Core Practices & Benchmarks

I. LEARNING EXPEDITIONS	II. ACTIVE PEDAGOGY (Instructional Strategies)	III. CULTURE AND CHARACTER	IV. LEADERSHIP AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT	V. STRUCTURES
Implementing learning expeditions across the curriculum	Using effective instructional practices schoolwide	Building school culture and fostering character	Providing leadership in curriculum, instruction, and school culture	Designing time for student and adult learning
Designing compelling topics and guiding questions	Teaching reading & writing across the disciplines	Ensuring equity and high expectations	Sharing leadership and building partnerships	Creating structures for knowing students well
Designing products and linked projects	Teaching inquiry-based math	Fostering a safe, respectful, and orderly community	Using multiple source of data to improve student achievement
Incorporating fieldwork, local expertise, and service Learning	Teaching inquiry-based science and social studies	Promoting adventure and fitness	Linking Expeditionary Learning and school improvement plans
Producing and presenting high quality student work	Using effective assessment practices	Developing a professional community
	Learning in and through the arts	Engaging families in the life of the school