School Site Visits:
Are you wondering what a learner-centered learning environment can look like?
Come and be inspired (virtually or in-person) by these awesome MLCN environments!
Use the filters below to sort our offerings by school or by the school visit's focus, aligned with the seven Principle of Student-Centered education.
Participating Schools:
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Avalon School, 6-12, St. Paul, MN
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Farmington High School, 9-12, Farmington, MN
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Level Up Academy, K-8, White Bear Lake, MN
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Minnesota New Country School, K-12, Henderson, MN
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Northwest Passage School, 9-12, Coon Rapis, MN
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Praire Creek Community Schools, K-5, Northfield, MN
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Paladin Career & Technical Academy, 9-12, Blaine, MN
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Spring Grove Public Schools, K-12, Spring Grove, MN
MLCN 2022-2023 School Visit Schedule
Use the filters below to sort our offerings by school or by the school visit's focus, aligned with the seven Principle of Student-Centered education.
School | Principle Focus | Grade | Charter / Traditional | Date | Time | ||
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Paladin Career & Technical High School | Positive Relationships | High School | Charter | 11/12/2022 | 9:00-11:00am | ||
Avalon School | Student Ownership & Agency | High School | Charter | 12/10/2022 | 8:40-11:00am | ||
Farmington High School | Student Ownership & Agency | High School | Traditional | 12/15/2022 | 8:15-11:15am | ||
Northwest Passage High School | Anytime, Anywhere | High School | Charter | 01/19/2023 | 12:30-3:30PM | ||
Farmington High School | Anytime, Anywhere | High School | Traditional | 01/25/2023 | 12:00-3:00pm | ||
Minnesota New Country School | Anytime, Anywhere | High School | Charter | 01/25/2023 | 9:00-12:00pm | ||
Spring Grove Public Schools | Anytime, Anywhere | High School | Traditional | 01/31/2023 | 4-5:15pm | ||
Avalon School | Positive Identity | High School | Charter | 02/10/2023 | 8:40-11:00am | ||
Minnesota New Country School | Positive Identity | High School | Charter | 02/22/2023 | 9:00-12:00pm | ||
Prairie Creek Community School | Positive Identity | Elementary | Charter | 03/01/2023 | 9:15-12:15am | ||
Level Up Academy | Competency-Based | Elementary | Charter | 03/24/2023 | 9:30-12:00pm | ||
Avalon School | Competency-Based | High School | Charter | 03/24/2023 | 1:30-3:30pm | ||
Northwest Passage High School | Real-World Relevant | High School | Charter | 04/19/2023 | 8:30-12:00pm | ||
Spring Grove Public Schools | Real-World Relevant | High School | Traditional | 04/27/2023 | 12:30-3:15pm | ||
Paladin Career & Technical High School | Foundational Needs Met | High School | Charter | 05/13/2023 | 1:00-3:00pm | ||
Prairie Creek Community School | Foundational Needs Met | Elementary | Charter | 05/24/2023 | 9:15 - 12:15pm |
Avalon School
6-12 (urban, public charter school)
St. Paul, MN
Avalon is an innovative learning community that leverages student agency and teacher ownership. Avalon students design independent projects, choose their seminars, and create rules for Avalon through democratic ownership. While students are empowered to lead their education and accept responsibility for the school community, Avalon teachers are similarly empowered. There is no principal or director; instead the teachers operate as leaders and shared owners.
Location:
Avalon School,
700 Glendale St,
Saint Paul, MN 55114
Contact:
Carrie Bakken carrie@avalonschool.org
651-649-5495 x205
avalonschool.org
Level Up Academy
K-8 (suburban, public charter school)
White Bear Lake, MN
The Level Up Academy curriculum reflects the needs of each student and is documented through personalized learning plans. While parts of the curriculum consist of online leveled games and the use of the digital platform instructional and assessment tools, the teacher and student explore multiple approaches to achieve these goals. The teachers also operate collectively to choose behavior and classroom management systems designed to create an engaging school community based on respect and empathy.
Location:
Level Up Academy,
2600 East Co Rd E,
White Bear Lake, MN, 55110
Contact:
Molly Dandelet
651-408-5559 ext. 302
Northwest Passage Charter High School
9-12 (Suburban, charter public school)
Coon Rapids, MN
Northwest Passage Charter High School (NWPHS) is a student centered learning environment for students in 9-12+ grade. NWPHS focuses on project based and experiential learning, with regular out of school field studies and 20+ overnight learning expeditions. NWPHS has a maximum of 180 students and a long term advisory model with 15-16 9-12th grade students per advisory. NWPHS is a Teacher-Powered School with a teacher majority school board.
Location:
Northwest Passage Charter High School
11345 Robinson Dr
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Contact:
Peter Wieczorek
715-641-2254
Website: nwphs.org
Prairie Creek Community School
K-5 (rural, public charter school)
Northfield, MN
Parents, teachers, staff, and students cooperate with one another and with others outside the school to create a joyful and challenging climate for learning. We help children discover the power and excitement of their minds, their feelings and their bodies, their relationships, their art. We assure children of their value, encourage their accomplishments, and respect their individual learning styles. We value diversity. We emphasize cooperation, promote self-reflection, support innovation, and value change. We share our philosophy and practice with others and learn from them. We value justice, gender-fairness, and conflict resolution. We educate children to live as responsive, responsible members of their own communities, now and into the future.
Location:
Prairie Creek Community School
27695 Denmark Ave
Northfield, MN 55057
Contact:
Simon Tyler
Farmington High School
9-12 (suburban, public district school)
Farmington, MN
Farmington Area Public Schools mission is to provide a student centered culture that radiates a dream of an entirely new educational world, is to ensure each student continuously achieves one’s highest aspirations while demonstrating responsibility to communities through a system distinguished by: passion for continuous growth; humanitarian purpose; personal reflection which gives meaning to learning; individual empathetic agency; and, radical trust in self and others.
Location:
Farmington High School, 20655 Flagstaff Ave, Farmington, MN 55024
Contact:
Daniel Pickens,
Minnesota New Country
K-12 (rural, public charter school)
Henderson, MN
The mission of MNCS is to guide students toward self-actualization. To achieve that mission, MNCS leverages the power of purposeful relationships, community, student-led project-based learning, experiential education, and collaborative teacher ownership.
Locations:
Minnesota New Country School (elementary)
127 N 8th St, Henderson
MN 56044
Minnesota New Country School (secondary)
210 Main St, Henderson, MN 56044
Contacts:
Jim Wartman
Paladin
9-12 (urban)
Coon Rapids, MN
Paladin Career & Technical High School uses an individualized instructional model for each student. Our model incorporates work-based learning, seminar-based learning, project-based learning, and experiential learning to meet the needs of each individual student. Students earn credit towards graduation by attending educator-led seminars, participating in experiential learning opportunities (trips and treks), completing student-led/ guided projects, meeting employment/ entrepreneurship goals (work-based learning), attending Post Secondary Education Options (PSEO), along with a variety of other innovative methods. Students who have struggled to be successful in the education system in the past are given a variety of support systems at Paladin Career & Technical High School. In addition to the personal/social support offered by school staff, flexibility, and relationship building are also provided in the education model.
Location:
Paladin Career & Technical High School
Contact:
Samantha Ross
paladincareertech.com
Spring Grove Schools
K-12 (rural, traditional public school)
Spring Grove, MN
Location:
113 2nd Ave NW,
Spring Grove, MN 55974
Contact:
Website: https://www.springgrove.k12.mn.us/