The blog Mind/Shift recently shared “
7 Essential Principles of Innovative Learning”:
- Learners have to be at the center of what happens in the classroom.
- Learning is a social practice and can’t happen alone.
- Emotions are an integral part of learning.
- Learners are different.
- Students need to be stretched, but not too much.
- Assessment should be for learning, not of learning.
- Learning needs to be connected across disciplines.
The end goal of these principles is to design “learning environments that will help students build skills useful in a world where jobs are increasingly information and knowledge-based.”
What can we do today to prepare students for careers of tomorrow? During CTD’s annual Opportunities for the Future Conference on June 29, there will be sessions for parents and students on developing career readiness and possible pathways leading to jobs just beginning to emerge. 
