Learning List Brain Buffet - Taste and Explore! – Learning List Brain Buffet

Learning List Brain Buffet - Master List

• This list is a reference tool for teachers and students to determine areas of interest or needs for projects and research.

• You will find the same lists for each of the three categories as a "Learning Library" to help organize and archive student work for future access.

HEALTHY LEARNER

HEALTHY LEARNING SPACES

1. Student Centered

Celebration of student work
Promoting Choice and Voice
Safe spaces for all students

2. Science of Nature

Outdoor “classrooms” and “Forest Schools”
Brains “on nature”
Plants (real and fake)
Animals or living creatures/pets
Bringing the outdoors “IN”

3. Physical Elements and Science of Learning

Lighting
Temperature
Air Quality
Noise
Toxins
Colors
Organization and Order

4. Promoting Movement, Choice, Engagement

Flexible Seating
Standing Desks
Balance boards, wobble chairs, yoga balls
Portability and Accessibility
BRAIN “breaks” or shifts

5. Tools not Toys

Fidget items
Physical Therapy Items
Physical Model of Brain, etc.

HEALTHY CLIMATE and CULTURE

1. Safety

Physical
Social - Emotional
Positive and Supportive Environment
Rules and Norms Support Values and Practices
Clean and Healthy Facilities
Focus on school safety, mental health, trauma informed and fostering resilience

2. Student Centered

Choice and Voice
Restorative Practices
Embedded social and emotional learning and practice
All students and staff valued, seen, and heard
Personalized Competency Based Learning
Challenged and Supported Appropriately
High Expectations for All
Mindset that Equity and Diversity Feeds Excellence

3. Relationships and Connectedness

Respect and Practices to support Diversity
Positive and Healthy Relationships Taught, Modeled, Practiced
Connected and Supported Staff
Effective and Inspiring Leadership

• Inclusive and Equitable Learning Environments

for All Students and Staff

• Community Collaboration; Partnerships and Projects

• Parents as Engaged and Welcomed Partners

4. Professional Development and Awareness

• Cultural Awareness Shared and Practiced

• Trauma Informed Practices

• Staying current on Mind, Brain, and Education Sciences

• 9R Elements of Effective Instruction **