If I ran our school system...

Vision for my school

 

School will be engaging, individualized, and purposeful for all participants through real world experiences that prepare and empower us for the future. 

 

If I ran our school system learning would be experiential and connected to the real world.  Students and staff would be physically and technologically outside of the four walls that make my classroom.  Learning would be application based and meaningful to our students. 

 

Teachers would develop learning experiences and opportunities for student learning in the real world.  Teachers would front load some learning and would look for student learning requests and inquiry.  Teachers would work to bridge school and home by inviting families to join their children at school regularly to learn about their child’s learning, progress, areas to develop, and to learn how to support their child in their learning (and there would be food).

 

Students would set goals and learn based on their needs and inquiry.  Their learning would be purposeful (have a need to learn information to apply to real situations).  Students would be engaged.   Students would be empowered to make selections and be part of their learning path. 

 

Assessment will be formative with students being part of and using the formative assessment and self reflection to drive next steps in their needs and learning.  Summative assessment will be in the form of the end product or project.

 

Technology will be used in many ways.  Technology will help make learning more efficient and effective.  It will help students to access information, communicate, and connect students, teachers, and parents to real life situations.  Technology will also help us capture learning and transform learning into new ideas.

http://teach.oetc.org/oregon/multimedia/project-based-learning-web

 

I can dream? Right?