Goal 1

Students will comprehend the adaptive nature of human learning that is responsible for building complex and integrated mental structures and frameworks, resulting in deep, meaningful, and flexible understanding. (LEARNING)

Goal 2

Students will engage in designing learning-centered instructional environments—from activities to lessons to units to courses—that proactively emphasize the generation and integration of knowledge to promote deep, meaningful, and flexible understanding. (PLANNING)

Goal 3

Students will understand assessment primarily as a component of learning, and only secondarily as a component of grading, and will purposefully integrate assessment into instruction. (ASSESSMENT)

Goal 4

Students will recognize that prior knowledge and experience are the foundation of understanding and will be able to create learning–centered instructional environments that foster a learner's ability to grow their own understanding. (AGENCY)

Goal 5

Students will purposefully implement LEARNING, PLANNING, ASSESSMENT, and AGENCY that fosters deep, meaningful, and flexible understanding. (TEACHING)