Teachers are reflective practitioners, aware of the theoretical bases from which they operate, making informed judgments for which they are accountable. In charge of their classroom, they are professionals responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating the process of learning. Learners are problem solvers and decision makers. Students develop as active learners by participating in planned activities, thinking and questioning, creating, exploring, experimenting, and making choices and decisions. Learning entails making mistakes in a climate of trust.
Students make mistakes in the process of acquiring knowledge and skill.
In a climate of trust, learners are valued as those who have much to give, demonstrate, and teach others, thus permitting them to take responsibility for and maintain ownership of their learning. A trusted individual becomes a risk taker. Support for risk taking requires acceptance of error as a part of learning. The classroom is an extended community. It includes parents, other faculty, staff, specialists, other students, community members, experts, and resource people.