Expeditionary Learning Schools

Please visit www.elschools.org to learn more about the Expeditionary Learning model. Contracting with ELSchools will provide us with a school designer and consultant to assist in implementing their model which includes project-based learning, integrated studies, assessment and other key concepts we desire for our students. The focus and investment will be on Teacher Development and Training. In time, we can become one of a nation-wide network of "Expeditionary Learning Schools". Currently, there are only three schools implementing the EL model in the state of Utah, two charter schools (one in SLC and one in Ogden) and one private school in Salt Lake City. We will be the first to introduce this model in Utah County.

Considering web-based tool

This web-based tool is called "Project Foundry" and is one option for us as we think of ways for students, teachers, and parents to communicate about and track projects and mastery of state core objectives over time. This tool will be demonstrated for staff and board in an upcoming work meeting. Stay tuned for demo date/time.

A peek into the world of Project Learning

A great advocate for concepts such as "project learning" is the George Lucas Educational Foundation which operates the website EDUTOPIA. Explore this extraordinary site for mini-documentary videos of schools across the nation which are implementing these core concepts so critical to educational reform in the 21st century and so valuable to us as we strive to create a meaningful and effective program.