Expeditionary Learning (EL)

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Expeditionary Learning (EL)

• At Campbell Elementary School

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Campbell Values Childhood

• A developmental approach
• Long term adult child relationships through
  multi-age classes and looping
• Inclusive classrooms
• Hands-on project approach
• Authentic projects for students

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The Purpose of Expeditionary Learning

• The Purpose of Expeditionary Learning (EL) is
  to strengthen academic excellence and rigor and
  character education through the tools of
• Learning expeditions
• Active teaching strategies
• A school culture of teamwork

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Partnership

• Campbell Elementary will partner with

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From the Expeditionary Learning Schools Website

• Who We Are and What We Offer
• Students engaged in rigorous academic work
  and helping one another, teachers with a passion
  for teaching, schools with a culture of service
  and community these are the hallmarks of an
  Expeditionary Learning school. Characteristics
  also include customized, multi-year
  professional development for K-12 teachers based
  on ELs design principles and core practices

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Through teacher staff development in and
implementation of Expeditionary Learning we
expect

• Improved student learning,
• Improved student citizenship
• Strengthened school culture, and
• Significant parent and community involvement

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Expeditionary Learnings Five Core Practices

• Learning Expeditions
• Active Pedagogy
• Culture and Character
• Leadership and School Improvement
• Structures for Student/Adult Learning

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Learning Expeditions

• Integrate the curriculum
• In-depth learning
• Field work
• Local expertise
• Service learning
• Year One focus one learning expedition per
  classroom

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Active Pedagogy

• Teaching reading and writing across the
  curriculum
• Inquiry-based math
• Inquiry-based science and social studies
• Learning in and through the arts
• Year One focus Implement APS new reading
  adoption and strengthen implementation of
  mathematics Investigations

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Culture and Character

• Building school culture
• Fostering character
• Promoting adventure and fitness
• Developing a professional community
• Engaging families in the life of the school
• Year One focus Bringing all teams within the
  school together in culture strengtheninginvolving
  families in Expeditions.

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Leadership and School Improvement

• Providing leadership in curriculum, instruction,
  and school culture
• Sharing leadership and building partnerships
• Using multiple sources of data to improve student
  achievement
• Linking Expeditionary Learning and school
  improvement plans
• Year One focus Build the partnership with
  Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound

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Structures

• Designate time for student and adult learning
• Creating structures for knowing students well
• Year One focus Evaluate the master schedule in
  terms of use of time for planning and teaming.
  Create student Crews.

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Staff Development

• School-Based Workshops and Consultations
• Off-Site Regional workshops and National
  Conference

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Expeditionary Learning Assessment Plan

• Annual Implementation Review
• Student scores on SOLs
• Parent survey

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As an Expeditionary Learning School our school
community hopes to

• Provide learning expectations that provide depth
  of student knowledge,
• Support students in becoming contributors to
  their community and life long explorers of
  knowledge, and
• Challenge our school community to strengthen our
  program.

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-Tom Vander Ark, Executive Director, Education,
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

• There is a sense of moral purpose to the (EL)
  design that is beyond academic success. There is
  a sense of citizenship, something closer to a
  worldview, a shared sense of our place in the
  world and the responsibilities that come with
  that. That is really powerful, and its something
  that is largely absent today.

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