Learning from a Felt Need

Students are presented with meaningful, higher-order activities that create the context for learning and build a felt need to learn the lower-order skills.

High Academic Standards

All students are expected to achieve at high levels utilizing the teacher, peers, and other resources to meet with success.

Focus on Higher-Order, OpenEnded Problem-Solving

Problem-solving activities are the focus of the learning environment, setting a context within which to learn lower-order skills.

Student Responsibility for Learning

Students take responsibility for setting goals, scheduling time, utilizing resources, and making other decisions.

Connected Learning

Working Well Collaboratively

Students engage in collaborative problem-solving on open-ended problems with peers, working independently on subtasks.

The Ten Principles Of Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classrooms

Students see learning as being connected, both across the disciplines and to their lives.

Individual Learning Path

Teachers differentiate instruction to meet the needs of each individual learner.

High Social Capital

Students have strong, consistent relationships with adults in school; parents are involved as partners in the learning process.

Technology Infusion
Technology is used as a tool and a resource to support learning and not seen as a goal unto itself.

Global Citizenship
Students understand their role as contributors to a global society and make strides to contribute to the betterment of their world.

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