Community of Learners

Our independent school is very honored to receive the Schools of the Future grant (currently in year 4 of the 5-year cycle) which is dedicated to promoting 21st century skills in Hawaii's independent schools. As part of the grant the 13 receiving schools meet three times a year as a Community of Learners (CoL) to discuss what is working and how to improve. This time, Dale from DP art and Darci from elementary joined me in a day of discussion about backwards designing for more meaningful assessment.

Dale and I were asked to select a discipline and backwards plan a unit based on the mission and values of our school. This picture is what we came up with in terms of formative and summative assessments for a unit he his planning in art.