Core Practices and Benchmarks
The Core Practice Benchmarks describe Expeditionary Learning in practice: what teachers, students, school leaders, families, and other partners do in fully implemented Expeditionary Learning schools. The five core practices--learning expeditions, active pedagogy, school culture and character, leadership and school improvement, and structures--work in concert to promote high student achievement through active learning, character growth, and teamwork.
The Core Practice Benchmarks serve several purposes. They provide a comprehensive overview of the Expeditionary Learning practices, a planning guide for school leaders and teachers, a framework for designing professional development, and a tool for evaluating implementation.
Each of the five core practices is comprised of a series of benchmarks. Each benchmark describes a particular area of practice and is organized by lettered components and numbered descriptors.
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I. LEARNING EXPEDITIONS |
II. ACTIVE PEDAGOGY |
III. CULTURE AND CHARACTER |
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IV. LEADERSHIP AND
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT |
V. STRUCTURES |
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To learn more about the EL core practices, download the complete Core Practice Benchmarks, free of charge.
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