UpSchool is a community in Romania that aspires to create a different type of education through immersive practical experiences, built on trust and creativity.
Our Mission
Improve Education. Challenge Education. Change it forever. Drive the process of learning 'up' or a level higher by using real-life projects, real problems and true tools (human and material). We craft experiences that encourage our students to become confident that everything is possible, through curiosity, partnership, the love of learning and the joy of making things happen.
UpSchool is the way teaching is done. We want to inspire an entire community, to prove that kids are awesome when we guide (not teach) them to grow into creative, daring adults. We want to learn with them. We aren't here to teach, but to show how to use their minds to collect and nurture ideas.
“UpSchool is the way teaching is done. They inspire an entire community.”
THE KNOWLEDGE WE'd LIKE TO SHARE
- How to learn
- How to make things happen
- Listening skills
- Receiving feedback (incl. criticism)
- Giving feedback (constructive criticism)
- How to express emotions
- Understanding body language
- Thanking and being grateful
- Prioritization skills
- How to keep memories (a diary, habits)
- Punctuality
- The beauty of Maths and Sciences
- The beauty of gardening
- The importance of nature
- The importance of Staying Healthy
- Accepting and embracing diversity
- Storytelling as a tool to learn, survive and adapt.
- Arts (understand, discover)
- Poetry as a tool of empathy
- Music
- The importance of travel
- The importance of passion
- The importance of gifting, but a conscious gifting
- The importance of games
- The importance of civic action, of voluntary work, activities
- The importance of failure and accepting it. How to turn failures into lessons.
- Empathy, of understanding opposite views, situations
- Meditation/reflection
- Focus and cutting through noise
- How to deal with pain
- How to deal with success and modesty
UpSchool is an alternative form of education.