Transformative and Differentiated Education

Rosedale is committed to advocating for, and implementing, transformative education with a focus on differentiated and transformative competency development for high school on a global scale. We offer solutions to enhance innovation in education, and we deliver education that is growth-focused, and provides the knowledge and skills for our future global leaders.

Rosedale’s Transformative Approach To Learning

Our world is filled with questions and problems—and answers can’t simply be found in a textbook. Students rely on experienced educators to help guide their learning to discover new skills and to create solutions for our innovative and technology-driven world. Bringing collaborative and creative problem solving to the classroom is often constrained by curriculum development, time and cost, but Rosedale has shifted the landscape of education to invest in the development of collaborative solutions to advance teaching and learning, ultimately allowing the next generation of students to take ownership of their learning and acquire essential competencies that lead to life-changing learning outcomes—and lifelong success—for our future world.  

Our Transformative Approach to Learning has five defined pillars focused on: Transformative competency development; real-world application and innovation; global citizenship education; differentiated instruction and diverse evaluation; and the creation of a personalized learning path. We provide well-structured solutions from curriculum, technology, teaching resources, teacher development, and academic services that interconnect with the support our international partner schools require to implement transformative, global education. 

Pillar One: Transformative Competency Development

Rosedale prepares students for future academic success and the challenges of tomorrow by supporting them to develop strong skills in the competencies of: Critical thinking and problem solving; creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship; collaboration; and communication. Each course is thoughtfully designed to provide students with opportunities to develop and practice these skills and apply them to new situations through real–world problem solving, creative tasks, design challenges, and big-picture thinking. By developing these transformative competencies, Rosedale students master higher order thinking skills and hone their ability to collaborate and effectively communicate with others around the world. 

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Curriculum and Learning Process

  • Rosedale has built an innovative course portfolio with an emphasis an on transformative competency development. Learning activities, assessments, and evaluations are carefully designed to provide students with opportunities to develop, practice, and reflect on the skills needed to become proficient with these competencies. Each course has a unique competency profile that highlights the skill development that has been integrated into the course design through opportunities for critical thinking, problem solving, innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, collaboration, and communication.

Evaluation and Reporting

  • The evaluations in Rosedale courses provide opportunities to evaluate and report on student achievement of the transformative competencies. In addition, information about student achievement of competencies is gathered through implementation of collaborative learning and formative activities that take place within the classrooms of the partner schools. Competencies are linked to specific learning activities and evaluations so that they can be measured, tracked, and reported for individual students across different subjects.

Teacher Instructional Resources

  • Rosedale provides detailed instructional guides to accompany every lesson that clearly identify the transformative competencies that are being developed and measured in each activity or evaluation. These instructional guides provide teachers with instructional strategies that support the development of the skills associated with the competencies, such as: Critical thinking, creative thinking, the use of questioning, promoting student talk, and providing formative feedback. 

Teacher Development Programs

  • Rosedale’s comprehensive teacher development programs provide teachers the opportunity to learn, practice and apply competency-specific instructional strategies from fundamental to advanced levels utilizing variety of formats, including subject-specific examples, lectures, instruction demonstrations, workshops, teaching in practice and feedback/experience sharing from our expert educators.

Pillar Two: Real-World Application and Innovation

Rosedale inspires students by actively engaging them in the exploration of real–world application and innovation in the subjects they study. These explorations are integrated into Rosedale courses as a launch point to engage students in critical thinking, problem solving, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. Our courses are designed to provide students with educational opportunities to acquire in-depth subject knowledge, integrate their learning in different disciplines, and develop the transformative competencies that allow them to connect to real-world issues and tackle problems with significant economic and social consequence.

