Modules and the workshop model
Academics at CCHS are taught primarily through week-long modules, or mini-units. Students complete two modules each week, and completed modules earn a student points that accumulate toward a credit. The module approach allows our students to focus on only a couple key concepts at a time and to start fresh each week.
Modules follow the workshop model, an approach that allows students to internalize information and then practice using it. This model includes five steps:
Students revise their work throughout the week, especially at the Create stage, to ensure they properly understand and can articulate what they are learning. This revision process is a natural part of learning at CCHS and allows for differentiated instruction.
Modules follow the workshop model, an approach that allows students to internalize information and then practice using it. This model includes five steps:
- Introduce - the teacher hooks students into the topic or skill for the week
- Expose - the teacher leads mini lessons on the topic or skill
- Practice - the class practices the material with regular check-ins (individual or collective)
- Create - the student produces a product that demonstrates an understanding of the material presented
- Reflect - the student and teacher reflect on the learning process and material learned
Students revise their work throughout the week, especially at the Create stage, to ensure they properly understand and can articulate what they are learning. This revision process is a natural part of learning at CCHS and allows for differentiated instruction.
Science and MathScience and math connect us to our environment. In order to truly connect, we need to touch and feel it. We believe in the importance of clear blue skies, overcast mountains, raging rivers, calm ponds, snowy slopes, and sandy dunes. Through a one-on-one approach to Mathematics, we prepare students to experience Science that demands the use of math as a tool.
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CitizenshipWe believe education is the answer. Community demands a population of people who think for themselves. Community demands people that engage and support the life and needs of that community. We directly teach and assess how to live in a community with maturity and independence.
We intentionally design a school culture to mirror the community we want for ourselves. Our citizenship skills are primarily taught through credits that address Colorado's ICAP (Individual Career and Academic Plan) expectations. Topics include:
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EnglishReading and writing are the heartbeat of education. These two skills unleash the power of ideas, both ours and those of others. We demand that students master these skills so they can join the adult conversation.
Visit the English Class Website Modules include:
Social StudiesWe use a chronological approach to history so students can gain a sense of perspective on the past and place themselves in the present, understand the concept of cause and effect, and realize the influence of social structure on our lives today and in the past. We enjoy hearing and creating stories. By studying examples in history and telling the story, students understand causality; they are able to make decisions, create arguments, and have discussions that use examples of societal and ideological influences to justify themselves.
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