Expected School-Wide Learning Results
Students at School for Independent Learners become self-aware individuals, invested community members, and life-long learners who are thus prepared to thrive in four-year collegiate programs and beyond:
Self-Aware Individuals
- Critically investigate their own understanding and recognize their own strengths and challenges.
- Invite and constructively respond to written and verbal feedback.
- Recognize the difference between mastery and superficial understanding, and prioritize learning goals.
- Devise strategies for the achievement of their personal and academic goals.
Invested Community Members
- Demonstrate respect and consideration for others.
- Are aware of their roles within a community.
- Communicate with diverse audiences using a variety of rhetorical strategies and media resources.
- Use their unique abilities to contribute to the community.
Life-Long Learners
- Value curiosity, creativity, and critical thought.
- Know how and when to work independently, and when to collaborate or seek guidance.
- Use multiple strategies and resources to investigate elements of their world.
- Embrace challenges as opportunities for growth.