WELCOME TO THE INDEPENDENT CURRICULUM PAGES, PRESENTED BY ONE SCHOOLHOUSE

Independent Curriculum is a concept and a set of principles focused on the development of student learning experiences based on the mission and values of each school and community and intentionally designed to serve the students of the particular school. Educators committed to the ideals of Independent Curriculum share a vision of education transformed to

* place student interests, perspectives, experiences, needs, capacities, and voices at the heart of the academic program;

* incorporate multiple modes and methods to assess student learning;

* support student wellness and balanced lives for all community members;

* build a world of equity and justice through learning experiences and environments that acknowledge global and personal realities and the need for social change;

* promote the essential idea that learning can be both an end in itself and a doorway to the discovery of purpose.



Independent Curriculum Pages are dedicated to supporting schools by providing opportunities to showcase examples of independent curriculum through our Podcast webinars our blog . Theare dedicated to supporting schools by providing opportunities to showcase examples of independent curriculum through ourseries and our, where teacher experts share their own best classroom ideas and practices. Thinkers and writers concerned with the ideals and practice of independent curriculum have an open invitation to submit posts to

Independent Curriculum includes:

* Supporting innovation in teaching and learning

* Promoting dialogue between educators in all sectors and at all levels

* Facilitating collaboration among schools

* Providing professional learning for educators

* Supporting schools in all aspects of their operations in the service of teachers, students, and families

The work is not about us. It’s about educators and schools pushing forward to create new, more effective, and more engaging ways of teaching students and developing the educational professionals we need to transform education.

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THE PRINCIPLES OF INDEPENDENT CURRICULUM

The PRINCIPLES OF INDEPENDENT CURRICULUM exist to guide and inspire schools and educators in their quest to build the future of education. They are aspirational, broadly prescriptive but not proscriptive, idealistic but achievable. They are not a “litmus test” for participation in our work but an expression of what independent curriculum adherents believe that effective school-created, student-focused learning experiences can and should be.

I. RESPONSIVE TO THE INTERESTS, CAPACITIES, AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE STUDENTS BEING TAUGHT

II. CONGRUENT WITH THE MISSION AND VALUES OF THE SCHOOL

III. MULTIPLE MODES OF ASSESSMENT

IV. BUILT ON THE STRENGTHS OF THE FACULTY AND SCHOOL

V. HIGH INTELLECTUAL AND ETHICAL STANDARDS

VI. INCLUSIVE AND JUST

VII. EXPLORATION AND CREATIVITY

VIII. WELLNESS AND BALANCE

IX. LEARNING A VALUE IN ITSELF

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