Why an 'Innovative Learning Environment'?

Why should you or your parents choose to enrol you into an innovative Learning Environment. You should enrol your child in a ILE Class (Innovative Learning Environment) because ILE classes are collaborative, they make learning fun and they are educational at the same time.

In Rongokako, we are working on developing our growth mindset and understanding that it okay if we don't know how to do something YET. Having a fixed mindset means that you struggle to try new things and aren't willing to get into 'the pit' or enter the 'Heroes Journey' as opposed to someone with a growth mindset who willingly tries new things and understands that failure is sometimes a good thing. We are learning to problem solve solutions to situations we come across in our learning independently, collaboratively and with support.

We endeavour to create classrooms that work for our students as indviduals. The process starts with putting students first. It becomes less about adult control and more about trusting your learners. We CAN navigate around structural constraints of a timetable to ensure the learning happening in our classes is student centered; providing opportunities for when by having learners create their own timetable and to show how by encouraging different ways to make their learning visible are two ways we can give agency to students. Learning to manage their own behaviour and learning tasks so they become self-regulated learners is the goal. Self-regulation moves learners’ from being passive recipients to being much more active in the learning process.

Research suggests that education in today’s world is becoming more about the learning process, having real world audiences, creating and initiating authentic contexts to work within for our learners. Learning looks different today than it did when many of us were at school.