Larus Academia vision
The school as part of its community, from need to a thriving school
Five modules covering a school's whole life cycle. Use them together or on their own, always shaped to your context, curriculum and culture.
The model
Five modules
From need and design to founding, pedagogy and community.
Deployment Models
Three starting points
A new school, an existing school or a national programme.
Localisation
Adapted locally
Curriculum, legislation, language and culture guide the content.
Overview
Surrounding community and society · Local curriculum, legislation and culture
Is a school needed, for whom and on what terms.
M2Pedagogy guides the design of learning environments, construction and commissioning.
M3Support for school owners, licencing, organisation, recruitment and procurement.
M4Leadership model, teacher training and school community.
M5The school as a resource for its community and part of society.
Community needs and feedback flow back into the needs assessment, informing the school network, expansions and development priorities
Modularity
Starting point
A client can adopt one module, several, or the entire ecosystem. In every assignment the content is tailored to the school's situation and to the country's curriculum, legislation, language and culture.
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Each module has its own objective, output and outcome. No module commits the client to the next, and modules are chosen according to the client's needs.
02
Scope, priorities and schedule are matched to the school's size, starting point and goals. A diagnosis or feasibility study shows what is truly needed.
03
Curriculum, legislation, language and culture guide the content. Courses, tools and materials are localised, and local trainers are trained.
General challenge
Needs, facilities, procurement, pedagogy and community involvement are often decided at different tables and at different times. The lack of unity and systematic planning is present in the school's daily life for years.
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Pedagogy is fitted to a finished building, not the other way round.
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The total cost and the impact on teaching go unseen.
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The leadership model is built only once daily school life has already begun.
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Its facilities, expertise and networks do not serve the surrounding area.
School Ecosystem
Brings the school's whole life cycle into one continuum, in which every stage adds value and forms an independent part of the whole. Pedagogy guides decisions from the very start.
Deployment Models
Modules are combined into a path that matches the school's real needs.
Founder, investor, municipality or school group
The whole path from need to the opening year. The leadership model and training begin before the school opens.
Private school, school group or public school
Starts with a diagnosis. Learning environments and procurement come in when the school renovates, expands or renews its ICT.
Ministry of education, region or school chain
The model is scaled up from pilot schools. Larus trains local trainers and school leaders.
Module 1 · Needs Assessment
A feasibility study determines whether the project should go ahead, before capital is committed.
Content
Outputs
As a stand-alone module
Module 2 · Design and Construction
Larus brings the pedagogical design of learning environments and the users' voice to the building project. Partners are responsible for construction.
Content
Outputs
As a stand-alone module
Module 3 · Founding and Procurement
The founding workstreams are scheduled backwards from opening day. Procurement is driven by pedagogy, not by what suppliers offer.
Content
Outputs
As a stand-alone module
Module 4 · Pedagogical Model and Leadership
In the School Transformation Model, three pillars advance in parallel. Leaders give teachers what we want teachers to give their students.
Leadership
Teacher training
School community
Module 5 · School as Part of the Community
School community development builds the community within the school. M5 builds the school's relationship with families, local actors, culture and the wider world.
Content
Outputs
As a stand-alone module
Outcomes
Knowing whether to found the school, for whom and with what funding.
Learning environments designed around the school's concept of learning and its users.
Leadership, staff, curriculum and procurement in place before opening.
Decisions at the right level, teachers developing together, shared ground rules.
Families, partners and local actors as part of everyday school life.
The same framework from baseline to 24 months. Results are shared with the whole community.
Next steps
1
A conversation about the situation, goals and schedule.
2
A new school starts with a feasibility study, an existing school with a diagnosis.
3
Modules, schedule and responsibilities are adapted to the local curriculum and culture.
4
The first module begins. At its decision point, the next step is agreed.
Partners include ELE Finland (teacher training), the OnEdu learning platform and Finnish experts in construction, design and technology, depending on the project.
Contact
No two schools start from the same place. A short conversation is the fastest way to find the right starting point.
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