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Curriculum and Learning Process

  • Every course features an “Innovation Commons” that is used to inspire and invite students to explore the real–world applications and innovations related to the concepts they are learning. In addition, lessons, activities, case studies and projects are grounded in real world scenarios and require students to apply the knowledge and skills they have learned to new situations, where they are asked to analyze issues, solve problems, and create innovative solutions. Specifically, in STEM courses, students are invited to generate creative and innovative solutions through problem based learning scenarios and design thinking processes. 

Evaluation and Reporting

  • Students are evaluated using rich performance tasks that encourage students to make connections to the real world and invite students to explore the real–world applications and innovations of the subject they are studying. Emphasis is placed on the connecting course learning to real–world contexts and the ability of students to apply the competencies to engage in critical and creative thinking, innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, collaboration, and communication. This approach provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and application of the transformative competencies and higher order thinking skills through real-world problem solving and design thinking processes.

Teacher Instructional Resources

  • Our instructional guides provide teachers with strategies and techniques to help students explore and make connections to real-world applications and innovations. Teachers are also provided guidance on leading students through the problem solving and design thinking process, including: Strategies to lead problem-based learning, generate questions, prompt student thinking, and provide feedback. Differentiated instructional resources also provide teachers with additional material to dive deeply into all areas of study to explore real world applications and innovations. 

Teacher Development Programs

  • Our teacher development programs focus on strategies and techniques to help students explore and make connections to real-world applications and innovations.  Teachers are also provided guidance on leading students through the problem solving and design thinking process, including: Strategies to lead problem-based learning, generate questions, prompt student thinking, and provide feedback. Differentiated instructional resources also provide teachers with additional material to dive deeply into all areas of study to explore real world applications and innovations. 

Pillar Three: Global Citizenship Education

Rosedale is committed to empowering students through global citizenship education to ensure learners understand both local and global perspectives. We are dedicated to advancing the global education ecosystem to support students to develop the competencies and capacity they require to lead with empathy and cultural awareness, maintain diverse perspectives, and be responsive to the economic and societal challenges of a global society. 

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Curriculum and Learning Process

  • Our courses invite students to explore wide variety of diverse perspectives through carefully selected activities, examples, case studies, real-world problems and projects. Rosedale continuously updates case studies and projects to ensure our learning reflects current global issues, and our global network allows students to work in collaborative environments with their peers in their home country and around the world, supporting student exploration and uncovering global issues and perspectives.

Enrichment Programs

  • Rosedale provides opportunities for students to participate in global mobility programs, short-term learning abroad programs and co-curricular activities with peers around the world. Through a comprehensive Individual Growth Plan (IGP) program, Rosedale offers students in-depth exposure of global university programs and career possibilities, and engages student in the creation of a personal pathway that encourages students to explore opportunities around the world.

Teacher Instructional Resources

  • Our instructional guides provide teachers in our international partner schools with the suggestions and resources needed to allow them adapt and apply learning content and activities to reflect various perspectives and diversity, both locally and globally. Instructional guides include instructional strategies and activities that encourage students to share their ideas, engage in global citizenship and learn from rest of the world.

Teacher Development Programs

  • Our  teacher development program and IGP training program provide comprehensive resources and instructional strategies to engage students in global learning and global leadership development. IGP practice training provides the processes and tools that support local counsellors to guide student personal growth beyond classroom and in a global context. In Rosedale training and development programs, teachers work with other educators around the world, share experiences and learn from each other to help broaden their viewpoints and positively impacts their teaching practice and student learning.

Pillar Four: Differentiated Instruction and Diverse Evaluation

Rosedale recognizes that each of our students is a unique individual with different strengths, interests, and learning needs. To ensure every student is successful, our learning experiences are designed to provide each student with the opportunity to demonstrate their learning and explore their interests using a strength-based approach. Rosedale courses are designed on the principles of differentiated instruction, providing students with opportunities to explore content in different ways, pursue their own interests, and build their skills in areas of need. To further support students, Rosedale uses diverse evaluations throughout courses to gather information on student achievement, and provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning in multiple ways. 

