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Q1. How would you define success and who would you consult to determine success?
Success are students excited about learning, willing to develop themselves in variety of aspects (knowledge, arts, movement, creativity, practical skills). In school there is learning atmosphere, and every teacher and staff member is part of it, having their own learning plans and sharing them with students. Students having impact on learning process creates atmosphere of belonging, owning the school, but strong set of values supports having system to deal with disciplinary cases (doing it in a supportive way).

Q2, Q4: What is the look, sound, and feel of the school on a typical day? What would the typical methods of teaching and learning be?
Kids are working in mixed ages groups. There are no classes, but there is four levels: 1st is about developing basic skills (1-4th grade level) as reading, counting, multiplying, dividing. It's a lot learning through games. Whenever needed skill set is developed, there is "exam" and group or kid is moving into next level. Second level is about learning all the school stuff, and learning together in peer groups, third level goes more into detail in subject area and each kid is learning to lead group and classroom. Every kid is learning to teach and works on developing subject. This level finishes with state exams whenever student is ready for them. Forth level is optional. It's space and time for student to try on specialty he chooses, dive deep in specific knowledge and develop idea he has with support from school stuff members.

Let's say, I am level 3 student. I come to school in the morning, meet my class of around 16 students. We have math week, so, we start off with math lesson. It goes through math classification and different sub-fields of math (algebra, geometry, trig) during the week. As we have learned it in the level 2nd, now our group is working on complicated, complex problems and preparing to teach this math course to 2nd level group. Between Math lessons we have movement and creative lessons. We have creative subject daily (visual art, music, sawing, handicrafts) and two movement lessons daily (dance, parkour, self-defense and other). When head is tired from math, we switch it with creative subject or movement. We have longer school day than in State schools, but it's highly-paced, balanced rhythm helps us to go through day with joy and ease. We also see "why" to do more, because when we learn in such a speed, we finish regular school classes in less years than in  ordinary schools. We actually choose our own learning pace. We also learn to teach, to be responsible for others and ourselves.

P.s. I wrote it in "it is" form just because it's going to be here and now soon.

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Q1. How would you define success and who would you consult to determine success?

- I would define success as having students who are happy and excited about school. Disciplinary cases would be minimal. Students' needs are met and misbehaviour addressed effectively in positive and constructive ways. They feel safe and have a strong sense of belonging to the school community.

- Parents are invested and actively involved in supporting the provision of a good education.

- Success is having teachers who are highly motivated role models and who go all out to provide the best education possible not only in the classroom but also through extracurricular activities.

- I would consult the students, parents and teachers themselves, and compare it against  qualitative and quantitative information about the school's performance to determine if it is successful.

Q3. How would you include metacognition or a focus on agency and awareness?

- Consistent application of metacognitive strategies such as goal setting, continual monitoring, self-questioning and reciprocal teaching among students.

- Being mindful to always tap into students' existing knowledge and skills by getting them to ask themselves what they already know, before prompting them with further questions to help them 'bridge' that gap and connect with the new material

- I also need to be mindful that theoretical knowledge does not equate to practical understanding and should take measures to ensure that my students do not simply stop at theory and are able to actively apply their knowledge to help themselves and their community.

- I will conduct project-based learning because it gets students to think about the real world problems around them and take action to help solve those problems.

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q1 and q3:
The typical methods of learning and teaching will be project-based, problem-based and inquiry-based learning. While direct instruction has its scientifically proven benefits, I have seen firsthand on a small scale that students' retention and accomplishments are much larger when they take an active part in their own learning. This is why I believe that students with the help of teachers in the role of mentors and facilitators are more able to succeed and to reflect on their own process of learning. This is where their success will be defined - I believe that students should be part of the process that crafts criteria for success and if I had a school, these criteria would be universal and shared with everyone. These criteria should concern subject knowledge as well as skill development and emotional intelligence. I'd consult with other teachers, students, parents to craft criteria for success.

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2. What is the look, sound, and feel of the school on a typical day?
It sounds, it sounds strong and it sounds like ideas, debate, construction, smiles, challenge.

4. What would the typical methods of teaching and learning be?
Students could go to visit professionals or different people (community leaders, public sector, technicians, etc.) and shadowing them one day in their work or what they normally do. After this they would come to the school with questions about what they saw and begin a process of deepening and consolidating learning.

