The Big Picture Design Section 1: Philosophy Presentation Question and answer Section 2: Structure and Practice Presentation Question and answer Section 3: Particulars Presentation Question and answer

Section 1:Philosophy Relationships – Know Them Relevance – Passions and Interests Real Work in the Real World Rigor – Deep Challenging work Pedagogy – Hands On

Relationships How can we help them if we do not know them? Find appropriate learning opportunities for each student Match them with appropriate internships Be a caring adult ear for their emotional development Teach them in ways that work for their learning style Motivate them to persevere and strive

Relevance Interest Exploration – we start with what interests the student Connect the student in the real world with a person who does what they are interested in. Bringing the outside, in and the inside, out. Make a weakness, a strength

Rigor Personalized Learning Plan Assessment Authentic Project Work (Real World Standards) Exhibitions (Public) Narratives Weekly Meetings Advisory

Pedagogy Who Are You? A main benefit of deep relationships with students is to meet not only their learning level, but learning style. “Learn by Doing, do by Learning” BP schools prioritize active, authentic, hands – on learning. Reflection Private and Public Formal and Informal

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Section 2: Structure and Practice The Schools by the numbers A Typical Week The Learning Plan The LTI (Learning Through Internship) Advisory Exhibition

By the Numbers Advisories (13-17 students per advisor) Advisor stays with students for 4 years Schools Max at advisories ( students) Students are in Internships (LTIs) 2 days (10-12 hours) per week R e l a t i o n s h i p s What’s best for kids?

A Typical Week MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday 9:00 PMU 9:30 Advisory – welcome back, check in, news, take out learning plan and plan in the super calendar for the week. 11:00 Independent work Time: Begin working on individual project (s). 9:00 Check In LTI or Interest Exploration 9:00 PMU – Breakfast Club 9:30 Advisory – Empirical Reasoning Focus 10:30 – Independent work (on individual project) 9:00 Check In LTI or Interest Exploration 9:00 PMU 9:30- Advisory - bio poem 10 - Independent work Time: Work individual project(s). Lunch 12:30 Silent reading 1:00 Independent work Time 2:30 Advisory – Review Social Reasoning as a learning goal. 12:30 Check In LTI or Interest Exploration 2:30 Advisory-review progress 12:30 Book Group 1:30 Independent work Time: Work individual project(s). 2:15 Advisory – Quantitative Reasoning Focus 12:30 Check In LTI or Interest Exploration 2:30 Advisory-review progress plan for tomorrow 12:30 Silent reading 1:00 Fun group activity 2:30 Advisory Debrief+ Journal (1-10 reflection. On a scale of one to 10 how productive was I and explain). Read aloud How’s ___ Doing and newsletter goes home

The Learning Plan All of the students’ work stems from their individual learning plan – a personalized document that is the created each quarter by the learning team. Student, Advisor, Parent, Mentor The Learning Plan answers the questions: What are your passions and learning style? What will be done? When will you work on it? When will it be completed? What learning goals (academic disciplines) does it investigate? How will we assess it?

The LTI (Learning Through Internship) Long term mentors 2 days per week (minimum) Authentic experiences and projects Real World Assessment R e l e v a n c e

Advisory R e l a t i o n s h i p sR i g o r

Exhibition Quarterly Public Presentations Students, Advisors, Principal, Parent, Mentor Is the student meeting the goals of his learning? R i g o r

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Section 3: Particulars Who do we serve? How Many? Costs – Money where our mouth is Facilities – Design of our Design Challenges – The Road is Long Results – What is the Effect?

Who and How Many Big Picture Schools serve many constituents: Mostly Urban Varied Socioeconomic and racial backgrounds Varied educational preparation and education history How Many: Network wide, we are working with: Over 3,000 high school students Over 300 staff 35 schools

Costs of the BP Design BP has schools in many states, each with a different per student expenditure California - $6,500 per student Rhode Island – over $12,000 per student The vast percentage of the budget is allocated to staff salaries. Other large expenditures include transportation. Money does not go into: large athletic facilities, textbooks, “extra” staff, large scale facilities.

Facilities – The Design of our Design What is best for students? What is best for the community? Welcoming Open, Light, Small Individual Schools, Campus Meets “Human Response” Carefully Considers Site Sensitive Planning High Quality Materials "An integrated process to manage design and construction needs to be developed in order to translate innovative educational designs into facilities. This process should include educators in decisions at every step.“ -Elliot Washor

Results College Acceptances SALT Survey Responses State Report Card State Report Card Attendance Numbers Anecdotal Experiences Personal Qualities

Rigor, Relevance, Relationships Education is the lighting of a fire, not the filling of a pail.

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