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Descriptors
for a Learner Centered School
- Learning styles
and differences are honored
- Development and
delivery of age-appropriate curriculum with benchmarks and assessments
- Students working
together
- Self-directed
learning opportunities: students initiate learning projects via
personal learning time, senior projects, middle school honors
projects, independent studies, community service
- Teacher guided
instruction: as opposed to teacher driven instruction
- Personalized
Learning Plans
- Portfolios
- Active/hands-on
learning
- A documented
system for learning outcomes and learning goals
- Development of
rubrics for assessment
- Learning takes
place in multiple environments
- Promotes a positive
learning community
- Students are
guided to take responsibility for their own learning
- Advisor/Advisee
program
Descriptors
for Autonomous Learning
- With teacher guidance, students
become responsible for their learning and for the learning environment
- Goal setting is an expectation
- Commitments are met
- Students are curious about and
engaged in exploring the world around them
- Students are:
- self-directed
- problem solvers
- organized
- self starters
- self advocates
- team players
- self-reflective
- Students seek opportunities
to learn
- Students learn to work through
obstacles
- Students learn to integrate
knowledge
- Students are intrinsically motivated
- Students take initiative
- Students know how to find the
resources needed for learning
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