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In my dream school I would focus on happiness, as that is the one thing I see lacking now. I would make relationships, physical wellness and mastery the priorities. All these are key factors of happiness in school and in life, and all are currently lacking in my school. The space would offer various possibilities for moving, using ones muscles and stretching, and would offer place for both individual and group work. Relationships would be the main focus, as being able to move comes more naturally if the settings are right.

Learning in my school would be largely project-driven. Students would work on large projects and learn many different skills while at it. In addition they would have time for individual work and focusing on math and reading. There would be many options for reading, as well a large library. Students would be able to discuss their reading often, and the rooms in which they read would be super cosy. It would be a well known fact that one needs to chew themselves through a lot of books to expand their mind, as well as to create something valuable in groups, to develop active change-making skills.

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Flora Revilla - EnseñaPerú......My School: Q1 and Q2.

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Flora Revilla - EnseñaPerú......My School: Q1 and Q2.

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If I had my own school, from the beginning I would try not to be a traditionalist school, in the first place, I would make sure that my staff of teachers have as a base to teach their students autonomy and generate critical awareness. We must discard the idea of ​​dictation and copying of the subjects. The teacher is only a guide, for the students to create their own knowledge. Definitely I would ask for help from Franco Mosso, Ceo from EnseñaPerú, because for me is a great reference of intelligence and leadership.

I would like the school to be in a rural area, this would allow that silence and peace that these places transmit, combine with the noise (in a good sense) of our students. Definitely there will be moments of calm and silence, but if I would like it to be based on interaction, build your own projects, start to lead your own desires and hopes, which in many occasions in the regular schools, cut off that proactivity.
I would like the people who can visit my school, get the feeling that my students are happy and enjoy learning and building.

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My school would focus on creativity/ innovation and building global citizens who will create a fairer, brighter, and more sustainable future for everyone. I would see students prepare for their role as future leaders by designing their intedisciplinary projects to solve current problems and create new innovations. For example, might students might decide that they want to work on solving our planet's plastic pollution crisis. In order to embark on this project, they would need to determine what they know and don't know, which may lead them to research the science behind how plastics are created, or study how economics influences the demand for plastic. As a collaborative team, they would learn together, teach each other, and experiment with solutions together. They would challenge each other to explore the ethical and moral implications of their innovation solutions and think critically about the impact that their solutions might have on local communities. In my school, we wouldn't have 'subjects;' we would have 'challenges' and 'opportunities' that would naturally lead to learning specific knowledge, skills & mindsets. The curriculum would be student-driven and students would evaluate & reflect their own efforts and whether or not they are truly developing a fair, brighter and more sustainable future.

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My school will look like this- the chidlren are having experiential Learning environment. They are independently sharing their thoughts and feelings. Those are valued also. Agency can be taken care by hands-on experience in the classroom. Learning by doing is the best way. Then sharing platform is important. Awareness through exposure to the community projects and reflection session. School should inculcate the culture of reflection. Building a core value and true characters should be the motto of my designed school. Teachers need to use well prepared lesson plans. While making the lesson plans they have to keep their students in their mind. School should have all the facets starting it from LSRW ... gross motor skills development... Plus the personal social imotional development zone

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Authentic learning and opportunities to display it

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Authentic learning and opportunities to display it

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How would you define success and who would you consult to determine success?

For the sake of this activity, let’s assume we live in a world where academic standards are reliable, valid, well-paced, and well-delineated, all while being customizable for local context (huge assumptions, I understand). Ideally, success would be defined by the learner themselves -- according to their needs, aspirations, struggles, and modes of thinking -- in consultation with their teachers, parents, and peers. Great classrooms deftly balance the group and the individual, among many other things; the same applies to how I’d try to define student success in a brand new school.

What is the look, sound, and feel of the school on a typical day?

Instead of segmented by subjects and grade levels, my school would be organized foremost according to the needs of students and the surrounding community. The challenges that students and communities face are complex, gnarly, and hardly subject-specific -- a school’s structure should cater to this reality. Grouping students by interest and/or experience, organizing project teams guided by teacher leads, encouraging students to get out into the community to gather insights, partnering with local employers, developing authentic opportunities for students to display their learning (e.g., project team presentations), formative assessment and structured moments for student reflection against learning goals -- these are just a few of the structures that might dictate how the school looks, sounds, and feels.

