Conferring and conferencing for the purpose of goal reflection, progress monitoring, and planning next steps in learning. This can occur with educators, peers or other experts.
Learners are provided opportunities to engage with content through various cultural lenses and perspectives, and draw from their own cultural background to build their learning.
Learners follow interests and passions that move beyond the accumulation of content knowledge and towards deep exploration of topics driven by curiosity, personal relevance, and wonder.
Evidence of learning is a balanced assessment system used throughout the learning process through varied means such as performance, application, demonstration and student interaction.
Promote a safe and welcoming environment where all learners have the opportunity to be included in the general education classroom, regardless of cognitive or academic level and where individual differences are valued, embraced, and evident.
Learners engaging in daily opportunities to practice and grow in skills and dispositions needed to be successful in life and work.
Learners make intentional and purposeful choices about what they learn, how they learn it, and/or how their learning is demonstrated.
Learners can freely ask questions and provide ideas/input that drives what they learn, how they learn, and/or how they demonstrate their learning.
Progressions outline competency across a skill, concept or standard. They provide a roadmap to support flexibility in pace and learner agency.
Instruction is offered using a variety of methods and modes in response to learner profiles.
Learners and educators co-develop purposeful, personalized goals to provide benchmarks and add focus, clarity, and commitment to learning.
A learning configuration that exists in order to provide targeted instruction based on readiness, needs and interests of learners.
Learners understand and articulate how proficiencies/ competencies align to standards and drive their learning experiences.
Frequent and actionable feedback from educators, peers and/or other experts that empowers the learner to execute next steps on their learning progression.
