The ModSchool Story

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Approach

Design Thinking describes problem solving by prioritizing the consumer's needs above all else. It relies on observing, with empathy, how people interact with their environments, and employs an iterative, hands-on approach to creating innovative solutions.

ModSchool borrows the proven success of Design Thinking and applies it to Dynamic Learning in a hands-on, virtual environment. There are many well-researched benefits of interdisciplinary, authentic learning compared to more traditional pedagogical methods of separating subject areas such as math, writing, and more, such as increased motivation, engagement, and achievement.

Now more than ever, it is crucial that the current generation of students know how to synthesize and transfer knowledge of multiple disciplines in order to creatively solve complex problems. Our team of educators have designed a curriculum of rigorous and relevant projects that incorporate the sciences and humanities, while adapting to newly emerging technologies in virtual and hybrid education.

Curriculum

ModSchool’s project-based curriculum creates a Dynamic Learning environment by challenging students to solve a central, real-world problem through innovation as they master academic content across several core subject areas. Students demonstrate their learning by presenting and defending their projects to authentic audiences through entrepreneurial initiatives.

Students systematically develop social-emotional and entrepreneurial skills that prepare them for the demands of college and career. They collaborate with peers, mentors and community stakeholders to achieve project goals, create deliverables that impact their communities, and demonstrate the outcomes of their learning.

Mission

ModSchool’s mission is to empower students from all cultures and ethnicities to become bold, empathic and inventive leaders through the interdisciplinary reasoning and transformative power of hands-on, project-based learning.

One of the five principles of education is preparation for change. Project-based learning serves as our foundation to best cultivate these values.

Vision

It is currently estimated that 65% of the jobs the future will hold have not yet been invented. Our vision is to have adaptive, critical thinking students at the forefront of change for future generations.

As a result of their unique academic experience, ModSchool students will have necessary problem solving skills, as well as a strong social and emotional foundation to innovate and succeed.

Fundamentals of ModSchool's

Dynamic Learning

Project-based Curriculum

Our academically rigorous curriculum guides students through four stages of project development and scaffolds interactions with mentors and community stakeholders, while fostering deep learning in the core subject areas.

Design Thinking

This framework for designing solutions to complex problems shifts the focus from preventing mistakes to pursuing excellence through a cycle of iterations and critical feedback that lead to high quality demonstrations of learning.

Social Emotional Learning

Our original tiered system for developing awareness of self and others, based in research and best practices, is integrated into our curriculum to ensure the growth of the whole student.

College and Career Readiness

Our systematic approach prepares students for post-secondary independence by placing them in authentic roles where they learn to network with community stakeholders, deliver professional level results, and advocate for themselves.