MC2 Lingo

CBRP- College/ Career Bound Reading Project- Every phase each student does 5 reading projects based on books, articles, etc about any topic they want.

Reading Log- Students read 4 books of their choice and fill out a short reading log in Project Foundry.

SSR- Sustained Silent Reading: Research shows that people should read at least 20 minutes per day. This is a time in advisory when everyone reads a book of their choice.

MOLO - Making Community Connections Orientation learning Opportunity- This is an introductory project that every student does when they enter MC2 to learn the process of the school.

EOD/EOW/ EOQ-End of Day/Week reflection. Each day students write a 200 word reflection about their day. At the end of the week students write a 500 word reflection. When the quarter is done, students write a 1000 word reflection about the quarter.

Advisory- A smaller community within the school that acts as a home base. Students start and end their day in advisory. This is a space where goals, SSR and EOD's take place.

Advisor- the staff member who guides a student through their phases of MC2.

Support Staff - a non-teaching staff member supporting student learning. Usually assigned to meet a special ed need.

School Leader - This is our head of school, like a principal.

Learner - "We are all learners" but this usually refers to a student

NDFL- Neurodevelopmental Framework for Learning

QED - the founding non-profit organization of MC2 Charter School.

Habits - The lifelong skills for learning that comprise half the MC2 curriculum

Internship - an authentic, work-based learning opportunity

Trek- an authentic, out-of-school learning opportunity

Career cluster - the groupings of career fields by common traits, i.e. mechanic, hospitality, agriculture, or business, to name a few.

Learning Team- Team of people that support the student (Student, advisor, parent/guardian)

LTM- Learning Team Meeting: meeting to discuss how to best support the student going forward

Project Foundry- the online platform used to keep track of learning opportunities, EOD's, checklists, competencies, etc.

Learning Opportunities- Any way that a student can earn credit

Phases (1-4)- similar to grades (9-12) students work through at their own pace.

Gateway- When a student moves from one phase to another (ie. 1-2) or graduates.

Checklists- Each student has 2 check lists EK and phase checklists. These need to be checked off before a student can graduate or gateway

• Phase- Checklist that consists of all of the phase work a student needs to get including ELA, wellness (PE/health), EOD's, etc. Each phase a student gets a new checklist

• EK-Essential Knowledge- This is a checklist of all of the competencies that students need to get in order to graduate. It consists of what is traditionally referred to as core classes.

Competencies- State standards that have been categorized and rewritten to make more sense.

TCTEF (Thoughtful Classroom Teacher Effective Framework)- Benchmark for how professionals measure effectiveness. It covers 4 corner stones and 5 episodes

• Episodes- Content for Building Culture and Learning

• Cornerstones- How we Build Culture of Learning

• Learning Cycle- Created to form deep understanding of content.

• Think Kids- A trauma informed, researched based training in collaborative problem solving.

• Lagging skills- The reason an individual is struggling with a situation

• APT-Assessment and Planning Tool used to formulate a plan B for a student

• Problems to be Solved- The time when an individual struggles with a challenging behavior

• Plan B- a problem solving technique that addresses the youth and adult concern

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