In LISD, students and staff work collaboratively to ensure student ownership of learning in a supportive environment.
- Students and teachers collaborate to establish procedures and expectations for an ideal learning environment such as class purpose and social contracts.
- Teachers work with students to establish standards for quality work expressed in terms students understand.
- Students self and peer assess to determine where they are, where they need to go and what they need to do to get there.
- Students Collaborate to help each other learn.
- Students use tools such as plus/deltas or learning and enthusiasm graphs to determine better ways to help students learn.
- Students use tools/ graphic organizers/ PDSAs to increase learning.
- Students set goals, share and celebrate their learning.
