The words we use matter:
The words we use,
thinkingDRIVE OUR thinking.
it’s what we see,
and thus, what we create!
Students
Industrial Age WORD
Learners
MCL VISION WORD
Teachers
Industrial Age WORD
Learning
Facilitators/
Coaches
MCL Vision WORDS
Principals
Industrial Age WORD
Leaders
MCL Vision WORD
Curriculum
Industrial Age WORD
Learner Outcomes
MCL VISION WORDS
Courses
Industrial Age WORD
Learning Opportunities
MCL Vision WORDS
Instruction
Industrial Age WORD
Facilitating Learning
MCL Vision WORDS
Grades
Industrial Age WORD
Feedback
MCL VISION WORD
Report Cards
Industrial Age WORDS
Learner Portfolios
MCL Vision WORDS
Grade Levels
Industrial Age WORDS
Learning Management System
MCL VISION WORDS
Schools
Industrial Age WORD
Learning Centers
MCL Vision WORDS
Districts
Industrial Age WORD
Learning Communities
MCL VISION WORDS
Graduates
Industrial Age WORD
Lifelong Learners
MCL VISION WORDS
Industrial Age WORDS VS. Mass Customized Learning VISION WORDS

Students
Students sitting in rows listening to a teacher.

Learners
Learners heavily engaged and excited about their learning.

Teachers
Dispensers of information and knowledge.

Learning Facilitators/Coaches
Adult professionals helping learners to set personal learning goals and coaching them to become self-directed learners.

Principal
The adult who manages the school and makes sure that everything is running right.

Leader
The person who has articulated a vision of what the learning center will look like, feel like, and be like when operating at its ideal best and is “going for it!”

Curriculum
The subject matter that will be covered/taught to all learners.

Learner Outcomes
A clear description of what the learners will know, be able to do, and/or “be like” when they have mastered an intended learning goal.

Courses
The semester or yearly subjects/classes that are taken by students that become part of their transcript and qualify them for graduation.

Learning Opportunities
Any experience, chosen by the learner or by his/her learning coach, that helps the learner master an intended learning outcome.

Instruction
How the teacher has determined to provide information to the students so that they can pass tests on the topic; that is, “How is the best way to teach this?”

Facilitating Learning
Learning facilitators and learners jointly determining, “How is this “learner outcome” best learned?”

Grades
The “A through F” indicators that show how close a student
has come to passing a teacher-designed test.

Feedback
A learning facilitator, personally discussing a learner’s work with the learner, and then sharing his/her reaction and possibilities for improvement.

School
The building where students go to take classes and where basketball games are played.

Learning Center
The place where learners go to meet with their learning facilitators and/or their learning coaches. Learning centers include the community at large depending upon location of the learning opportunity.

District
The boundaries and facilities consistent with the legal definition of a “school district.”

Learning Community
An unwritten agreement between learners, learning professionals, parents, and the business community resulting in the understanding that the community and the learning community are one and the same.

Graduates
Those students who have passed all courses required by the state and the school board, and have received a signed diploma indicating their graduation status.

Lifelong Learners
Those learners who have met all graduation requirements and have clearly demonstrated their desire and capacity to be a self-directed, lifelong learner.