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Curriculum and Learning Process

  • Our differentiated curriculum provides a variety of learning formats (e.g., video, audio, infographics, simulations, gamification, etc.) and learning activities (e.g., group work, case study, peer review, self-assessment, etc.) that students can use to master important course concepts. By differentiating instruction, we are able to meet the needs of all learners and allow them to engage in learning using their own strengths. 

Evaluation and Reporting

  • Rosedale students are evaluated throughout the course using multiple diverse evaluation tasks, including rich performance tasks, oral presentations, and traditional tests and exams. Evaluation tasks involve written elements, such as essays, letters, and journals; visual elements such as infographics, artwork and presentations; and/or audio-visual forms such as orations, video journals and dramatic presentations.

Teacher Instructional Resources

  • Each Rosedale lesson includes differentiated instructional resources and differentiated instructional strategies that teachers may implement to address the learning needs of their students. Our courses also integrate diagnostic tools for teachers to assess student learning at different stages of the learning process and adapt and apply differentiation appropriately.  

Teacher Development Programs

  • Our teacher development programs focus on training classroom teachers to use differentiated instructional strategies and resources to adapt content to support the various learning needs of their students. Teachers learn how to scaffold learning content for students facing difficulty and how to enhance learning for high achievers. Teachers also learn how to help students build upon and use their strengths to be successful on the diverse Rosedale evaluations.

Pillar Five: Personalized Learning Path

Rosedale empowers students to take ownership of their learning by allowing them to create a Personalized Learning Path comprised of courses that reflect their strengths, interests, and alignment with university programs and career aspirations. Through their Personalized Learning Path and Individual Growth Plan (IGP), students are encouraged to explore global opportunities and recognize the many pathways available to them. Enhanced learning experiences through co-curricular activities and experiential learning challenge students to set goals, expand their personal growth and mindset, leading to individualized achievement. 

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Curriculum and Learning Process

  • Our offer a diverse OSSD course portfolio that contains more than 50 courses. Our courses prepare students for university admission at universities around the world.  In addition to preparing students for university, some specialty courses allow students to pursue specific areas in depth. Our courses also provide students with many cross-disciplinary and project-based learning opportunities. Students are able to create their own personalized learning path that aligns with their strengths and interests, meets requirements for post-secondary admission, and prepares them for their future careers. 

Evaluation and Reporting

  • Rosedale Global High School is based on the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) system. Global university admission is based on the average of the top six marks a student earns in their Grade 12 courses (including Grade 12 English). The exact requirements for admission are determined by each individual university program. The OSSD university acceptance criteria provide a policy level foundation for Rosedale Global High School and allows students to create a strength-based and university/career aligned Personalized Learning Path with the goal of university admission.  

Teacher Instructional Resources

  • Rosedale provides comprehensive resources to for international partner schools to support the implementation of the Individual Growth Plan. The Individual Growth Plan empowers teachers and counsellors at local schools in the Global High School Program to effectively co-create a Personalized Learning Path, Skill Development Plan, Post-Secondary Plan and Extra-Curricular Plan with students.

Teacher Development Programs

  • Rosedale’s training program for the Individual Growth Plan equips teachers and counsellors in our international partner schools with the platforms, resources, tools, handbooks, and templates to implement our student-centred program. Rosedale’s team of academic advisors also supports all international partner schools in the creation of Personalized Learning Paths.

”The five pillars in Rosedale’s Transformative Approach to Learning have provided a strong foundation upon which our Global High School curriculum, teaching, assessment and evaluation processes have been built and they serve to guide our partner schools in creating an exceptional learning experience for all our students.

Pam TurnbullAcademic Advisor, Rosedale International Education

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At Rosedale, we are committed to reshaping the future of global education and working alongside our international partner schools to co-create life-changing learning outcomes for students around the world. To learn more about our delivery of global K-12 differentiated education, or to speak with us about a potential partnership, follow the link below.

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