The industrial-era of education, where we presumed a common starting and ending point for all, has never served students or teachers. While such systems may have helped schools standardize education and make it more efficient, they can make students feel perpetually behind, hold back our most talented, and ignore the "middle." Furthermore, it excludes, by definition, those who do not conform to the norm, and is taxing on teachers. Rather than aspiring for simply access for all students, authors Jennifer D. Klein and Kapono Ciotti developed The Landscape Model to help schools ensure the highest levels of personal success possible for all students. Recognizing that students are positioned across a landscape when it comes to their learning and growth, the model provides strategies for developing an asset-based understanding of what each student brings into the learning ecosystem. The entire model hinges on student protagonism, or agency, and the goal is a level of "inclusive prosperity" which leverages talents and passions to ensure all students reach their own highest possible level of success.

This course will provide an overview of the three elements and eight principles of the Landscape Model. Participants will have an opportunity to experience inclusive strategies, and to start thinking about how they might use the model to build more inclusive prosperity in their classrooms and school communities.

Introduction From Jennifer

The Landscape Model Book

Getting Started

An Introduction to the Landscape Model

The Basis of the Landscape Model

Reflecting on Your Own Experiences

Envision

The 3 Elements

Ecosystem Activity

Horizon Activity

Pathways Activity

The Three Elements of the Landscape Model

The 8 Principles

Chalk Talk 8 Principles Reflection

The Eight Principles of the Landscape Model

What's Next?

Course Wrap Up

The Landscape Model of Learning

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Jennifer D. Klein

The Landscape Model of Learning

Course Overview

Meet the course producers