Alternative School Implementation

Independence High School

San Francisco, CA

“We have struggled for years to find a curriculum that helps our students discover ‘the why’ to education. When I saw Wayfinder featured in KQED Mindshift, I knew we had to give it a try. It’s been a phenomenal fit for our staff and our students and helps our teachers build authentic relationships with their students. Wayfinder has been revolutionary for us.”

Anastasia Klafter

Principal

110

Wayfinder Students

Wayfinder Teachers

2018

Year Started

Training

Principal trained at 2018 Summer Institute. Six additional educators trained at the 2019 Wayfinder Institute.

Timeline

Independence High School implemented the purpose toolkits first in 2018 with Principal Klafter and a few teachers. In 2020 they expanded to integrate the belonging toolkit with more teachers.

How Wayfinder is implemented

Independence High School uses Wayfinder as part of the advisory curriculum.
Each advisory has 5-12 students with an advisor who leads them through the curriculum over the year.
They use the Belonging 3 curriculum for 9th grade and Purpose 1 for 10th grade.
They are set to expand to a all school model to include 11th and 12th grade.
The staff has developed from the curriculum and had a very positive experience with Wayfinder.
They used Wayfinder as part of their intentional community building program to help their new online students.