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Teaching and learning.
Classes. The introduction of our Learning Competencies in conjunction with a focus on authentic assessments has driven classes towards relevant and meaningful learning experiences. Exploring “otherness and voicelessness” by staging a Handmaid’s Tale social experiment was powerful.
Lunch Without Voice
Backwards Design. Enduring understandings and essential questions drive each class and focus each unit, enabling teachers to create purposeful, relevant, and meaningful learning experiences aimed to develop students’ LCs. Authentic assessments such as the Biology Cancer project create life-long learning moments.
I had heard about cancer and seen cancer through the media and through some friends of mine dealing with the loss of a loved one. Yet, I didn’t know what it was. Learning about the biology behind the disease before connecting it to what the disease actually does to people made this project really impactful and impressive.
10th Grade Student
