1. Shoemaker School Parent Information Night

2. . At Shoemaker, students wonder, explore, create, and learn through their natural environment.

4. What we want…. Quality relationships where all students are known well Teamwork and Collaboration Curiosities, passions and talents of children honored, developed and enriched Nature-based learning experiences Active learning Learning that is shared and celebrated with the entire community Learning that is interesting, meaningful and applicable To support students and staff in achieving more than they thought was possible High quality student products; work that matters

5. What is EL? Education is learning. What drives learning is curiosity and collaboration. -Sir Ken Robinson

6. Student Success Community, character and engagement Knowledge, skills, CCSS High Quality Work Individual interests, passions and talents Environmenta l Education While we are affiliated with Expeditionary Learning, Shoemaker is not about merely replicating. Our unique design does not currently exist anywhere.

8. What types of things can you expect and how will we know we’re successful? Parents are thrilled with our school and their choice All children and adults are known well All students demonstrate multiple measures of success and achieve appropriate threshold of growth on fundamental skills All students lead progress conferences with families twice a year All students make a presentation of learning at least once a quarter All families participate in at least one school event per quarter Students have “choice” time to engage in self-directed learning

9. The majority of student work is done through Expeditions All families receive quarterly “success” reports Children regularly spend time with other age groups All students have a minimum of four adventure experiences All teachers and students have portfolios to document growth Student work is artfully displayed that is of high quality and demonstrates individual and collective learning The school and classrooms are clearly student-centered All teachers receive high quality PD, have professional autonomy and are encouraged to create and innovate. Students spend, on average, 20% of the day outdoors in a learning experience

10. Unique Community Partnerships Catapult Leadership – building a leadership pipeline and sustainable leadership structures Stanley British Primary Teacher Prep Program – high quality teacher pipeline Environmental Education Partnerships – Greenway Foundation, EarthForce, Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education, Foundation for Colorado State Parks, Parks and Rec Major Denver parks and museums, Denver Public Library

12. Scope of Work Description 11.7 Acres ECE – 5 | 80,000 GSF | 550 Student Capacity Upper Level Main Level

13. ENTRY

15. GYM

17. ECE/KINDERGARTEN

19. CAFETERIA

21. CLASSROOM POD