Core Beliefs

Success is so much more than getting good grades.  We understand how important it is for students to develop the many good habits and skills that lead to being successful.  QSI wants all students to grow in leadership, confidence, creativity, and the capacity to collaborate with others.  We teach and help students to be trustworthy, responsible, concerned for others, kind and polite, successful group members, able to appreciate the environment around them, and be independent.  We call these the Success Orientations.

Click to find out more about the QSI Success Orientations.

Education That Makes Sense

QSI utilizes the Mastery Learning model when teaching students in our schools.  It is a well-researched practice with strong evidence for being highly effective where students learn more information than traditional school methods which receive a percentage grade to pass and move on. Mastery Learning is not a new concept but is starting to become the model for schools looking to reach all students in a more engaging and meaningful way. The idea is simple. In a traditional school, students can pass their courses and miss 40%, 30%, 20%, 10%, and even 5% of the course content. In Mastery Learning schools, we care about the students mastering 100% of the course content.  We believe that these gaps in learning, if left unchecked, turn into deficits, difficulties, and frustrations in learning in the future. 

In QSI, we believe…

Time is a resource.

Instruction should happen at the appropriate level.

Assessment is for learning. 

For more information, about why mastery learning works in the classroom please visit the Mastery Learning page.