Our+other+models

This is the place to post your own version of our expectations — whether you feel it is complete or is still under construction. Please comment on your own and other people's versions, using the discussion tab, but let's leave the various versions intact for the time being and let's just paste one below or above the next.

Larry's model, including a draft mission statement (i.e., the brief narrative) as well as expectations):


 * Mission Statement:**

The Bedford High School community will help students to develop both specific task- and discipline-based skills, along with broader abilities enabling them to derive meaning from information. Students will gain proficiency in specific disciplines, knowledge-bases, and cognitive/creative/expressive strategies, but will also place learning in the context of their own lives and interests, as well as in the larger contexts of their various communities and the world beyond, as they move towards both greater independence and a deeper understanding of the interdependence shared by us all. Strong communications, problem-solving, and technology skills will be essential as students strive to share insights and perspectives with others in a variety of settings. and in relation to many different real-world needs and situations.


 * Expectations:**

Students will:

Analyze and synthesize information and ideas (A)

Communicate effectively in a variety of modes and settings (A, S)

Understand and respect alternative points of view and frames of reference (A, S, C)

Identify and solve problems using a variety of strategies (A, S, C)

Develop and apply imagination and creative strategies in a variety of realms (A)

Assess achievement, understanding, and the learning process using a variety of feedback (A)

Develop and apply models and strategies for sustainable, healthy living (C, S, A)

Demonstrate flexibility in working cooperatively, collaboratively, and independently (A, S)

Use a variety of technologies effectively, fluently, and appropriately (A)

Carry out extended inquiries for discipline-based, problem-centered, and self-determined purposes (A)

Identify and explore opportunities for (community)-service-based learning (C)

Act with a sense of well-considered responsibility for self and others (S, C)

Develop — and act from — a sense of combined independence (individual efficacy) and interdependence (limits, connections, complex relationships) (S, C, A)