Planning+Team

=Planning Team Work=

** Worthington Schools **
 * Credit Flexibility Plan **

The Worthington Credit Flexibility plan will motivate and increase student learning through greater access to more resources, customizations of curriculum around individual learning needs, and demonstrate achievement through multiple measures of learning.
 * __ Vision __**

The Worthington Credit Flexibility plan is a tool to forward the renewal of schools and provide options and alternatives for all students.
 * __Mission__**

1. To allow student pursuit of interest-based education that motivates and engages. 2. To provide greater relevancy to students’ daily lives. 3. To empower students to design their education to meet their individual needs/interests. 4. To cultivate effective habits of the mind. 5. To provide purposeful connections between education and the community (local and global). 6. To support students’ learning in high school through graduation and beyond. 7. To strengthen instruction and ensure all students are college and career ready. 8. To ensure Worthington graduates are equipped with the skills, knowledge and dispositions necessary to thrive in the current century.
 * __ Goals __**

**__ Objectives __** 1. Expand learning opportunities beyond those found in our high school course offerings. 2. Effectively address student learning styles. 3. Shift the focus in learning to performance and demonstration. 4. Create a positive culture that supports creativity, innovation, career exploration, acceleration and interest-based curriculum. 5. Create incentives for students to pursue and master core curriculum in an interest-based context. 6. Provide the opportunity for students to take more responsibility for their learning.

**__ Expectations __** 1. Credit Flexibility is for all students and all classes. 2. Credit Flexibility will be “advertised” frequently and through many different avenues. 3. Students will take ownership and responsibility for the plan. 4. Additional costs will be passed on to the family. 5. Staff will maintain responsibility for approval and oversight of any approved Credit Flexibility plan. 6. Staff will engage and support those students who wish to pursue this option.

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