Back in 2016, Grant Community High School District 124 signed the Future Ready Schools Pledge. At that time, we committed to continuously create learner-centered environments as part of that pledge, which helps support our goal of the Bulldog Way to improve student achievement. Our vision as a Future Ready School is to develop students who are college, career, and life ready. Included as part of this vision and the Future Ready School pledge are the following:
To provide rigorous academic content for all students to build life skills where curriculum, instruction, and assessment are tightly aligned with and designed to engage students in personalized, technology-empowered, deeper learning experiences.
To empower students to lead and to take ownership over their growth and learning, which could include but is not limited to: digital learning communities, collaborative learning, better use of formative and self-assessments, and experiences that eliminate the confines of geography and time.
To help families and students transition to anytime, anywhere learning where the school will create technology-enabled environments and maintain a laser focus on the effective educational use of technology.
Future Ready students are students who:
learn anytime, anywhere.
create meaningful projects and artifacts.
collaborate with other learners and connect with experts without barriers.
use feedback from peers and teachers for reflection and growth.
learn seamlessly inside and outside of school.
achieve mastery through perseverance.
question, research, and solve problems that can have an impact beyond the classroom.
think critically, create, and present their position to an authentic audience.
respond thoughtfully, carefully, and respectfully to others, both in person and online.
uncover and develop their own passions.
cultivate empathy for others.
act as productive, contributing (digital) citizens.
understand that their work and actions are a reflection of them as an individual.
