师们起草了自己的“意义”宣言: 一个简短抽象的句子，概要地说明我们行事背后的原因和意义。这个练习帮助上海宏润博源学校教师们提炼出了他们身上所拥有的才华和礼物，并且帮助他们明确了如何将自己的技能运用到工作当中。

The second morning helped link purpose to teaching, and how the two can be combined in creating an engaging environment for students. Ross shared the psychological basis for why we need to move beyond simply “thinking” as learning, and to integrate heart—our emotional selves—as well as hands—our doing, moving bodies—with heads—our analytical minds. The fullness of experience that comes from hearts, hands, and heads, together, expands the basis of students’ relationship to their work, and how they understand achievement.

第二天上午的研习会专注于如何将自己追寻的“意义”与教学联系起来，以及如何将两者结合，为学生创造一个积极参与学习的环境。罗斯还分享了一些心理学研究，告诉我们为什么不能将学习仅仅看作是对”思维“的学习，而是要将我们的心（情感）和我们的手（操作实践）与我们的头（思维能力）整合在一起来看待。来自心、手和头脑结合的完整体验会扩展学生与学习之间的联系，也会拓宽他们对于成就的理解。

Ross also explored how these trends are shaping the future of educational assessment, which has been accelerated all the more by the Covid epidemic. Colleges and universities are seeking self-directed students who can articulate their own learning vision, more so than tests or transcripts. The ability to demonstrate mastery and impact beyond the classroom, especially as we move from an economy of standardization to one of personalization, is becoming the greater means for assessing past work and future potential.

罗斯还探讨了这些教育趋势会如何影响教育评测的未来, 新冠病毒在全球的蔓延更是加速了这一过程。相较于标化考试和成绩单，学院和大学越来越青睐能够自主学习并且能够表达自己的学习愿景的同学。能够展现出超越课堂之外的能力和影响力正成为评估学生过去的学习和未来的潜力的重要手段，尤其是当我们正从标准化经济向个性化经济转型时。 

Faculty used time to discuss concrete ways of developing curriculum and lessons with this in mind, enabled by specific tools provided in their WLS workbooks.

在以上思想的引领下，教师们利用他们在世界领导力学院练习手册中提供的特定工具，讨论了开发课程和设计课堂的具体方法。

From this beginning, SHBS looks forward to continuing to inspire a purpose-driven community—one that embodies and enacts our values of life-long learning and sustained self-reflection. 

以此次研习会为新学期的开端，上海宏润博源学校期待继续激励和打造一个”由意义驱动的社区”，一个体现和实施我们终身学习和持续自我反思的价值观的社区。