Students in environment - based education (EBE) programs such
as expeditionary learning participate in community and fieldwork activities.
TGS is a charter public school in Rhode Island with a focus
on expeditionary learning through the themes of sustainability and environmental stewardship.
As an administrator at a nearby school, Credi is familiar
with expeditionary learning, but he says he saw its impact when Eve was studying American symbols, including the bald eagle.
10, who opened the Alma del Mar Charter School — a K — 8
expeditionary learning public charter school — in New Bedford, Mass., in August 2011, Merseth's course made all the difference when he applied for a charter.
«Particularly in the elementary school, we have a heavy focus on arts integration as it relates to our expeditions --[in depth, content - specific, problem - based learning explorations that are a part of
expeditionary learning],» explains Tonia Vines, a dramatic arts teacher.
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from expeditionary learning to No Excuses to foster the particular character virtues associated with critical consciousness will be uncovered.
Other project - oriented curricula exist for K - 12 schools, of course, but Decatur educators are enthusiastic
about expeditionary learning because it provides a useful and more developed framework to help teachers plan strong classroom lessons, Dude says.
«Kids who have great persistence in their lives, it's because they have personal passion,» said Ron Berger, chief academic officer of EL Education, a group that's working with more than 150 schools across the country to
incorporate expeditionary learning into their curriculums.
At King Middle School and Casco Bay High School, in Portland, Maine, every student works in a widely hailed project - learning method
called expeditionary learning.
We'd been trying to redesign — the middle school was not dual language when we opened it; we had been focused
on expeditionary learning, but not appropriate.
In expeditionary learning, each multi-week lesson plan — called an «expedition» — requires teachers to collaborate as they bring together music, art, math, English, and Spanish, and other subjects into the instructional plan.
All family types (e.g., race, income, location) predominantly preferenced high - performing schools, but non-poor and white students are significantly more likely to choose a specialized program (e.g., dual language,
expeditionary learning, single gender).
In 1993, Outward Bound launched
its expeditionary learning program at ten schools.
But, he says, even though King Middle School and Casco Bay High School score above the state average on standardized tests, there's no way to know how much of that success is due to the laptops,
the expeditionary learning, the collaboration among teachers, or something else entirely.
Both Abde and McCray came to Casco Bay from King Middle School — the nearby early convert to
expeditionary learning.
Sure, King Middle School has some amazing projects, but the Portland school has been refining
its expeditionary learning projects for nearly two decades.
It's called
expeditionary learning, and it builds on the collaborative, interdisciplinary approach of project learning, then extends the effort out of the classroom into the community.
SCHOOLS THAT WORK: PROJECT LEARNING IN PORTLAND MAINE At King Middle School and Casco Bay High School, in Portland, Maine, every student works in a widely hailed project - learning method called
expeditionary learning.
Major Responsibilities: Create a caring environment that promotes risk - taking and innovation for kids; support our mission of high - level technology integration in
a expeditionary learning environment; build greater levels of scholarship, leadership, citizenship, and stewardship in our students.
SAGE is built around real life experiences: project based learning,
expeditionary learning, community service, service learning, and mentorships.
We track
the expeditionary learning experiences students choose.
The school also has implemented
an expeditionary learning model, in which students do major projects as a part of the curriculum and standards are emphasized.
As a project - based school, the high school uses multiple learning modes including long term projects, community service learning, seminars, blended online learning tools,
expeditionary learning, adventure based learning, internships, and community partnerships and mentors.
It took three years to craft a system that incorporated Habits of Work and Sweating the Small Stuff and enabled teachers and students to hold on to the best of
expeditionary learning, growth mindset, and no - excuses schools.
As an Innovation high school started in 2012, Muñiz Academy operates within a social justice framework through three main areas of focus:
expeditionary learning, the arts, and technology.
Parents were pleased with the news that the former Kepner Middle School campus would be replaced with
an expeditionary learning school, but said more needs to be done.
«Our training programs serve all of Georgia and we work to account for various styles of instruction, from project - based learning to
expeditionary learning, and other innovative charter school techniques.»
This year, the district opened a Big Picture high school and
an expeditionary learning high school.
For all the local enthusiasm for this instructional model,
expeditionary learning isn't widely used across the country.
This student's enthusiasm — and simply the fact that a 6 - year - old knew anything about the scientific method — offered evidence of the potential of
expeditionary learning.
One of the strengths of
expeditionary learning is student engagement, adds Principal Greg Wiseman.
But, while successful in Decatur,
expeditionary learning is not for everyone.
As part of a focus on «
expeditionary learning,» students go deep into topics throughout the school year, and teachers make sure to connect that deeper learning to life outside of school.
The school sits on a 17 acre property — creating limitless opportunities for project - based and
expeditionary learning.
Capital City has an «
expeditionary learning» approach, which emphasizes project - based education and character development.
One example is Two Rivers, which has the longest waitlist of any school in the District, with over 1,300 names, and employs
an expeditionary learning approach that appeals to many middle - class parents.
expeditionary learning — Learning through expeditions, including long - term investigation of important questions and subjects that include individual and group projects, field studies, and performances and presentations of student work.
Since then, 49 new district and charter schools have opened in the city leveraging models like Waldorf, Montessori, language immersion, college prep, visual and performing arts, personalized learning, social justice focus, STEM, military, project - based and
expeditionary learning.