Academics

• Understanding that we each teach through our own particular view of the world, from a perspective we continually try to broaden.
• Bringing transparency to expectations and communication.

Personalizing—honoring multiple intelligences, using culturally responsive pedagogy, and utilizing learning-style informed teaching practices.

Designing—differentiating instruction, cooperative learning, real world relevance, seeing strength in making connections between disciplines.

Assessing—valuing what is taught in the classroom, not privileging the advantages students bring, utilizing demonstrations of learning, performance based assessment, and continuous and varied methods of assessment.

Teaching toward self-directed learning with student-as-worker, teacher-as-coach.

Valuing non-discriminatory, inclusive teaching practices, challenging inequities within the class, within the school, within the world.