Community+Outreach

Part of our mission in this strategic design process is to engage our communities in this process.

A few questions on how to go about it:

 * 1) How do we gather our neighbors together to collect their thoughts in a meaningful way that can feed back into the design process?
 * 2) Should we have multiple meetings in the community?
 * 3) What key facts, observations, or information should be promote to the larger community?

Key Facts* to Present:

 * Please correct as necessary
 * Issues with current model
 * 40% of children are not proficient at many grade levels in Math and Reading.
 * Missing 20 school days or more student is not uncommon in our district.
 * Current curriculum is not realistic; It would require K-26
 * Students can graduate without true ability or mastery of curriculum
 * Proficiency based model
 * Students are grouped by ability rather than age
 * Demonstrate proficiency before advancing
 * Students will learn the same skills, but in a different way
 * Teacher role becomes primarily facilitator, guide and coach
 * Learning is often project based
 * Students progress at their own pace, and demonstrate their understanding of skills in their own ways
 * Group work & Collaboration is encouraged
 * Several schools in Maine are exploring this model