BIG IDEAS

Big Ideas!

Students

Have input on learning time and place, classroom routines, and restorative conversations
Are empowered to make choices in topics, texts, and process to take a meaningful leap in learning.
Own cognitive load and have time to read, write, talk, and apply concepts in authentic ways and with the community.
Have meaningful input in school decisions and culture.
Feel trusted to make decisions about their learning and being.
Know where to go for support with self awareness, self management, relationship skills, social awareness and decision making skills.
Advocate for their needs in the areas of with self awareness, self management, relationship skills, social awareness and decision making skills.

Educators

Are empowered to make instructional and operational choices based on local students’ needs including resources, budget, finances, use of time, hiring, and learning to make innovation grow.
Are engaged in high quality professional learning and expected to innovate professional practice.
Are empowered to make choices in topics, texts, and process that launch innovation in practice that improves student experience.
Experience distributed leadership and authentic opportunities to lead for student agency, equity, and innovation.
Feel trusted to make decisions by community.

Students

Feel known, seen, and heard as learner and person.
Co-create and have clarity on community expectations that promote learning and belonging.
Reflect on personal actions to build a culture of belonging.
Experience strong partnership with teacher for learning.
Experience challenging, engaging and power promoting learning.
Learn in a environment that is safe to ask questions and take risks.
Name and reflect on the learning process.
Experience learning that is relevant to (student) life and culture and that gives windows into other cultures.
Experience units of study that have authentic opportunities and tasks to promote social justice in the community.

Educators

Feel known, seen, and heard as learner and person.
Engage in conversations and self-reflection that examine equity data across race, class, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability, and language.
Act to ensure equity, inclusion and belonging for each child.
Experience strong partnership with leaders for learning.
Experience challenging and engaging learning.
Work and learn in a environment that is safe to ask questions and take risks.
Build agency in culturally responsive practice in areas of personal awareness, accessing information, and creating a community of learners.
Engage in affinity groups with colleagues.

Students

Provided space and time to think, create, try things differently to show you are learning and growing.
Understand and use design thinking and other critical thinking routines.
Benefit from teacher understanding of best practice in learning, agency, equity, and innovation
Create and make products similar work of readers, writers, scientists, mathematicians, artists, citizens, and social justice champions.
Experience culture that promotes peer encouragement and accountability to take huge leaps in learning.

Educators

Provided space and time to think, create, try things differently
Encouraged to make school look different for children in the areas of time, tasks, assessment, collaboration, and culture
Adjust practice using design cycles
Experience Learning Laboratory experiences to learn and see innovative practices in the Zone
Experience motivating peer collaboration, feedback, and opportunity for revision
Work in a culture that understands that planning time is critical for innovation