THE ‘BOTH, AND’ MODEL

THE NEED

A recent study* demonstrated that whilst the current generation has the knowledge and awareness about global issues, they feel a lack of agency to act on their concern for the greater good. If any action taken, it is more by chance and not by design.

This gap is often the outcome of an either, or model of learning – where schools defer the importance of building a culture of empowerment amid the pressures of academic performance as a measure of success.

* Pisa data of 2018

WHAT IF

there was an approach to learning that intentionally empowered all children with a deep belief that the purpose of education is to graduate young citizen leaders – with content AND character, passion AND compassion - the ‘both, and’ model.

BUILD A CULTURE OF SHARED I CAN VALUES.
BY DESIGN

INTRODUCING THE
I CAN SCHOOL

The I CAN School is set of training programmes created by RLC to move a school from an ‘Either, Or' to a 'BOTH, AND' model. Each programme is designed using a systems approach to intentionally cultivate the I CAN MINDSET in children.

RLC takes it's inspiration from The Riverside School, which has used the design thinking framework of Feel / Imagine / Do / Share™ to design processes and practices that are timetabled to build a culture of empowerment. These processes have been globally recognized and successfully implemented in schools across the world.

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BUILDING THE I CAN MINDSET. BY DESIGN

THE HUMANEFRAMEWORK

Over the last 20 years, The Riverside School has designed and refined a set of processes and practices to build a HumanE culture, which in turn graduates children with the I CAN MINDSET.

RLC has codified these processes and curated them under the 6 Pillars that make up any school ecosystem. Using these processes, RLC has designed the I CAN PROGRAMMES to empower schools to intentionally timetable a BOTH, AND model and become an I CAN SCHOOL.

HUMAN TO HUMANE

WHAT IS THE
I CAN MINDSET

The I CAN MINDSET is a set of beliefs, skills and attitudes that are fostered and nurtured over time to shape young global citizen leaders who are:

AWARE of the world around them
ENABLED with skills to make change and
EMPOWERED to design a more desired, sustainable future for the greater good

This mindset is nourished by the values of Empathy / Ethics / Excellence / Elevation and Evolution – the 5 E’s that move us from being ‘Human to HumanE’

READY TO BECOME AN I CAN SCHOOL

TESTIMONIALS ABOUT
THE RIVERSIDE SCHOOL & RLC

  • “The world has much to learn from Riverside”

    - Dr. Howard Gardner

    Professor of Research and Cognition, HGSE

  • “Riverside brings awareness and duty towards society. Secondly its action and implementation ”

    - Jack Hsu

    CEO, IVY Group

  • “Thank you Riverside for bringing the hope of ‘I CAN’ to the world.”

    - Yaacov Hecht

    CEO, Education Cities

  • “From a very young age, students at The Riverside School develop a deep sense of empathy and learn that they have the power to change the world around them.”

    - Wendy Kopp

    Founder/CEO, Teach for All.

  • “An immersion for my team at Riverside has been instrumental in changing their mindset and has inspired them to drive change in my school.”

    - Tehseen Zohair

    Frobel, Bangladesh

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