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Core Attributes of New Tech High
Small School Learning Environment
- August 08 – 100 Freshman, adding a class of 100 students each subsequent year for a total enrollment of 400, 9-12 grade students
- Small, personalized learning environments
- Integration and cooperation between curricular areas in team taught, blocked classes
High Expectations, with all Students Completing a Rigorous Course of Study
- With parents and staff, students develop educational and career goals and monitor/refine these goals regularly
- Students take responsibility and ownership for their learning, with collegial participation amongst peers
- School culture that supports and maintains a professional learning community
- Students demonstrating skill and process competencies through oral, written, and project – based outcomes
Building a Professional Culture of Trust and Responsibility Between Staff and Students
- A school community that practices business protocols that reflect respect, professionalism, and collegiality
- Mentor relationships between student and staff to establish learning goals and further academic, social, and emotional growth
Student Centered, Project Based Learning, Aligned with College Readiness Standards/Illinois Learning Standards and School Wide Learning Outcomes
- Students prepare to be successful in anticipation of their college experience, vocational choice or military career
- Common focus on a few key, research-based goals
Infusion of Technology as a Tool for Learning
- Acquisition of software, word-processing and multi-media skills to develop project outcomes and demonstrate learning
- Real world projects that engage students in understanding and connecting how their learning is relevant to their lives
Partnerships with Parents, Higher Education, and Business
- Student participation in service-based learning opportunities as well as community/business internships
- Opportunity for students to earn dual course work credit with College of Lake County
For more information about the New Tech Foundation, please visit their website at:
http://www.newtechfoundation.org