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Q3 How would you include metacognition or a focus on agency and awareness?
I really liked the use of exit tickets with questions related to metacognition. I think it is important to see, and tracker the progress of how students are getting deeper in the knowledge of their learning patterns. So, I would include 2 trackers per year, to record the progress of students in terms of metacognition.

Q4 What would the typical methods of teaching and learning be?

I would include project-based learning to engage students reflecting on how to plan and perform tasks  to achieve a goal. And through these, students will be asked questions to reflect on their learning process. I believe that each teaching method is valuable and has its strengths, but I prefer project-based-learning because in sciences, which is my major, has worked for me. I would include more questions and activities for developing metacognition.

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Q2:The school would be a safe place for every student. We would have students work on posters and growth mindset sentences across the walls; places for students get together and work on their clubs or projects; a nice place so they could exercise and play. Our school would be colourful, would have a nice song to indicate the time of beginning and ending of classes. Everyone would be happy of being there, bought staff ant teenagers.

Q4: We would work with project based learning strategies, with both theoretical and practical classes. I think that this way, children would be able to use their creativity, learn how to work in groups and apply their knowledge in a real-world context. Also, I would have all teachers studying metacognition strategies to use in their classes. I would bring the community to school in order to improve student performance and engagement.

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Q1. Success in my school would be defined by how independent and reflective students are about their learning process and experience. It would also be defined by how well teachers use metacognitive strategies to build skills of resilience, critical thinking, problem solving and collaboration among students. Project based learning that responds to the needs of students.  Finally involving parents in the learning journey of their children. Students would be the determinants of how successful we are as a school.

Q4. We would employ learner centred strategies like group work, Think, pair & share, role play, peer teaching, demonstrations, debates, brainstorming, reflection circles, projects and using the known (culture) to teach the unknown.

Teach For Uganda

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Pamela Esteve Enseña por Argentina / El éxito sería comprobar con evidencias que mis estudiantes han aprendido para transformar la comunidad en la que viven las cuestiones que les parecen injustas y están determinadas socialmente.La apariencia en un día de escuela típico se torna en constante movimiento, ya sea por los trabajos en equipo y el cambio de profesores en las aulas. Los sonidos que se identifican constantemente son de conversación entre pares. La sensación en una escuela es de pertenencia, de familiaridad, es el espacio construido entre toda la comunidad educativa, si alguien falta siempre se pregunta el porqué, se construye la unidad en la diversidad.La metacognición debiera ser una tarea de labor diaria en la que todos los profesores a través de actividades cotidianas concretas en las que se evidencie el aprendizaje sobre el propio conocimiento, la autonomía y la autorregulación. Una metodología que funciona en América Latina actualmente se da a través de los Proyectos interdisciplinarios basados en una problemática comunitaria donde el rol de la escuela como institución social es fundamental para el desarrollo comunitario.

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Pamela Esteve Enseña por Argentina / El éxito sería comprobar con evidencias que mis estudiantes han aprendido para transformar la comunidad en la que viven las cuestiones que les parecen injustas y están determinadas socialmente.La apariencia en un día de escuela típico se torna en constante movimiento, ya sea por los trabajos en equipo y el cambio de profesores en las aulas. Los sonidos que se identifican constantemente son de conversación entre pares. La sensación en una escuela es de pertenencia, de familiaridad, es el espacio construido entre toda la comunidad educativa, si alguien falta siempre se pregunta el porqué, se construye la unidad en la diversidad.La metacognición debiera ser una tarea de labor diaria en la que todos los profesores a través de actividades cotidianas concretas en las que se evidencie el aprendizaje sobre el propio conocimiento, la autonomía y la autorregulación. Una metodología que funciona en América Latina actualmente se da a través de los Proyectos interdisciplinarios basados en una problemática comunitaria donde el rol de la escuela como institución social es fundamental para el desarrollo comunitario.

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1. How would you define success and who would you consult to determine success?

