EFFECTIVE LEARNERS
CLAIM #1
OWL students take ownership of their learning through rich reflection and multiple opportunities to set and track goals, outline growth, and present their academic achievements.
The long-arc narrative of learning at Open World Learning Community is one of gradual self-direction. Students enter our program in 6th grade, arriving from a variety of elementary programs throughout the city. What results is a true diversity of learners - some arriving from Montessori schools, others from language immersion programs, and many from traditional comprehensive elementaries - that each support one another on the path to self-direction.
As students progress through the middle school to the high school program, instructors explicitly teach and scaffold the qualities of self-direction throughout their curriculums. In our mixed-grade Crews students find mentors and opportunities to engage in deep reflection and meta-cognition.
The long-arc narrative of learning at Open World Learning Community is one of gradual self-direction. Students enter our program in 6th grade, arriving from a variety of elementary programs throughout the city. What results is a true diversity of learners - some arriving from Montessori schools, others from language immersion programs, and many from traditional comprehensive elementaries - that each support one another on the path to self-direction.
As students progress through the middle school to the high school program, instructors explicitly teach and scaffold the qualities of self-direction throughout their curriculums. In our mixed-grade Crews students find mentors and opportunities to engage in deep reflection and meta-cognition.