Curriculum
Curriculum Overview
Our greatest guiding principle is to empower learners to become independent learners who are fully equipped to achieve their goals. To do that we teach them how to take charge of their learning journey by setting their own goals, tracking their progress, and seeking out the resources they need to succeed. By fostering this independence, we create lifelong learners who are excited about their growth and success.
Our curriculum is uniquely designed to meet international standards from the US, UK, and Canada, as well as key frameworks like CEFR and IELTS. This comprehensive approach ensures that students are not only prepared for exams like the SAT and IELTS but are also building real-world skills that will help them thrive in academic and professional environments.
What sets us apart with this process is that our students learn to thrive without constant supervision. They leave our program with the skills and confidence to continue their growth independently, creating a positive learning cycle that extends far beyond the classroom. This is how we help our students Shine Brighter!
More About Curriculum Skill Foci
We understand that true success involves more than mastering facts—it requires developing personal skills and content specific knowledge. For example, if you hope to be a great musician you need to learn to read music and choose challenging pieces for sure, but you also need to practice daily, set goals, not get discouraged during the process, and develop other personal skills that actually are not music specific. We call these personal skills Self Learner Outcomes and they are at the heart of what we teach.
We empower learners to apply Self Learner Outcomes to authentic real-world scenarios. We use these authentic real-world scenarios to introduce students to Study Learner Outcomes. This hones individual skills while building the requisite content knowledge and skills necessary to engage in today’s fast-paced environment.
Classes build on this framework to introduce Social Learner Outcomes, encouraging the development of communication, leadership, and group collaboration as they seek out solutions to real-world issues that prepare learners to achieve Societal Learning Outcomes in their academic, professional, and personal lives.
Class Skill Outcomes
Self
Self skills emphasize the ways learners can improve when approaching other skills.
Example Skills:
Critical Thinking, Self-Determination, Responsibility, Emotional Management, & Focus
Study
Study skills emphasizes skills and concepts helpful within a subject of focused study.
Example Skills:
SAT/IELTS Prep, Grammar, Figurative Language, Research, Writing Style, & Spelling
Societal
Societal skills emphasize life skills & how we navigate and are successful within society.
Example Skills:
College Applications, Media Literacy, Life Skills, Cultural Awareness, and Civic Literacy
Learner Skill Profile
We aim to help mold our learners into TRAILblazers exploring and improving during their own learning journey. To help guide learners along this path we introduce skills to help them along each of the following 5 dimensions.
Thinkers
through showing curiosity and task awareness in their applications of critical and creative thought.
Respectful
through encouraging healthy boundaries & social awareness with care for others marked by empathy and sympathy.
Attentive
through applying focus and dedication with an eye for detail and without being discouraged by setbacks
Introspective
through developing a growth mindset to develop personal decision making and other personal skills.
Leaders
through seeking out problems, communicating effectively, delegating responsibly, and finding solutions.
Social
Social skills emphasize the ways we succeed in group settings as both a leader and follower.
Example Skills:
Collaboration, Leadership, Communication, Harmony Building, and Cultural Adaptiveness