OUR VISION

• At Tollgate we come together to explore, question, and create in order to do better work and be better people than we ever thought possible!

EL EDUCATION DESIGN PRINCIPLES

• The Primacy of Self-Discovery:  Learning happens best with emotion, challenge and the requisite support.

• The Having of Wonderful Ideas:  Teaching in Expeditionary Learning schools fosters curiosity about the world.

• The Responsibility for Learning:  Learning is both a personal process of discovery and a social activity.

• Empathy and Caring:  Learning is fostered best in communities where students' and teachers' ideas are respected and where there is mutual trust.

• Success and Failure:  All students need to be successful if they are to build the confidence and capacity to take risks and meet increasingly difficult challenges.

• Collaboration and Competition:  Individual development and group development are integrated so that the value of friendship, trust, and group action is clear.

• Diversity and Inclusion:  Both diversity and inclusion increase the richness of ideas, creative power, problem-solving ability, and respect for others.

• The Natural World:  A direct and respectful relationship with the natural world, which refreshes the human spirit and teaches the important ideas of recurring cycles and cause and effect.

• Solitude and Reflection:  Students and teachers need time alone to explore their own thoughts, make their own connections, and create their own ideas.

• Service and Compassion:  Students and teachers are strengthened through acts of consequential service to others.

TOLLGATE HABITS OF A LEARNER 

• Perseverence

• I identify roadblocks to learning.

• I plan steps to work through the challenge.

• I set challenging goals for myself.

• I make choices that help me reach my goal.

• Inquiry

• I can ask questions that help me create a deeper understanding.

• I can use different resources and tools to explore my curiosities.

• I can connect my learning to the ourside world.

• Responsibility

• I can collaborate to achieve group goals and consider others' perspectives.

• I can contribute to CREW conversations.

• I can keep learning as my focus.

• I can ask for help and support when I need it.

• I can respect the diversity of our CREW.

• Craftsmanship

• I can create high quality work.

• I can revise to improve my work based on the required criteria.

• I can honestly reflect on my progress.

• I can explain why I am proud of my work.

• Respect

• I can value and be accepting of others ideas, opinions, and time.

• I can create a safe and secure learning environment that promotes risk-taking.

• I can assume positive intent when working with others.