Happiness is the answer. You can see in your students when they feel safe and happy that sometimes make them ask you to keep going with the class even though it has finished. Happiness is for me the best indicator that they are learning and they are enjoying their educational process.

4. What would the typical methods of teaching and learning be?

Education needs to be flexible, useful and based on the idea that the protagonists of this process are the students. I would definitely set a constant feedback culture so all the educational community can benefit from it and improve. I would ask the teachers to prepare their classes based on the recommendations of the students. I would create the students happiness satisfaction survey, so the whole community could ensure a good ambiance in the school.

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I want my school to be colorful, comfortable, full of live, and each corner should be different and exceptional. I want my students to love spending time in school and never wait for the bell to ring. students will be graded based on the effort they do, the progress they make, the awareness they show. The more skills they develop, the better grades they will have. Bloom's taxonomy will definitely be the base to measure their progress toward creativity and creation. Project based learning will be the learning strategy followed in all subjects where students will be doing things they choose to work on, building skills, gaining knowledge, and helping others.

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The success in my school would include multiple factors including academic and non academic skills and attitudes. It includes academic achievements through ownership of learning and agency that drives to self directed learning. The learners would be responsible for learning.
I would include metacognition through different reflection sessions in the school about the learning. Students would be able to have choice to think about the challenges to learning, different learning and their utilities in their daily life. Exit traffic tickets is one of the most effective ways to encourage metacognition in students. Also asking question in own group helps students to increase metacognition.

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Question 1
I will define success as enlightenment and proactiveness to societal problems. If my students and I are able to realise that through education, we can combat issues in the society, I would regard that as success. To determine success, I would consult  my students and their parents, fellow teachers and myself. I believe we are all involved in making success a reality so we have a role to play in championing success.

Question 4
The typical methods of teaching and learning will be through group discussion and personal reflections. I believe this will encourage my students to build up their team work and induce critical thinking.

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Q1: I would define sucess as the students being glad enjoy to be in school and motivated to learn.
Q4: My typical methods of teaching would be a mix between pratical and theoretical teaching based on the what kind of community it is and the views in that community.

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My perfect school is the one that is centered around developing skills and learning behaviour and thinking strategies that promote wellbeing, creativity and responsibility.
A typical day would start with a general meeting at the canteen where Ts, Ss and other school workers have breakfast and chat. Then there would be some quite time for mediatation, revising, reading, planning etc. Some of the learning time would be devided into classes where Ss will learn disciplines rather than separate subjects. There one of the central places I would give to psuchology and talking about metacognition would be definitely an impoertant part of the course. STEM, languages, humanities, art, music, drama and household would be equal in importance as we need all kind of skills as well as the world needs all kind of talent!
The rest of the time Ss would have chance to practice and try out what they've learned during the lessons. They would plan and carry out projects - preferably, practical and useful for the community, do scientific experiments, organise and go on field trips and excurcions, preapare and make performances and plays. Parents would be part of school community actively contributing to this part of learning.
Ss would explore different ways of learning and guide the process by reflecting and giving feedback on what works for them best and teachers will be somrthing like coaches or consultants for them. The school culture will foster relationships and mutual respect, so no special rules would be needed.

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Q3: How would you include metacognition or a focus on agency and awareness?

The school would make metacognition a big part of the school curriculum by including classes like study techniques, reflective thinking. The school would also have a coaching approach to the teacher-student, student-student and teacher-teacher relationships, where the coaching focus is on reflecting over ones own development, personally, professionally, knowledge etc.

Q4: What would the typical methods of teaching and learning be?
Typical methods of teaching would be in bigger projects, staring in recent debates in society, questions from the student, kid’s interests, local culture etc. Projects would cover several subject’s curriculum and include linguistic ang cognitive challenges for the students.

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Urte Penkauskaite. Personnal goals and builiding future for our country.mp3

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Iria Mata and Elisabet Barbero (Madrid & Barcelona)

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Iria Mata and Elisabet Barbero (Madrid & Barcelona)

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We imagined our ideal school and reflected on education together. Here are some of our thoughts:
1: How would you define success and who would you consult to determine success?

For us success is that students are able to work both independently or in collaboration, and they are critical and conscious of the society they live in and take actions and participate in social projects.

