Roles and Responsibilities

Students Teachers and Principal The Caraway Community

Students

Students are encouraged to choose their own sub areas of investigation. The students’ questions and interests drive their explorations. Teachers facilitate the uncovering, framing, initiating of areas of study. Choice of project topic include:

appropriate resources being available (i.e. time, supplies, adult assistance where necessary, etc.)
the students’ interest in working alone or in collaboration with others

Students will be assisted in:

learning to know themselves better and becoming increasingly self-directed, self-managed and accountable
increasing their knowledge base
building and refining their sense of community, understanding of democracy and sensitivity to social justice issues
working collaboratively
recognizing and articulating their priorities and internalizing the importance of process
viewing errors or miscalculations as learning opportunities not mistakes
learning to use of a variety of tools and organizational techniques (such as 3-2-1) designed to promote and enhance their thinking skills
learning from the projects done by others in their learning community
determining the way to present/represent their learning
recognizing and communicating how they know it is the end of their project

The classroom may have multiple projects in progress at any one time. Student choice of a project will need to include demonstrating how the project is connected to the classroom theme

Last updated on January 23, 2010