Ogden International is the only CPS school affiliated with Asia Society's International Studies School Network.
Asia Society’s Graduation Portfolio System (GPS) prepares high school students for a global, innovation-driven future. Businesses, communities, and families are demanding that students graduate ready for college and globally competent. The GPS helps schools meet that demand.
The GPS is an iterative process that lets teachers improve instruction and students develop the knowledge and skills that will ensure they are ready for college––and the interconnected world beyond.
GPS design is informed by best-practice research on performance-based assessment in the United States as well as from top-rated school systems worldwide. The GPS drives teaching and learning that are very real-world, and is informed by student choice. Students share projects with the world, not just their teachers.
GPS works within academic disciplines, and it can be applied in an interdisciplinary way, too. It aligns with state and Common Core standards.
More than a process, the GPS results in students creating a portfolio that demonstrates mastery of global knowledge and skills.
Tools
The GPS provides frameworks and tools to help students develop deep knowledge about the world and critical 21st century skills within and across disciplines. Problem seeking, analysis, problem solving, and collaboration are hallmarks of this type of education.
The tools include a graduate profile, a series of discipline-based and interdisciplinary performance targets and rubrics, as well as sample curricula and examples of student work.
Faculty Training
The training starts with an introduction to core principles of global competence and the GPS. It teaches a design approach to lesson planning, curriculum writing, and instruction. It provides instruction on how to evaluate student work, calibrate scoring––and importantly––how to use feedback to improve instruction and curriculum. The trainings will demonstrate how to use the GPS tools, as well as help educators create new teaching, learning, and assessment practices of their own based on underlying GPS frameworks and principles.
For more information, click on the link below to learn more about Asia Society’s International Studies School Network (ISSN):
http://vimeo.com/15951630
To learn more about each subject area, click on the links below:
Global Leadership
Arts
English Language Arts
History
Mathematics
Science
World Languages