TechBoston Academy’s essential belief is that by providing an environment that is both nurturing and challenging, every student can learn and develop into a responsible citizen. TechBoston Academy, a pilot high school within the Boston Public Schools, offers a college preparatory curriculum, which includes interdisciplinary project-based learning, where technology is the bridge that connects the students to their learning experiences.
Academic Expectations:
1) To actively engage students in their own educational process and improve their academic performance as measured by MCAS and other assessment tools.
- All students will read critically and with comprehension.
- All students will communicate and reflect effectively through writing, speaking, and presenting.
- All students will develop critical thinking skills.
- All students will solve problems effectively.
- All students will understand how common themes connect across disciplines and are applied outside the classroom.
- All students will develop the habits of study enabling them to be successful in post-secondary pursuits.
2) To integrate state of the art technologies into all learning opportunities and prepare students for higher education and career development.
- All students will become competent in specific industry technologies.
- All students will demonstrate proficiency in integrating existing and emerging industry technologies that enable communication, problem solving, visual presentation, research and analysis.
Social Expectations:
- Live by the motto, “We rise and fall together” by working collaboratively to achieve goals and to accomplish tasks.
- Respect themselves by assuming responsibility for their own behavior and well being.
- Respect others by being tolerant of individual differences, opinions, and preferences.
Civic Expectations:
- Positively represent the TechBoston Academy community at all times by being responsible citizens in the school as well as in the outside community.
- Actively respect and value the community, others’ property and the environment.
School Climate and Safety
Effective educators know that relationships in the school, and in the classroom, have a profound effect on learning. TechBoston Academy’s aspiration is to cultivate an environment, which incorporates :
- Positive classroom management
- Rewarding relationships
- Personal responsibility and internal motivation
- Collaboration
- A safe learning community
- Respect for diversity
- Conflict resolution skills
It is the expectation that the school climate will allow for a supportive environment, which is one of high academic challenge, lofty personal expectation, and mutual respect. By fostering such an environment, the school will best promote the greatest academic and personal growth of the students.
