Comprehensive Programming.
Crossroads Community Collaborative.
The Crossroads Community Collaborative (CCC) is a group of local organizations committed to solving Kansas City’s workforce challenge. The CCC will supply talent to local businesses and organizations by providing integrated learning opportunities that equip students for the future of work. Through this market-driven approach, students will solve real problems and complete real projects that meet industry and civic needs. The CCC hopes to provide a proof-of-concept for how communities can build sustainable and transformational learning systems that disrupt the disparities in access to high quality career and college preparation.
(re)Making a Makerspace.
The need for more student-determined experiences and workspaces is widely acknowledged but the purposes and processes behind these types of experiences and spaces is harder to articulate. St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School, a K-8 private school in Kansas City, is rethinking the purpose of their Makerspace. This short paper presents generative research conducted to uncover challenges that need to be addressed in order to increase the value added for students.
Gifted Education Services.
Crossroads Charter Schools provides a rich mosaic of enrichment education services and learning opportunities designed to meet and support the unique cognitive, social and emotional needs of high potential students, preparing them to succeed in a global society. Participating students extend their learning, pursue individual interests, and develop new skillsets. They create original projects that reflect critical and creative thinking skills as supplemental learning to the regular classroom curriculum. Each student becomes a self-directed learner in thinking, research and communication.