2. What is the look, sound, and feel of the school on a typical day?

We could see a lot of posters in the walls with different student’s projects and the school rules (made by themselves). The values of the school are based on human rights and equity. No discrimination patterns (of gender, race, or others) are replied in the school and discriminating behaviors are not welcomed by other students. They feel they are family.

We could see students working in any part of the school: classroom, labs, playyard. There were no doors and very open and big spaces, with some noise everywhere but a very good and happy environment.

3. How would you include metacognition or a focus on agency and awareness?

We would have metacognition questions written in big posters nin each class to use them every day in whatever activity or exam.

We would propose to start everyday by sharing our feelings and experiences the day before in order to talk about our society problems and the activities each one realizes in the community

4. What would the typical methods of teaching and learning be?
We would like merging different methodologies in order to work each cognitive style.

Moreover, we  would merge sometimes students from different ages so they could inspire among themselves.

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My dream school : Yohann Fleury Teach for Belgium

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My dream school : Yohann Fleury Teach for Belgium

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Q 2, 3
Here are only some ideas and visions of my perfect school.
The school would look like a place, where teachers and students can feel harmony with nature and technique. It would full of details that make everyone feel comfortable.  There were enough recreating zones ( quiet for reading and loud for the plays and talking), free access to healthy snacks and water. There were different light and bright colors inside, the open space for meditation or other activities outside.  There would be the sound of a laugh, chilling talks and studying discussion. There would be noisy outside, where student expresses their energy and feelings in movement, sports games, and dances. There would be quite noisy inside, where students and teachers share their thoughts with each other.
There would be the space for creativity: for painting on the walls and floor and the space for the reflection (that plays the vital role in the class), where everyone can paint or write their feelings or ideas after the lessons. That would help all the participants of studying possess to improve their feeling of awareness and share it with others.

I also would like to full school with some traditional symbols that identifies the communities' culture. But, I see it in some modern and cosmopolitical conception. I also would like that children and teachers were the creators of the school space making it in a metacognitive way: understanding the benefit of their steps, setting the goals and analyzing the results.

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2. If I were designing a school, the design of spaces would be trauma-informed. Silent reading, personal writing, mindfulness and physical activity would be built into every day's timetable for all students. Curriculum would reflect the many identities of our cohort and students would be encouraged to understand the historiography of majority narratives and question these. The most important measure would be self-reported improvements against self-identified goals.
3. Self assessment and goal setting are both metacognitive strategies. Personal writing time or exit tickets could be used to have students consider the lesson's content or approach from their own worldview/identity.

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If I were to start a school from scratch, ………………

Q2: ​My school on a typical day would be a place that you can see and hear the thought or ideas
everywhere: posted on the wall, run/shown on the screen or whispered in the air. This school
would be an open space and a comfort zone for students which they can express their voices
out in any variety of forms. Students will be taught to think and to reflect while teachers will be
invited to be the listeners or coaches. Everyone in this learning space will all be learners who
learns and grows together.

Q4:​ One of the typical methods at my school would be reflecting. By the word of reflecting, I
refer to all activities that include the questioning and answering process to rethink, look back,
and review. Then, it would be up to the students to design on how they’d like to express the
thought out, through writing, drawing, or recording. The collection of these reflections would
become a journey of their learning which one day they will look back and learn through their
own growth.

Chayart Kasatepibal
Teach for Thailand

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Q1, 3, 4:
If I could design my ideal school, the learning of the students would be based on what is happening around the students - about their daily lives, the issues they see in their community, their own culture. The students would have assistance to gain background knowledge, then they would go out to their community to observe to identify the topics/ subjects they want to explore. Students would have project-based learning, assigned to different beneficiary (For example, if the students go out to the community and realize that the farmers in their neighborhood are having problems, students would be assigned to groups of farmers to learn about the farming lives, the problems and have hands-on experience to come up with practical and authentic solution for the problems they decide to solve earlier). In the beginning of the project, students would have to set a goal of what they want to learn - both academically (knowledge in the subjects of Math, Biology, Geography, etc.) and personal growth (soft skills of teamwork, organizational skill, and above all, metacognitive skill). In the end of the projects, the students would have self-reflection to acknowledge how much she/he has achieved in terms of the goal set in the beginning, how she/ he would be able to or unable to achieve the goal. There would also be reflection coming from the farmers in this case, from the teachers, or other teammates to see where the students have done well and how can they do better the next time. I strongly believe in the role of parents in raising and educating a child, so parents would definitely be a determinant of success. Parents would be the ones who support the school with helping the children to grow, and the track the change in behaviors of the children and to correct them if necessary.

