ATL's

Approaches to Learning (ATL)

ATL skills encompass general and discipline-specific learning skills.  These skill sets help develop students who are empowered as self-disciplined learners.

The following are ATL categories that group skills into transferable life-long habits of learning:

• Communication
  • Communication Skills

• Social
  • Collaboration Skills

• Self-Management
  • Organization Skills
  • Affective Skills
  • Reflective Skills

• Research
  • Information Literacy Skills
  • Media Literacy Skills

• Thinking
  • Critical-thinking Skills
  • Creative-thinking Skills
  • Transfer Skills

- MYP Principles to Practice, 2017

 

ATL Skill Mapping

ATL skill mapping is a curriculum planning process that documents where and when specific learning skills are taught across different subjects and grade levels. This process helps ensure that students have opportunities to develop and demonstrate progression in these essential skills throughout their education, often focusing on vertical progression from year to year and horizontal progression within a single grade level.  To access the Camerado Springs ATL Skill Map CLICK HERE.