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Cabot School

Cabot School, nominated by Mastery Transcript Consortium and an anonymous organization, is a elementary/middle/high school in Cabot, Vermont that describes itself as a public district school serving learners from a primarily rural area.

Location Cabot, Vermont

Governance Public district school

Grades Elementary, High, Middle, Prekindergarten

Students 158

Locale rural

Principal Rebecca Tatistcheff

Demographics

Percentage of students*

20%

Students with Disabilities

53%

Free/Reduced Lunch

English Learners

White

Hispanic/Latino

Black/African American

2+ Races

American Indian

Asian

Hawaiian National

Why Cabot School was nominated

The school has implemented mastery-based learning system and uses the Mastery Transcript as the official summative record for some or all graduates or supplements the legacy transcript with the MTC Learning Record reporting on "durable skills) (aka "portrait of a gradudate" competencies)., Cabot School is a small, rural, pre-k to 12 project-based community school located in Cabot, Vermont. The school serves approximately 160 students in grades pre-k through 12 through a unique and innovative project-based program that is deeply connected to the community. In the 2018-2019 school year, Cabot School began multiple initiatives designed to build safe, inclusive, and equitable learning environments for all students. These initiatives included PBIS, restorative practices, and trauma informed practices. In the 2020-2021 school year, these initiatives were consolidated into what we term Crew. Crew mindset is characterized by an ethic of teamwork, positivity, and growth-mindset. The Crew team facilitators plan and implement school-wide structures and strategies that are designed to ensure teachers and students have the capacity to build community through relationships and deepen their ability to resolve conflict independently. As members of the leadership team, they facilitated a school culture committee to focus us particularly on becoming a culture of belonging and inclusion.

Student experience design

Our learning environment is designed to create a student experience that is at once engaging and flexible. We want students to feel trusted as learners and to feel known well by the adults in our community. We want students to feel that they can take ownership over their own learning spaces.

Core Practices

Core Practices Length of Use

Competency/mastery-based Education

5+ years

Multi-age Classrooms

5+ years

Project-based Learning

5+ years

Performance Based Assessment

5+ years

Place-based Learning

5+ years

All Practices

Student Advisories

Career Prep And Work-based Learning

Community And Business Partnerships

Family And Community Support Services

Early College High School

Extended Learning Opportunities

Flexible Staffing & Alternative Teaching Roles

Grading Policies Focus On Mastery

Hiring For Equity And Inclusion Values

All Courses Designed For Inclusion

Interdisciplinary

Individual Learning Paths

Individual Learner Profiles

Mental Health Services

Multi-tiered System Of Support (MTSS) In Academics

No Tracked Classes

Peer To Peer Support

Reallocation Of Resources For Those Most In Need

Restorative Practices

SEL Curriculum

SEL Integration School-wide

Student-led Conferences

Students Develop Projects

Trauma-informed Practices

Universal Design For Learning

key reasons for innovating

Systemic inequities

Date Updated: April 2024

*Canopy profile data is self-reported or sourced from NCES data, then verified by school leaders.