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Learning For Life

Students expressed a strong desire to connect knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to life beyond the school and experiences that prepare them for the real-world, including career exposure. 

This domain not only seeks to better support students with their understanding of life as learners past their time in Lyon CSD schools, but also to connect their in-school learning with their lives outside of school, including their day-to-day hobbies, talents, skills and interests. 

Diving into the Domain: Learning for Life

Learning for Life is all about equipping students with skills and knowledge that extend far beyond the classroom. This domain emphasizes real-world applicability, ensuring that each learning experience contributes to students' readiness for life’s challenges and opportunities. Through Learning for Life, we are fostering lifelong learners who can adapt and thrive in an ever-evolving world. 

Learning for Life Student Competencies

Within Learning for Life, there are three key competencies that students are learning and applying.  The following provides an example of what success in each competency looks and feels like from the student’s perspective. Each sentence is a way students might demonstrate their growth in each competency (skill). The Learning for Life competencies are:

  • Perseverance
  • Application
  • Future Focus
Perseverance

When a students hones in on perseverance, they are striving to fulfill the following statements:

  • I am becoming a confident learner.
  • I can overcome challenges and problems.
  • I can work through a problem even when no one tells me to.
  • I am able to learn from mine and other’s mistakes.
  • I can view failure as a learning experience and opportunity. 
Application

When a students hones in on application, they are striving to fulfill the following statements: 

  • I am a reliable student, classmate, and member of the Lyon County community.
  • I am able to acquire skills related to my future interests and goals.
  • I can search for and plan to take on any task in life because I have learned the steps to do so.
Future Focus

When a students hones in on future focus, they are striving to fulfill the following statements:

  • I am building the skills that I’ll need to continue learning new things throughout my life.
  • I know how to apply what I’m learning to life beyond school.
  • I know how to explore my college and career options.