Belongingness refers to the degree that you feel connected and supported at school.  It includes how well you feel accepted and encouraged by your peers and teachers.

The TLC works hard to hold students to a high level of academic expectations.   We emphasize student understanding and mastery instead of performance.  

Student engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that you show when you are learning or being taught.

A goal orientation represents the reasons behind a student’s effort to achieve. A “intrinsic” goal orientation represents a desire to learn for the enjoyment of learning. In contrast, a “performance” goal orientation represents the desire to succeed in comparison to others, and thus the purpose of all activity in the classroom is not the enjoyment of learning or to satisfy personal interest but to demonstrate superiority or avoid the appearance of failure (adapted from Hope Survey website).

Autonomy refers the amount of choice you get in your learning.