Key Characteristic 3: Engagement of Learning

What it means
A good institution ensures that learners are engaged in the learning environment. Learners who are engaged in the learning environment participate with confidence and display agency over their own learning. A good institution adopts policies and engages in practices that support all learners being included in the learning process.

Keys to Engagement of Learning
Engagement is demonstrated when all learners:
• Are included in the learning process
• Participate with confidence
• Have agency over their learning

STANDARD 16
Learners experience curriculum and instruction that emphasize the value of diverse cultures, backgrounds, and abilities.
STANDARD 17
Learners have equitable opportunities to realize their learning potential.
STANDARD 18
Learners are immersed in an environment that fosters lifelong skills including creativity, curiosity, risk taking, collaboration, and design thinking.
STANDARD 19
Learners are immersed in an environment that promotes and respects student voice and responsibility for their learning.
STANDARD 20
Learners engage in experiences that promote and develop their self-confidence and love of learning.
STANDARD 21
Instruction is characterized by high expectations and learner-centered practices.
STANDARD 22
Instruction is monitored and adjusted to advance and deepen individual learners’ knowledge and understanding of the curriculum.
STANDARD 23
Professional staff members integrate digital resources that deepen and advance learners’ engagement with instruction and stimulate their curiosity.