Message from the Chair

Greetings
 colleagues 
and
 like 
minded
 educators,

In 
the
 21st 
century, 
it 
has 
become 
apparent 
that 
we 
live
 in
 a 
global 
village. 

And
 in
that 
village, 
we,
 as
 educators,
 have
 a 
responsibility. 
We
 are
 in
 the
 unique 
position 
to
prepare 
the 
following 
generations 
who
 will 
be
 trusted to solve old, 
new, 
and
recurring
 problems 
of society.I 
was 
once 
asked
 by
 a 
preservice 
teacher,
 “What
 is
 the 
golden
 rule 
of 
a 
teacher?” 

Is
there 
just 
one?
 Are 
there 
many?
 After
 naming 
many 
rules, 
I
 noticed 
that
 these 
rules
had 
one 
common 
thread:
an 
educator 
must 
have 
the 
uncanny 
ability
 to
 adapt 
in
response to
 those 
they
 are
 working with.How do 
today’s 
educators 
adapt?
 Change 
brings 
adaptation 
and 
vice‐versa. 
As 
I
heard 
M.
Zaputo 

mention, 
“In 
our 
daily 
lives, 
successful 
individuals 
involved 
in
change 
management
 and 
the
 management 
of 
continuity. “

I 
think
 that 
we 
need 
to 
be
ready 
to 
manage 
the 
continuation 
of 
change.

”For 
this 
to 
happen
 in
 our 
lives, 
we 
have 
to 
be 
on 
the move, to have an open mind,
to network, to meet people who share our passion, and to adopt different approaches.These
 approaches
 must 
be
“innoventing;”
a
 new
 word 
I 
thought 
of 
last 
year .
A
powerful, 
21st
 century 
word 
which 
brings 
together
 innovation
 and
 invention. 
A
live
and
 dynamic 
word
 who
 seeks 
to 
propel 
us
 toward
 the
 pedagogically 
unknown.

Having worked in classrooms, science centres, and labs, all of us at SOSC are
committed to bring together outstanding educators to share, network, and train
in innovention.

The 
responsibility
 of 
solving 
our
 society’s 
future 
challenges
 doesn’t 
lie 
only
 on
 the
next generation.
Every
 educator 
of
 our 
present
 influences
 this
 new
 generation,
 and
the 
future
 rests
 on 
our
 shoulders 
as 
well.

Innoventively 
yours,