Learning at FDR

Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the American School of Lima, is an independent, international school, providing a college preparatory program in English for students from age 3 through grade 12.

Learning @ FDR embodies our Mission, engenders our Core Values, and is realized through our Learning Principles.

The learning experience is connected through our transdisciplinary skills and guided by standards that develop the understanding, knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary for all Condors to flourish and thrive.

Learning @ FDR is learner-centered; grounded in the best educational models and research; and allows opportunities for inquiry, choice, creation, collaboration, reflection, and sharing all within a diverse environment with peers, family, our community, and the world.

Learning @ FDR acknowledges the importance of intellectual, physical and emotional balance and therefore the program includes counseling, extracurriculars, the arts, language studies, clubs, and activities. It’s an experience like no other. 

The goal is for our students to consistently engage in diverse experiences in the pursuit of joy, integrity, and academic excellence.  

Learning Principles

  1. Students learn best when they can apply or connect their learning.

  2. Learning happens for individuals in different ways and at different times.

  3. Learning occurs best when students get clear, timely feedback as well as opportunities to

apply that feedback.

  1. Learning is enriched by multiple opportunities to practice in a supportive environment.

  2. Emotional well-being influences educational performance, learning and development.

  3. Learning includes active creation, integration and application, not just passive consumption.

  4. Effective classroom management is based on setting and communicating high expectations, nurturing positive relationships and providing a high level of student support.

  5. Learning happens best in an atmosphere of high expectations.

Transdisciplinary Skills
FDR's Transdisciplinary Skills are a foundational set of skills that empower our students to lead lives of integrity, create socially responsible solutions, and pursue their passion for learning towards achieving our FDR mission. They are transdisciplinary in that they are taught across all subject areas and grade levels. We teach and assess these skills to ensure our students are prepared to succeed in school and beyond.

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS 

  • Application - Using acquired facts, knowledge, rules and techniques in new or familiar situations.

  • Analysis - Examining and breaking information into component parts; determining how the parts relate to each other; identifying motives or causes; making inferences and finding evidence to support generalizations. Taking knowledge or ideas apart; separating into component parts; seeing relationships. 

  • Synthesis - Involves building a structure or pattern from diverse elements; putting parts together to form a whole.

  • Evaluation - Making judgments or decisions based on chosen criteria, standards and conditions.

  • Reflection - A metacognitive strategy involving active exploration of experiences, actions and decisions taken to gain new or greater understanding.

SOCIAL SKILLS 

  • Accepting Responsibility - Taking responsibility for the consequences of our choices; Taking on and completing tasks;

  • Collaboration - Working with others toward a common goal

  • Respecting Others - Listening sensitively to others; making decisions based on fairness and equity; recognizing that others’ beliefs, viewpoints, religions and ideas may be different and stating one’s own opinion without hurting others.

  • Intercultural Competence - Demonstrating the ability to understand, communicate with and effectively interact with people within and across cultures. Intercultural competence encompasses: being aware of one's own world view and developing positive attitudes towards cultural differences.

  • Resolving Conflict - Finding a solution to a disagreement, compromising

COMMUNICATION SKILLS 

  • Listening - Listening to understand the speaker’s message

  • Speaking - Expressing ideas clearly and logically

  • Writing - Recording information and observations

  • Reading - Reading a variety of sources for information and pleasure; and comprehending what has been read

  • Presenting - Sharing information to an audience visually, aurally, kinesthetically, or otherwise. 

  • Interpreting - Analyzing visuals and multimedia; understanding how they convey ideas, values and beliefs

SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS 

  • Organization - Independently planning and carrying out activities effectively

  • Decision Making - Making informed choices to achieve a healthy balance physically, emotionally, socially, and academically.

  • Adaptability - The ability to learn from experience and respond to changed circumstances or environments. 

  • Motor Skills - A function involving the precise movement of muscles with the intent to perform a specific act.