Archive for ‘Curriculum’
Understanding by Design with Grant Wiggins
In a workshop in January, nationally recognized educator Grant Wiggins discussed the idea of "understanding by design." In this video, taken from his introduction to the workshop, he talks about what it means to design for understanding and how he came to this approach to teaching. More...
CATEGORY: School 2.0
Tags: Curriculum, Video
Traditional or progressive?
A question often asked at Avenues parent information events is whether we are a traditional school or a progressive one. It’s a good question, especially in New York City, where private and independent schools tend to publicly proclaim their allegiance to one or the other More...
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Tags: Curriculum, School Culture
Update on Curriculum: Upper School
The Upper School curriculum will offer the culmination of the many unique features of an Avenues education. Students will both experience most fully the opportunity to study at Avenues campuses in other cities and host those visiting from other cities. The World Course, the Avenues mastery program, service-learning and More...
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Tags: Curriculum, Upper School
Update on Curriculum: Middle School
The Middle School curriculum chart lists the courses and topics that will comprise the Middle School course of study at Avenues in 2012-13. Central topics and themes are listed for courses where appropriate. Because Avenues' curriculum is being developed not just by the administrative team More...
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Tags: Curriculum, Middle School
Update on Curriculum: Lower School
We understand that the primary responsibility of elementary education is the acquisition of academic and study skills. However, academic skills learned in isolation do not create enthusiastic students and life-long learners. Through our curriculum we will provide More...
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Tags: Curriculum, Lower School
A Look at Avenues’ Curriculum
One of the most common questions we receive concerns the specifics of our curriculum. While we are still tuning some of the finer points, we already have quite a bit of information available on what we will be teaching on a school-by-school and More...
CATEGORY: School 2.0
Tags: Ask Avenues, Curriculum, Early Learning Center, ELC, Lower School, Middle School, Upper School
Update on Curriculum: Early Learning Center
The Avenues Early Learning Center goals are based upon the school’s philosophy and an underlying respect for the individual child. Classroom teachers determine how the objectives, which are appropriate for the age group of the children More...
CATEGORY: Featured, School 2.0
Tags: Curriculum, Early Learning Center, ELC
Understanding by Design
A recurring question that arises when I meet parents of future Avenues students is, “Why Avenues?” My answer is that as an educator and curriculum writer rarely is there an opportunity to be on the ground floor of such an exciting possibility to inspire young minds in education the way we know it needs to be done. How is that done? It starts with a mission statement, big ideas and essential questions. I keep the school’s More...
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Tags: Curriculum
Video Spotlight No. 9
Today we air the first part of a ten-part video workshop conducted with Dr. Fernando M. Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of International Education and Director of the International Education Policy Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This workshop, which took place in the fall of 2010, played an important role in the development of our World Course. The first episode of this video series focuses on More...
CATEGORY: School 2.0
Tags: Curriculum, Video, World Course
Planning Avenues: The World School
In our parent information events, the question is frequently asked, “How long have you been planning for Avenues?” Chris Whittle responds, “Four years.” Strictly speaking that is correct, if one only considers the current design. However, I always think in these moments that I have been planning for Avenues for four decades. All my professional experience, in which I have been privileged to work in some premier public, independent and university-related schools, has been preparation for creating The World School. More...
CATEGORY: School 2.0
Tags: Curriculum