A Day in the Life
There's No Such Thing as a Typical Day at Indi-ED
Core Instruction
Our mornings are spent engaged in rigorous academics. Our core curriculum (reading, writing, math, science, and social studies) use the same gifted standards and concepts that are taught throughout elementary, middle, high, and college courses as a guide. The difference is that we integrate the learning so that the content overlaps vs. being conveyed in a singular method. We also skillfully design lessons that will meet our students’ needs while incorporating their interests and abilities. Below is an example of a year at a glance for one cohort’s curriculum for this year.
In addition to designing our curriculum, we also design our assessments to monitor and track our student’s gains. More than traditional assessments, we prefer to listen to how children perceive and process information and then expand, provoke, and explore new ideas.
Health & Well Being
After lunch, the middle portion of our days are spent being physically active.
While our students are encouraged to have free play/recess, movement, or relaxation breaks as necessary, we also use some of our time to learn through structured play that tie into our character building themes.
These also take place in the real world. For example, we take yoga classes as we learn about self-awareness. We go to a CrossFit gym while learning how to encourage ourselves and others. Or we head to Vertical Ventures to rock climb as we learn how to push ourselves to higher heights-literally and figuratively.
Learning healthy habits together impacts our students as individuals and as a collective, by deepening our relationships.
Inquiry
Our afternoons are spent working on our passion or inquiry projects. We use the theory of project based learning to allow students to investigate ideas of their interest and then take it a step further by allowing them to experience and connect it to real life by creating something that can be added to their portfolio.
This is the part of the day that is most inspiring to be a part of because students actually begin applying what they are learning to relevant, real-life ideas. On any given day, students may be involved in one or more of the stages of our learning cycle.
