About Claren Academy
Mission, Vision, Values
Claren Academy is an independent school located in downtown Vancouver. Founded with a focus on the future, we give our students strong academic foundations, and the tools to be creative, competent, and happy in their changing world.
Our Mission
To make our education accessible to as many students as possible, from diverse backgrounds including but not limited to gender, income, and culture.
To support our administration and teachers by facilitating professional growth, making room for innovation, and minimizing barriers.
To demonstrate a new model for future-focused education and share what we learn with other institutions and educators.
To design our curriculum, teaching style, reporting and assessment to build strong academic foundations, encourage critical thinking, and foster resilient learners.
Our Vision
To send our students into the world as creative, kind, self-reliant individuals, with the skills and motivation to thrive, help, and be happy in their changing future.
Our School Values
Kindness
We work to be kind to all by communicating with clarity, demonstrating respect, practicing empathy, and considering the perspectives and needs of others.
Belonging
We foster a sense of belonging and show people they are valued by prioritizing safety and inclusion, and creating opportunities for connection within our community.
Curiosity
We nurture curiosity by creating experiences that promote innovation and exploration, and we demonstrate our own culture of growth by supporting each other and pursuing continuous learning.
Responsibility
We challenge ourselves to be responsible through actions of honesty, ownership, and accountability.
Excellence
We embrace optimism and ambition, celebrate our successes, and reflect on ways to improve. We aim for excellence in our choices, words, and actions.
Backwards Design Approach
The Claren Academy Learner Profile is a framework that guides our students towards becoming independent, reflective, and curious learners.
We start by identifying the core attributes that we want our students to develop, such as creativity, critical thinking, empathy, and resilience. From there, we design learning experiences that help students develop and practice these skills.
This backwards design approach ensures that everything we do at Claren Academy is aligned with our ultimate goal of developing well-rounded learners. It's not just about memorizing facts and figures - it's about developing the transferrable skills and growth mindset that will enable students to succeed in all areas of life.
The Claren Academy Learner Profile is an integral part of our approach to education. It's a roadmap that guides our students towards becoming the best version of themselves, and it helps us ensure that every learning experience is purposeful and meaningful.
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking
When Claren Academy was founded in 2017, our goal was to prepare our students for the future as it will actually be when they graduate around 2030. We boiled it down to skills that robots do not have, such as collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and empathy. Along with strong academic foundations and access to the best resources and educators, these are the skills and tools that will help our children succeed and be happy in their future.
Future-Focused Education
Using an individualized approach to learning, Claren Academy teaches a uniquely enriched version of the B.C. curriculum to provide strong fundamentals, while also exposing students to forward-looking areas of study such as programming languages, digital citizenship, and use of technology to solve problems and create beautiful things.