Because of the hands-on learning experience that is surrounded by what is actually happening around the students' lives, I believe that students will be much more interested and active - physically and mentally - in learning. The teachers will also have a lot of fun and also burden maybe in lesson planning since the lessons would change constantly based on the students and the community. Parents and the community would also actively engage in the learning and teaching process.

Because of the projects the students execute and the ways of execution, students would constantly reflect on their own ability, awareness about what they can do to influence themselves and others around them. They would also develop the love and the bond with their own community because they are the ones who are contributing directly in the development of the community. No one hates the fruits that they grow.

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How would you include metacognition or a focus on agency and awareness

Being inspired by Maggie, I will adopt the project-based approach for enhancing agency among my students. The national curriculum often does not satisfy and meet all of our students’ needs. Therefore, developing various projects that can meet students’ needs, society and culture would have a higher impact. On the other hand, this will be more relevant to their lives. The approach can target specific objectives like training young students to be active leaders in the future, to go back to the same community and continue on influencing the others. This leads to a gradual sense of responsibility and in one’s ability to change. Moreover, self-questioning is highly significant and it should not be limited only to classrooms but also questioning ourselves if we contribute enough to our society. I believe, this will lead everyone to contribute more to OUR society.

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1.  What is the look, sound, and feel of the school on a typical day?

It will
be divided into two clear environments. The first one is quite formal in terms
of dress codes, speech, manners, use of language for different settings. On the
other hand, less
formal setting in which students can participate in informal
activities. In both environments, students will be trained on shared values
like respect, helping each other, tolerance, equality, etc. and in both will
learn to be more active leaders in creating a change in their lives, their
friends, their families and their societies.

The feeling is going to be amazing, something like  "GIVE ME MORE"

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1. How would you define success and who would you consult to determine success?

I believe success in in any school, including ‘mine’ can be achieved by working collectively with students, teachers, and parents towards a shared vision in our society and culture. The perception should not be ‘us’- teachers and ‘they’- students or parents, but rather ‘we’ together- as it is the case with Maggie’s story for being very ‘precious’ in the Inuit village and engaging parents as in Insilada’s school. Second, the issue of raising awareness of who we are and promoting agency among students- by having them understand that they do matter and they can change-can make students more active not only in their schools but also in the society as a whole. Third, contents should be relevant to students’ world views, otherwise they will not be motivated to learn. Finally, classes should be student-centered where students should be speaking most of the time, not teachers.
Determining success can vary: First, students can fill in a questionnaire or speak about their personal progress, then schools can analyze this success. Second, staff members can evaluate the progress of the academic performance, social skills, engagement in activities, willingness to volunteer, etc. Third, parents can participate in determining whether their kids’ behavior is changing. Finally, professional experts in the education field can help us determine the level of success and reflect on our strategies, so we can refine or reinforce them.

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A school which combines academic rigor with personal relevance and involve the whole community when it comes to showcases student's growth.

Teachers are focusing on personalisation, pleasurable way of learning and embedding academic rigour. Students' ideas and artworks are displayed throughout the schools and conversations are all about student's health and well being rather than academic abilities.

Metacognitive strategies are evident and discussed in teacher's professional development and senior management all preaching and actively adopting active learning strategies in their training and management sessions as well.

Schools that I aspire to are School 21 at London and Ron Clark Academy at Atlanta.

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I imagine a physical and relational space where students and teachers recognize themselves as continous learners through the life pathway. Where the main goal is to build in capacities and relevant knowledge for everyone at the community we serve!

Where we understand academic success as the progress in several dimensions, and, of course, where we assess and celebrate not only achievements; more important, we do acknowledge the learning process and support perseverance!

Teachers can learn from others and improve their practices; parents can develop and practice life-long competencies, at the same time their kids grow through a simple and focused curriculum.

Any member of the community can come and participate in the classes and learning experience.

