Characteristic 6:
Engage Students’ Minds |
| a) Students participate in solving problems and making decisions about their school. |
| b) The curriculum helps students apply learning in real-life school and community-based situations. |
| c) All teachers help students develop a variety of learning styles. |
| d) All teachers recognize the preferred learning styles of each of their students. |
| e) Students develop an understanding of their best learning style. |
| f) A collegial atmosphere exists among staff to provide a variety of educational opportunities. |
| g) Teachers, students, caregivers, administrators, school board members, and the community all have adopted critical and creative thinking as a basic goal of education. |
| h) The processes of thinking are integrated as content across the curriculum. |
| i) All students have opportunities to expand their skills through extracurricular activities. |
