Future Builders School
Building Futures - Building Lives
Theme/Project-based Education
Project- or theme-based education is an approach to learning which focuses on motivating and challenging students to connect learning with personal experiences and interests. When academics are relevant to student’s lives, they learn more effectively, retain more information, and more readily apply learning to a variety of other situations. Teaching in this model uses “hands-on” innovative teaching methods, sometimes referred to as “contextual learning.” Teachers help students see the purpose for studying each subject, capitalizing on students natural learning inclinations and problem-solving approaches. These skills are used well beyond the classroom and throughout each student's life.
Project-based education allows students to learn in a concrete, participatory way through demonstration, modeling, and practice. They develop abstract concepts from practical, applied contexts that are relevant and intrinsically motivating for them. In turn, students learn how to become life long learners by focusing on understanding and alternative solutions rather than rote memory and “getting the right answers.”
Future Builders School also supports students though job development and placement, job coaching, and group and individual counseling. A small student-to-staff ratio of 5:1 or less allows us to develop authentic, meaningful relationships with our students and, together, engage in student-centered curriculum.
Ultimately, we hope that students can transition to one or more of the following options:
Return to their sending school
Graduate with high school diploma
Earn a GED
Enter a post-secondary education program
Enter an apprenticeship program
Obtain permanent employment.
Our personnel are well qualified to teach their respective themes and are certified by the Maine Department of Education.
Future Builders School is continuously adding themes/experiences in response to individual student’s interests. To learn more about those that we currently utilize, please move your curser over the navigation bar above.
Project- or theme-based education is an approach to learning which focuses on motivating and challenging students to connect learning with personal experiences and interests. When academics are relevant to student’s lives, they learn more effectively, retain more information, and more readily apply learning to a variety of other situations. Teaching in this model uses “hands-on” innovative teaching methods, sometimes referred to as “contextual learning.” Teachers help students see the purpose for studying each subject, capitalizing on students natural learning inclinations and problem-solving approaches. These skills are used well beyond the classroom and throughout each student's life.
Project-based education allows students to learn in a concrete, participatory way through demonstration, modeling, and practice. They develop abstract concepts from practical, applied contexts that are relevant and intrinsically motivating for them. In turn, students learn how to become life long learners by focusing on understanding and alternative solutions rather than rote memory and “getting the right answers.”
Future Builders School also supports students though job development and placement, job coaching, and group and individual counseling. A small student-to-staff ratio of 5:1 or less allows us to develop authentic, meaningful relationships with our students and, together, engage in student-centered curriculum.
Ultimately, we hope that students can transition to one or more of the following options:
Return to their sending school
Graduate with high school diploma
Earn a GED
Enter a post-secondary education program
Enter an apprenticeship program
Obtain permanent employment.
Our personnel are well qualified to teach their respective themes and are certified by the Maine Department of Education.
Future Builders School is continuously adding themes/experiences in response to individual student’s interests. To learn more about those that we currently utilize, please move your curser over the navigation bar above.