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Q3: At my dream school the studants will be able to built thier own learning schedule in a way that reflcts the subjects that interest them and thier needs. that will require them to think about who they are, what the know, what are thier strengths and how they would like to develope themself at the future. This includes also metacognition and awareness.
Q4: The teaching mathods will be mostly working at small groups that are guided by the teacher in the learning proccess, as most of the learning work is done by the group members. each student will have his own set of tesks that he needs to do as derives from his learning schedule and he will be able to get help from his teacher and from his group members

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Q1. The succes in my school would be determined by multiple factors such as: really involved teachers, all the four ingredients of PADA, kids being autonomous in their learning throughout any situation they face with, kids reaching my school vision, kids getting pure evaluation of their work instead of grades that basically don't show anything.
Q3. I would use metacognition both on students and teachers. I would exercise this concept by using some of the given example, regardless of the subject I teach (i.e. I teach biology, but I will definitely teach them the moon phases :D).
I would ellaborate a detailed plan on how to apply metacognition on a large scale (by the end of the year, students will have proven, through a demonstration, that they can own the process of learning something new, no matter the topic).

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Q1: If I were to design a new school from scratch I would build the notion of success from what you do instead of how far you reach. Process instead of result and that it is the way to success that matters, the hard work you put in, the sacrifices you make, the failures and your dedication.

Q3: I would teach student about awareness by embed metacognitive thinking in all classes and tasks. To teach students to always ask questions about their process, strategies, goals. To learn how to cope with disapointment and see failure as a fantastic chance of learning.

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Q2: The school would give a feeling of active, positive and sunny place. It would be decorated with students’ projects and works, pictures from students' lives, field trips etc. The school would be buzzing with active classrooms, full of kids taking ownership of their own learning. There’d be a feeling of home and close relationships between teachers and students. There'd be a place for every student to self-realize (library, art class, garden, sports-venues, kitchen/cafeteria, science lab etc)
Q3: Learning about growth mindset and reflection would be an essential part of curricula. Almost every activity should be complemented by reflection as long as the activity itself. Kids would learn how to give each other feedback, how to reflect and evaluate their work. At the beginning of the year students would set their own vision and goals that they would be following through the year and presenting at the end of the school year with learning points.

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Success would be students meeting their goals, as defined after careful consideration with each other. We would consult with staff, students, families.

Typically, classrooms and students are buzzing with a sense of energy, purpose, and fun! Each lesson and class would look different –some quietly working, others in groups discussing, some outside working together on an experiment. Classrooms are safe, welcoming places where students feel confident to step out of their comfort zone, make mistakes and feel valued for who they are. Students are given opportunity to learn and express themselves in a variety of ways, and are given time to reflect on tasks ahead and those completed.

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Success would be students meeting their goals, as defined after careful consideration with each other. We would consult with staff, students, families.

Typically, classrooms and students are buzzing with a sense of energy, purpose, and fun! Each lesson and class would look different –some quietly working, others in groups discussing, some outside working together on an experiment. Classrooms are safe, welcoming places where students feel confident to step out of their comfort zone, make mistakes and feel valued for who they are. Students are given opportunity to learn and express themselves in a variety of ways, and are given time to reflect on tasks ahead and those completed.

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If I were starting a school from scratch, I would encourage teachers to focus on activities. I would want the classes to be student-centered where students are 100% involved in the learning process. Teachers would be facilitators and students would be doing most of the talking. They would  focus on the students' interpersonal and communications skills.  I would encourage group work and project- based learning, critical thinking, self-questioning and
reflection.

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4. What would the typical methods of teaching and learning be?

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4. What would the typical methods of teaching and learning be?

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Team -work, self questioning, solving problems in groups and in case of need address it to the teacher, "Today I am the teacher"-method, representing the ideas of peers, be responsible for friends responsibility, " Today's thinker, caring , reflective , principled"- great method to motivate students, hard tasks that need collaboration to success

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3. How would you focus on agency and awareness?

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3. How would you focus on agency and awareness?

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Think, explore, improve, collaborate, reflect, evaluate; simple things that need our students to achieve great success.

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3. How would you include metacognition or a focus on agency and awareness?

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3. How would you include metacognition or a focus on agency and awareness?

