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The student experience is defined by specific design choices that help students achieve three key outcomes.

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Essential and Understanding and Mindsets and behaviors transferable application of complex, that support academic lifelong skills challenging facts and achievement and concepts well-being

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Mentoring elf-Di e tio Students meet 1:1 with a Students are guided through a dedicated mentor who knows learning cycle that develops them deeply and supports them self-direction by teaching them how in setting and achieving their to set goals, make plans, short- and long-term goals. Projects demonstrate their skills and Students apply their acquired knowledge, and reflect. knowledge, skills and habits to projects that prepare them for the real-world scenarios they'll encounter in life after school.

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,, -~ --"; Students meet 1:1 with a dedicated mentor who knows them deeply and supports them in setting and achieving their short and long-term goals. PROJECTS Students spend most of their time working with teachers and classmates on rich, real-world projects.

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Students apply their acquired knowledge, skills and habits to projects that prepare them for the real-world scenarios they'll encounter in life after school.

' Students are guided through a learning cycle that develops self-direction by teaching them how to set self-Di ReCtION goals, make plans, demonstrate their skills and knowledge, and reflect.

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Students are guided through a learning cycle that develops self-direction by teaching them how to set goals, make plans, demonstrate their skills and knowledge, and reflect.

., ., ., ., ., ., ' ' What is it? • Essential and transferable lifelong skills • Assessed on Cognitive Skills Rubric, developed with the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) A Why is it important? • Skills students need beyond high school == ,:;:::::7.- to navigate college and careers • Include creative and critical approaches to problem-solving and decision-making

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·, Selecting relevant sources Contextualizing sources Synthesizing multiple Cognitive Skills sources

Asking questions Oral presentation Pred1cung/hypothesiz1ng Rubric Mult1med1ain written production Designing processes & Mulumedia in oral presentation procedures Conventions Precision Identifying patterns & relationships 36 interdisciplinary,higher-order Discussion /contribution Comparing /contrasting • Preparation Argumen tative thinkingskills for college and Norms/active listening Critiquing the reasoning of others claim Narrative Justifying/constructing an career readiness Counterclaims explanation Informational/ Interpreting data/ explanatory thesis informa11on Selection of evidence Graded on a continuumof 0-8 Modeling • Explanation of evidence Integration of evidence points(must score 6 in all Organization (transitions , cohesion, structure) CognitiveSkills to graduate) Introduction & conclusion • Embedded in all projects

Designed in collaboration with the Stanford Center for SCH LE Assessment, Learning & Equity. May, 2017. 36 Cognitive Skills All projects in all subjects are assessed on the followingcognitive s kills:

Products & Analysis & Speaking/ Composing/ Textual Analysis Inquiry Using Sources Presentations Synthesis Listening Writing

Theme/Central Idea Style & Language Asking Questions Identifying Patterns Discussion/ Argumentat ive Selecting Relevant Point of (Tone, Academic Hypothes izing & Relationships Contribution Claim Sources Language, Syntax) View/Purpose Designing Compar ing/ Preparation Informationa l/ Conte xtualizing Contrasting Explanatory Thes is Sources Development Oral Presentation Processes and Norms/Active Listening Narrative Synthesizing Structure Multimedia in Procedures Modeling Written Product ion Counterclaims Multiple Sources Word Choice Interpreting Multimedia in Oral Data/Info Selection of Presentation Making Evidence Conventions Connect ions Explanation of & Inferences Precision Evidence Critiquing the Integration of Reasoning of Evidence Others Organizat ion Justifying/ (Transitions , Constructing an Cohesion , Explanat ion Structure) Introduction & Conclusion

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Blackstone Valley Prep High School I Cumberland, RI

., ., ., ., ., ., ., ' ThE rESEctRCH makes the case for a spiral curriculum that starts in early childhood details the intricate relationship between mental and physical growth rlevelopment , 1.EhinD from birth through adolescence cogN iTive Lev Vygotsky emphasizes the essential role of social relationships in cognitive development Martin Haberman challenges urban educators to focus on creating a learning environment that fits SKiLLS the needs and nature of urban youth Elizabeth Cohen and Rachel Lotan blend theory with effective teaching strategies for group work , 50 years of emphasizing multiple ability and 1Jil1119ualclassrooms Grant Wiggins advocates for and details pertormance-based assessment , focused on helping formative students improve

influences on our Carol Ann Tomlinson collates field-tested and best practices for differentiated instruction in approach and multiple ab;Jity classrooms Erik De Corte emphasizes the need for active learning experiences and the importance of model metacognition and communication skills in transfer of knowledge

