Preparing students for college applications through communal learning
Know YOURSELF, Grow yourself, show yourself
PARTNERS
Who are we?
We are teachers who believe self-knowledge and asset-based narratives lead to the pursuit of passions and success. We bring together communities to help students draft and create engaging, authentic presentations of themselves that will open doors in their futures.
What do we do?
Through an immersive, cohort-based online learning experience, we support high schoolers and college students in developing who they are.
Our course is asset-based. Our process helps learners self-reflect in order to understand their passions and develop as leaders.
Our course outcomes include personal essays for college applications, personal presentations, and social impact project proposals.
How do we do it?
We structure our community learning space along these principles:
- Connecting people and supporting connections through writing and discussions
- Feedback driven development of asset-based narratives
- Discovering knowledge of yourself, not just knowledge of facts
Why do we do it?
SELF-REFLECTION FOR SELF-DIRECTION.
From our experiences as students and teachers in public and private schools, we created a course to give students something they don't usually receive - a space for self-reflection and personal storytelling. Communal spaces like this have been integral in the development of our own passions and potential. We created a course that facilitates this structure and space for young people in the real-world context of college and career.
