1. School Idea
Andrea Stadler

3. My mission
I want to empower each child to understand who they are, find their passion, find their strengths, learn about the real world and understand how they can contribute in a positive way. This will help them understand how they can successfully be part of creating a better future for everyone.

4. How I’d like to do this?

5. By working together….
School
Parent
Student
Facilitator
Community

6. By learning about the student
Learning style
Interests
Strengths / Weakness
Goals
Culture - background
School will need to know the student PERSONALLY, in order to make the right match with the facilitator and to create their path through the curriculum

7. Things I know well…

8. The curriculum - Skills
ISTE 2016:
Global Collaborator
Creative Communicator
Computational Thinker
Innovative Designer
Knowledge Constructor
Digital Citizen
Empowered Learner
21st century:
Info fluency
Critical Thinking
Design Thinking
Entrepreneurial thinking

9. Competency Based
Students will be given several culminating projects to fulfill where they will be showing both academic fundamentals as well as skills.
Students will go through academic fundamental levels based on their progress and not on their age or on their classmates.
Individualized
Blended learning

11. If I started a school… This is what it would look like

12. Basic Foundation Stage (known as elementary)
Based on readiness of both academics, skills, and maturity. Facilitators will be able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the students place them in learning groups based on their readiness.
Project-Based Learning
Play
Exploration of their environment
Curiosity projects
Makers
Global Citizenship 1
Fundamentals of:
math, literacy, P.E., coding
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Students will graduate from Basic Foundation Stage when they demonstrate a solid understanding of the basics in Math, and literacy as well as a degree of the skills so they can be successful in the next stage.

13. Exploration Stage (known as middle school)
Based on readiness of both academics, skills, and maturity. Facilitators will be able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the students place them in learning groups based on their readiness.
Project-Based Learning
Exploration of (integrating literacy, arts, innovation, empathy etc.)
An historian
A scientist
An artist
A musician
An entrepreneur
Curiosity projects
Makers
Global citizenship part 2
Continuation of:
math, literacy, P.E., coding
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Students will graduate from Exploration Stage when they demonstrate a sense of being a self-directed learner with a variety of experiences gained through this exploration period. Their skills need to be solid so they can be successful in the next stage.

14. Culminating? Stage (known as high school)
Based on readiness of both academics, skills, and maturity. Facilitators will be able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the students place them in learning groups based on their readiness.
Internships
Real Impact Projects
Social Entrepreneurial Start-ups
Global citizenship part 3
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Students will graduate from this stage when they demonstrate a solid understanding of how to use the 21st century skills and their academics to contribute to make the world a better place.

15. Global Citizenship 1 – their near surroundings
Students will have explored the 17 UN goals and see what others have done to contribute.
Based on the UN goals: students will be shown how they can contribute to a better world by changing their habits on these
Reduce, upcycle, reuse, recycle (12)
Urban sustainability (11)
Responsible water use (6)
Life below the water (14)
Life on land (15)
Will chose 1 that will Impact the life of someone in their community (1-5)
Assessment: Facilitator and students will continuously work together on this project to ensure quality. The community will also help determine if a project is successful.

16. Global Citizenship 2 – their community
Students will continue to explore the 17 UN goals and what others have done to contribute
Students will explore the history and science of the goals.
Students will explore the complexities of the goals
Students will choose a goal or two to take action within their community.
Assessment: Facilitator and students will continuously work together on this project to ensure quality. The community will assess if the project has been implemented successfully and is sustainable.

17. Global Citizenship 3 – their world
Students will choose new UN goals they have not explored previously – or continue a passion goal. They will create a project together with their network, to create high impact.
Students will be asked to work with a representative of the UN or UNESCO or an important ORG on their project or on a project.
Students will use design thinking, makers, and all their previous skills and academics to create this.
Assessment: Facilitator and students will continuously work together on this project to ensure quality. The student will present their project at a conference of influence, to share and broaden their ideas.

18. Internships
When students enter the culminating stage, they will be asked to explore their interests by doing internships.
Their internships will provide them with a real view of what the work involves. The school and company will create a plan that allows the student to see ALL the levels of the company from mailroom to CEO.
The student will have to apply for the position by explaining what they wish to learn and what they hope to get from the experience, and how they will contribute to the company.
The student, the facilitator, and the company will come up with a project that the student will have to present at the end of the internship. The student will know the expectations and passing criteria of the project. The student will get regular feedback from their facilitator and company as to their progress on the project. The student will present their project to the community including their facilitator and company facilitator. Student, facilitator and company facilitator will assess the project.
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19. Our Infrastructure
Zero bought resources: Upcycling will be the main theme. All furniture and resources will be donations that we upcycle. Students and facilitators will continuously make the building better as they come across needs and find solutions that do not need budget. Schools will partner with companies who are willing to donate old equipment for our schools to use (arts, science, labs, P.E. equipment). An upcycling store run by the students will help fund equipment needed.
Zero Carbon building: a company of choice who will partner with the school, will get the carbon credits from the school. Students will learn how our building works.
Students will always have a voice on how to make our infrastructure a better one. Student led organizations will help implementations.

20. Mindfulness
Students will be asked to take several classes on mindfulness
Students will be taking classes to make them think about their purpose in life.
Students will be taking classes to make them see within them
(these classes are nonsecular)

21. Our facilitators
Each student will be given a facilitator for each stage. This facilitator will
Assess the student as a whole
Will recommend learning groups
Will help through projects
Will regularly check-in with students
Will guide them through their learning
Each facilitator will have 5-6 students to oversee

22. Our experts
Our experts are people who understand how to teach their expertise to a range of students through:
-interdisciplinary projects (collaboratively with other experts)
Project based learning
Gamification
Differentiation