School Design
As part of my work here with the HTH GSE, I was asked to engage in a thought experiment - if I had the power to design and build a school, what might that look like? Trying to balance a bit of theory with concrete practicalities, this is what I came up with:
New Charter School (NCS) employs a relationship-based model where we explicitly teach students from historically underrepresented groups the social-emotional skills they need to handle the obstacles that their outside lives put in front of them, so that they are better able to make academics a priority. We then incorporate a student-centered, collaborative learning design philosophy to create, test, iterate, and improve upon our academic classroom teaching practices to give students the skills they need to be able to open up opportunities to make any career decisions that best suit them in an unknown future. And strong community and career connections give students real-world work experience, letting them know - without doubt - that they can be successful in any professional field, and in their personal lives, as well.
For more details on my school design plan, feel free to download my summary below.
New Charter School (NCS) employs a relationship-based model where we explicitly teach students from historically underrepresented groups the social-emotional skills they need to handle the obstacles that their outside lives put in front of them, so that they are better able to make academics a priority. We then incorporate a student-centered, collaborative learning design philosophy to create, test, iterate, and improve upon our academic classroom teaching practices to give students the skills they need to be able to open up opportunities to make any career decisions that best suit them in an unknown future. And strong community and career connections give students real-world work experience, letting them know - without doubt - that they can be successful in any professional field, and in their personal lives, as well.
For more details on my school design plan, feel free to download my summary below.
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