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Enhancing Academic Excellence
Interdisciplinary Education
Interdisciplinary Education
Interdisciplinary Education
Introducing curriculum that naturally extends into learning environments of Nature, Art, and Community that promote academic and interpersonal excellence and prepare students for a life of learning.
Mission
Interdisciplinary Education
Interdisciplinary Education
We braid nature, art and community within a robust educational framework and ground our model in collaborative instruction, project and inquiry-based learning, nature-based learning and integrated curricular practices.
Method
Interdisciplinary Education
Method
Our educators, community artists, and naturalists co-design curriculum, conduct reflective, qualitative evaluations of student learning, and assess students’ proficiency in relation to the Iowa Academic Standards.
Empowering Educators
Innovating and Designing Individualized Instruction
- Meeting children at their own pace and level
- Encouraging children to discover purposeful engagement
- Tracking in-depth exploration and expression
Collaboration and Co-teaching
- Collaborating with visiting experts for integrated instruction
- Co-teaching with colleagues
- Revealing multiple perspectives through co-creation
- Culminating knowledge artifacts and presentations/exhibitions
Documentation and Reflection
Documentation and Reflection
- Ongoing documentation of students and by students.
- Reflective revisiting with colleagues and students
- Fridays devoted to professional development, documentation review, planning, and building student portfolios