Elements of Creative Thinking
While grades and overall GPA reflect content mastery, students are also assigned CTI scores based on a 4-point rubric that explicitly defines essential elements of Creative Thinking: Fluency, Flexibility, Originality, Elaboration, Curiosity, Risk-taking, Complexity, Imagination, and Value.
Students are allotted the time and the physical, intellectual, emotional room to explore their ideas. Cultivating student ability in the following areas is vital: