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3 02, 2022

How to Support Your Students to Know What They Are Learning

2023-09-21T23:36:45+00:00

In this article you will learn…

  • The Learning Outcome is the phase of the lesson during which students specifically understand what they will be learning and how they will show they have learned it.
  • The learning outcome should be stated, written, discussed, or addressed as determined by student needs, and students will have the opportunity to produce or demonstrate the learning of this outcome during the Learning Demonstration
  • Teachers who have a classroom full of students who can articulate what skill they are learning will have students that buy-in to their learning as they see value and progress in meeting the identified learning demonstration of the lesson.
How to Support Your Students to Know What They Are Learning2023-09-21T23:36:45+00:00
3 02, 2022

How to Empower Your Students to Demonstrate Their Learning

2023-09-21T23:38:28+00:00

In this article you will learn…

  • The Learning Demonstration is the phase of the lesson during which students produce work that shows they can demonstrate the skill independently and accurately.
  • Students who know how they will demonstrate their learning will understand and articulate how they will know that they have learned, via a demonstration or product, by the end of the lesson.
  • Teachers who have a classroom full of students who can articulate how they know when they are learning will have students who take ownership of where they are in learning the skill or content during the lesson and can articulate what differentiated or additional supports they may need to meet the identified learning demonstration.
How to Empower Your Students to Demonstrate Their Learning2023-09-21T23:38:28+00:00
25 01, 2022

How to Plan Lessons that Motivate Students Each and Every Day

2023-09-20T18:05:20+00:00

In this article you will learn…

  • Teaching is a constant stream of decisions made before, during, and after interactions with students and it is critical for teachers to deliberately make the decisions that will increase students’ probability of learning.
  • The purpose of a focused Learning Model is to support a teacher to reflect on their own decision-making as they decide what they and their students need to know for each lesson, thereby increasing students’ probability of learning and motivation.
  • Teachers utilizing a Learning Model will be supporting their students in knowing what they are learning, why they are learning it, how they will learn it, how they will show they have learned it, how they will continue to use what they learned, and what their role is in the learning.
How to Plan Lessons that Motivate Students Each and Every Day2023-09-20T18:05:20+00:00
7 12, 2021

Why an Academic Climate Review Is the Tool You Need to Elevate Student Achievement

2024-07-22T16:46:47+00:00

In this article you will learn…

  • What an Academic Climate Review is and how it supports student ownership of learning.
  • How an Academic Climate Review is conducted, compiled, and reported.
  • How a school has utilized multiple years of Academic Climate Reviews to drive student achievement and stop learning loss caused by the pandemic.
Why an Academic Climate Review Is the Tool You Need to Elevate Student Achievement2024-07-22T16:46:47+00:00