Our MissionThe New Media Technology Charter School mission is to provide a student-centered learning community that is project-based, technology-driven, and culturally affirming.
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Our VisionThe school leaders of NMTCS share a vision for academic excellence in the 21st century. New Media's educational model is based on the elements of traditional education, merged with a project based learning framework, which encourages in-depth, hands-on, interdisciplinary studies facilitated by the use of modern learning technologies. Read more.....
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Our C.R.E.E.D.New Media Technology Charter School is a community of scholars and direct stakeholders who strive for compassion, practice resilience, engage in school and life with passion, are empowered by the process of challenging our assumptions about the way things are and can be, and act with dedication.
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About Us
New Media Technology Charter School (NMTCS) currently serves grades 6-12. New Media's educational model is based on the elements of traditional education, mixed with a project based learning approach, which encourages the development of interactive, in-depth, hands-on, interdisciplinary projects.
At the core of New Media's academic approach is the fundamental concept that positive RELATIONSHIPS, academic RIGOR and cultural RELEVANCE are essential to a child's growth and development. We demand that our students learn how to think critically, analyze information from valid sources, conduct interdisciplinary research projects and deliver multimedia presentations using modern technology.
We believe that educational standards and benchmarks put in place by the school district of Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania can be met within our curriculum and through interdisciplinary projects. New Media requires that all of its staff engage in WEEKLY STAFF DEVELOPMENT sessions to help the teachers plan, prepare and support the essential elements of project based learning and technology integration.
At the core of New Media's academic approach is the fundamental concept that positive RELATIONSHIPS, academic RIGOR and cultural RELEVANCE are essential to a child's growth and development. We demand that our students learn how to think critically, analyze information from valid sources, conduct interdisciplinary research projects and deliver multimedia presentations using modern technology.
We believe that educational standards and benchmarks put in place by the school district of Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania can be met within our curriculum and through interdisciplinary projects. New Media requires that all of its staff engage in WEEKLY STAFF DEVELOPMENT sessions to help the teachers plan, prepare and support the essential elements of project based learning and technology integration.
MISSION
The New Media Technology Charter School mission is to provide a student-centered learning community that is project-based, technology-driven, and culturally affirming.
History Of New Media Technology Charter School
Founded in 2004, the New Media Technology Charter School has created an innovative learning community that cultivates collaboration, inquiry, and problem solving through project-based learning supported by digital multimedia technology. The school presently serves grades 6-12 and occupies one facility (middle school and high school) in Northwest Philadelphia.
New Media Technology Charter School was founded by a team of dedicated educators and talented professionals from various walks of life who wanted to create new educational options for urban high school children in Philadelphia. Spearheaded by the Black Alliance for Education Options (BAEO) and area educators, New Media is one of several small high schools that were made possible in part by a seed grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation by way of Ed Visions, a Minnesota project based learning institution. After a successful first year of operation, the School District of Philadelphia expanded New Media’s charter to include grades 5-8.
With project-based learning at the core of New Media’s educational model, students identify complex problems that inspire and motivate them to conduct investigations over a sustained period of time. A key to the implementation of our project-based model is the emphasis placed on the 6 R’s: Relationships, Rigor, Relevance, Respect, Responsibility and Reflection. The stated objectives are:
- Relationships – To learn to develop relationships that are positive, supportive and promotes growth toward productive citizenship.
- Rigor – To create a rigorous school curriculum that challenges students and requires them to delve deeply into projects that answer critical essential questions.
- Relevance – To provide experiences that are relevant to “real life” and the culture of our students and community.
- Respect – To extend courtesy, kindness and decency to fellow human beings.
- Responsibility – To share in the work and responsibilities of the collective effort to advance the community.
- Reflection – To engage in continuous thought, assessment, and redesign to improve learning and teaching.