them Short Term • respecting choice as central January 2020 to learning; • exploring and practicing Goal 1: basic skills; • applying basic skills to real Learn how to life, hands-on learning experiences; learn, for life, by: • fostering the pursuit of genuine interests and passions within the classroom and extending into the community; • making use of community resources, including mentors, learning sites, apprenticeships and genuine work; • encouraging peer learning and appreciation of difference; • encouraging the pursuit of beautiful, challenging, useful work; • appreciating the value of mistakes.
Short Term • engaging in activities of the January 2020
heart, mind and body; • paying attention to learning Goal 2: styles and various intelligences; Discover your • practicing reflection and introspection; whole self by: • playing and laughing, dancing and singing; • encouraging each child to discover his/her own artist within; • developing and discovering individual skills and interests. Long Term • practicing reduce, reuse, January 2020 recycle and composting every day; Goal 3: • thinking globally, acting locally in terms of Live in harmony responsible, sustainable living; with the natural • exploring the ecosystem of environment by: our “backyard” and our role in that system; • exploring the interrelationship of all things; • actively participating in political issues that affect the natural environment.
Long Term • encouraging the January 2020
development of personal values, ethics and a sense of Goal 4: justice; • accepting responsibility for Practice one’s own actions as they affect other individuals and responsible, the knowledgeable immediate and global community; citizenship by: • engaging actively in multi- cultural experiences; • participating in and contributing to the social, political, environmental and economic life of the various communities that touch the lives of the learners; • considering all sides of issues; • exploring the benefits of diversity in the human and physical world.