How to Shift Students from Managed to the Managers

Robert Crowe2023-08-17T19:59:32+00:00

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We as teachers need to change the traditional approach to classroom management to one that focuses less on the teacher’s rules and more on student’s role in the class.
It is critical for students to understand that, first and foremost, their role is to actively pursue their own learning while respectfully, cooperatively, and collaboratively helping others actively pursue theirs.
Three strategic learning practices can greatly help students achieve ownership of the academic climate and thereby elevate their academic achievement.

How to Shift Students from Managed to the ManagersRobert Crowe2023-08-17T19:59:32+00:00

30 03, 2020

How to Transform Classroom Assessment

Jane Kennedy2023-07-27T22:31:53+00:00

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We as teachers can change our approach to assessment to one in which assessment becomes a tool for learning and our students become the best judge of their own knowledge and skills.
Learning is about change, and we cannot assess what has changed in students’ minds, skills, or attitudes unless the students are an active part of the process.
Three strategic learning practices can greatly help students achieve ownership of assessment and thereby elevate their academic achievement.

How to Transform Classroom AssessmentJane Kennedy2023-07-27T22:31:53+00:00

23 03, 2020

Jane Kennedy2023-07-25T15:09:40+00:00

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We as teachers need to focus less on what we need to do to teach the curriculum and more on how students need to learn the required content and skills.
Like student ownership in general, student ownership of instruction occurs along a predictable continuum and eventually leads to deep individual metacognition.
Three strategic learning practices can greatly help students achieve ownership of their instruction and thereby elevate their academic achievement.

How to Help Students Own How They Are LearningJane Kennedy2023-07-25T15:09:40+00:00

9 03, 2020

Robert Crowe2023-09-21T03:17:47+00:00

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We as teachers need to flip the typical approach to curriculum planning on its head to focus less on what we need to teach and more on what students need to learn.
The best place to start developing ownership in curriculum is by assuring that all learning is driven by a standards-based curriculum with measurable and achievable outcomes that are accessible to all students.
Three strategic learning practices can greatly help students achieve ownership of the curriculum and thereby elevate their academic achievement.

How to Help Students Own What They Are LearningRobert Crowe2023-09-21T03:17:47+00:00

1 03, 2020

Jane Kennedy2023-09-21T02:58:03+00:00

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Teachers can increase student motivation and achievement by increasing student ownership.
Teachers can develop student ownership by integrating the strategic learning practices across all four areas of a framework for elevating achievement—Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, Climate.
When implemented together, these strategic learning practices can make a significant impact on student ownership, learning, and achievement.

How to Create a Culture of AchievementJane Kennedy2023-09-21T02:58:03+00:00