- Students have the right to be treated with respect and dignity for their ideas, skills and stages of development.
- Students deserve an engaging learning environment in which they feel safe enough to demonstrate freely their understandings and skills through various types of participation.
- Student learning is the responsibility of both teachers and students.
- Learning is holistic and constructive.
- A teachers attitudes, behaviors, and methodologies should be compatible.
- Accurate and constructive feedback helps students become independent learners.
- Quality of life is enriched through music and singing.