Showcases of learning
Showcases of student learning serve as joyful culminating events for each project at Avante Global School.
Showcases are intended to celebrate the accomplishment of seemingly unattainable goals, and to demonstrate for parents, students, and the community what students have learned during the previous project. Showcases take many forms, including book-signings, musical productions, performances, and demonstrations. Each showcase is different, and complements the content and process of the project.
These elements guide us in planning effective showcases:
All showcases:
- Are celebrations!
- Have a sense of student excitement and investment.
- Show the connections to the guiding and challenge questions.
- Capture the richness and depth of the content studied.
- Showcase the skills students learned.
- Demonstrate accountability to the audience for students’ knowledge
- Show the process of getting to the final product in an accessible way.
- Have well-thought out logistics, e.g. invitations, space, time, flow of people.
- Are polished representations of student work.
Showcases may:
- Have a cohesive feel across grade levels
- Be interactive
- Present learning in more than one way
- Integrate Signature Programs, Religion and Character/Value
- Have a clear link to assessment
- Showcase real-world, purposeful products
- Highlight a service component
- Include members of the community as part of the audience
- Be hosted during the day or on weekends as well as evenings for other classes and audiences
- Recognize “key players” and volunteers
- Provide an opportunity for participants and guests to give feedback
- Incorporate students’ voices in how the exhibition will work