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This photo is my motto of including metacognition in the learning process for having self-organized and independent learners in the future

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3. How would you include metacognition or a focus on agency and awareness?

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3. How would you include metacognition or a focus on agency and awareness?

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3. How would you include metacognition or a focus on agency and awareness?

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This will be my moto of including metacognition in the learning process.

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1. If you could design your own school from scratch, what would success look like (and who would you consult to determine success)? 

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1. If you could design your own school from scratch, what would success look like (and who would you consult to determine success)? 

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For me the success is the happiness of children and teachers in schools. |When the children love their school, the atmosphere where the spend the long day has to inspire them. The same is for teachers . The most part of them treat teaching not like an inspiration or responsibility for their students , but a job to earn money and because of low salaries and often lack of respect they are mostly demotivated. Children feel it, they are sure that nobody in school is interested in their achievements, so why to do this or that. The success is that everyone in school realizes how important is their collaboration, love for each other that is the key of co-creating a wonderful world.

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How would you include metacognition or a focus on agency and awareness?

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How would you include metacognition or a focus on agency and awareness?

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To include all of these three aspects, students must be taught to use all of their senses.

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In my school there would only be poject based learning and it would involve culture based learning with all the different aspects of culture my students are from.

A typical day at my school would start with a breakfast with everyone (students and teachers - for the positive relationships and to make sure every kid get something (healthy) to eat). Afterwars we would meditate for a while.
Every teacher needs to make sure the concept of growth mindset is part of every lesson and that they include individual breaks for students when the need them. The students and the teachers (as role models) need to write down their daily goals at the first lesson and need to check and think about their ongoing in the last lesson. For lunch the whole school eats togehter and afterwards are playing some soccer, basketball, are running or are just outside together. But their would also be quite places to be on your own.

My school would be an open places at the afternoons for students and parents to read, study, talk, cook, do sports.....

All in all I think schools need to be a safe and open places for the whole family to support those who are in need.

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Success in my school will be measured by students in the school and really they will be the ones to determine how well we are faring. I think the focus of my school will be to build independent learners. I believe we will be engaging learners effectively when we successfully equip them with the tools to troubleshoot their thought process and solve problem with increasingly minimal external help.

I believe also that teaching and learning will engage students' thought process if it can immediately address a challenge that they may be facing.

Teaching and learning will make use of local craft work and will involve projects that build a sense of community, responsibility and empathy.

Finally, we would learn through games and engaging the community to increase awareness and agency.

Nhyira Sam
Teach for Ghana

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In the school, the context and high expectations will determine success. I would like to include critical thinking and metacognition to make sure that is a long term investment.
A typical day in this school looks like student has habits and self regulation for deciding to be in a class. The teacher has many ways to facilitate subjects, students are constantly challenged and developing different abilities.

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Q1: Erfolg, was ist Erfolg? In der Schule geht es immer nur um die Noten. Die individuelle Entwicklung wird kaum berücksichtigt. Das ist auch schwierig, jeder bräuchte einen individuellen Test, denn jeder startet von einem anderen Punkt. Dennoch würde ich gerne die persönliche Entwicklung bewerten. Gerade im schulfach Deutsch, denn manche können gut schreiben und andere noch nicht. Einige geben sich unheimliche Mühe, andere ruhen sich aus. Dafür würde ich Noten geben. Für jedes Thema eine anfängliche Diagnose. Dann die Lernzeit, differenziert und individuell. Die abschließende Feststellung würde mir die Entwicklung aufzeigen.
Q2: Es ist mir extrem wichtig, das jeder meiner Lernenden sich sicher fühlt, seinen Platz findet und gerne in die Schule kommt. Ich möchte eine warme, freundliche und weiche Stimmung. Ruhe, Gelassenheit, Neugier und Freude am Lernen sollte in der Luft sein. Damit die Schüler und Schülerinnen ihre Schule annehmen und mit sich identifizieren, sollen sie sich auch gestalten. Damit übernehmen Sie Verantwortung und fühlen sich daheim. Jeder darf individuell sein, selbst sein und dafür geschätzt werden.

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How would you define success and who would you consult to determine success?

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How would you define success and who would you consult to determine success?

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Success is not the result of something but the process to achieve it. Success can just be defined for those who have gone through a series of steps and failed before getting there.