I am in a professional development session this morning led by TIS teacher Claire Van Loon. The topic of the workshop is “Developing a Community of Learners”. Claire challenged us to design our dream school. My dream school’s Purpose is “We will fully realize our individual and collective humanity.” Specializing in boys education “Modern Masculinity – Become an Enlightened Warrior” A broad description of the curriculum is below:
Basic Cultural Knowledge
- Reading Comprehension and an appreciation of reading books
- Numeracy (statistics, understanding risk, financial)
- Express ideas through writing, speaking (rhetoric), video production, podcasting
- Deep understanding of history and world religions
- Deep understanding of local flora and fauna (ecology, climate change, stewardship of the earth)
Personal Happiness
- Be in top physical fitness condition
- How to relate to others
- How to learn new skills and ideas
- Career Guidance
- Self Presentation (fashion, grooming, social etiquette)
- Personal financial literacy
- Power Yoga (meditation, breathing, body flexibility)
Learn By Doing… ie Practical Stuff All students will be able to…
- ride a bicycle
- swim and scuba dive
- play a musical instrument
- literate in a second language
- start a fire and camp/hike in a variety of natural environments
- defend oneself (weapons training, martial arts)
- DIY – Home repair and renovation
- Chef certification in 2 cuisines
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