John Hattie and Helen Timperley suggest best ways to deliver individualized feedback in the classroom

David Conley sets forth the Cognitive Skills , Content Knowledge, and "habits of mind " necessary for high school students to be college ready

Jo Boaler provides roadmap of research-based strategies for helping all children be successful in mathematics

Daniel Schwartz et al. categorize and describe 26 " scientifically proven " approaches to learning CONtEnT rnowLeogE What is it? • Understanding and application of complex and challenging facts and concepts

Why is it important? • Foundational to the development of cognitive skills • Supports and enables critical thinking • Students develop a broad knowledge base • LeArNiNg HOW to LEaRn conTENT K:NOWLeDGE peer-to-Peer " WlEnTORiNg In ACTION

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Blackstone Valley Prep High School I Cumberland, RI and Michelene Chi draw attention to the cognitive and psychological conditions that ThE rESEaRCH enhance and limit the Donna R. Recht and Lauren Leslie find has significant effect on learners ' 1.EhinD retention and summarizing of information after reading

John D. Bransford et al. combine theories of with best practices for effective conreNt learning in the classroom

KnowteogE Carol Ann Tomlinson collates field-tested and best practices for in multiple ability classrooms

30 years of David Conley sets forth the , Content Knowledge, and "habits of mind " necessary for high school students to be college ready formative Daniel Willingham emphasizes the importance of in the critical influences on our thinking process approach and Peter C. Brown et al. present concrete practices for , like building background knowledge , based on recent research in cognitive psychology and related fields model Jo Boaler provides roadmap of research-based strategies for helping all children be successful in

Todd Rose proposes an individualized, versus standardized, approach to in education and in the workforce

Kristina Zeiser et al. (AIR) make case for positive relationship between and greater autonomy over and motivation for learning

Daniel Schwartz et al. categorize and describe 26 "scientifically proven " HaBiTS OF SUCCESS What is it? • Mindsets and behaviors that support academic achievement and well-being • 16 social-emotional learning skills • Developed from Turnaround for Kids' Building Blocks for Learning

Why is it important? • Align to development of a learner in an educational setting • Impact college and career success

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SUCCESS rnoePeNdEnce c:tNd SUSTc:tinAltilit~ Based on the Building Academic PeRSEVErAnce Resilience••• Agency Blocks for Learning Tenacity

Framework Mi N dsers for seL f Growth Self­ Sense of Relevance c:tNd SCHOOL Mindset Efficacy Belonging of School

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Stress HeALThH Attachment Self-Regulation Management Stafford-Br izard , K. B. (2016). oeve Lo PW\E nT Turnaround for Children.

-~ -~ Blackstone Valley Prep High School I Cumberland, RI reveals his robust theory on the cognitive and social factors that affect ThE rESEaRCH IW:M human motivation Elizabeth Cohen and Rachel Lotan blend theory with effective teaching strategies for group work , 1.EhinD MAIM emphasizing multiple ability and bil ingual classrooms Daniel Goleman introduces model for emotional intelligence encompassing five skills , which HaBiTS OF •uiw include self-regulation and empathy success IM·M Caro l Dweck explains how to leverage mindset to better fulfill individual potential David Conley sets forth the Cognitive Skills , Content Knowledge, and " habits of mind " necessary Wl•M:I for high school students to be college ready 30 years of ll•M:I Arthur Costa and Bena Kallick present a guide for shaping schools around 16 habits of mind formative Teresa Amabile identifies the leadership traits and environmental forces that elicit more productive influences on our Wl·iil and happier employees Camille Farrington et al. (University of Chicago Consortium in Chicago School Research) link non­ approach and Wl-ifi cognitive skills with higher student ach ievement model Wl·iii Ron Berger et al. advocate for self-directed learning and student-engaged assessments Angela Duckworth and David Yeager discourage use of evaluative assessments for Wl·ili social-emotional skills K. Brooke Stafford-Brizard 's Bui lding Blocks for Learning framework integrates soc ial and •%-IN cognitive pathways for optimal development Trevor Fronius et al. (WestEd) answers questions about restorative justice as a favorable approach to school and student discipline

David Osher et al. {AIR} present a comprehensive case for student-centered , individua lized •%-iii class rooms and schools