Promote collaborative goal setting and reflection.
Strategies:
- Students participate in setting learning goals
- Students participate in monitoring progress towards goals
- Tools available to support goal-setting and monitoring (Goal-setting sheets, data notebooks, etc.)
- Student-teacher conferences for goal-setting and monitoring
Use student input to develop/inform instruction.
Strategies:
- Student interest surveys, learning-style inventories, K-W-L Charts can be used to collect student input.
- Students can participate in selecting areas of interest, assembling background knowledge, developing essential questions, finding learning resources or materials, choosing types of learning activities, and instructing other students.
Engage in ongoing two-way strategic communication.
Strategies:
- Accessible class websites with clear learning objectives
- Parent or community newsletters and blog features to focus on instruction
- Parent-student-teacher conferences
- Structures to collect feedback from students, parents, and the community
- Feedback from stakholders
- Evidence that parents or community is involved in setting of learning goals
- Culturally specific and relevant content.
Articles:
How to Prepare Your Students For Student-Centered Learning- an article from EdSurge
Reflection in the Classroom- by the Teaching Commons
Learning Through Reflection- by ASCD 75
Learning Contracts- by the Iris Center
Reflection in the Classroom- by the Teaching Commons
Learning Through Reflection- by ASCD 75
Learning Contracts- by the Iris Center
Videos:
Tips for Implementation
Elementary:
★ Student interest surveys
★ 1:1 student-teacher conference ★ Individualized learning plans ★ Student reflection |
Middle and High Tips:
★ Evidence of parent & community involvement
★ Learning contracts ★ Student-led conferences |
Questions to Ask Your Students:
● How did you plan what you’re working on today?
● Do you meet with your teacher 1:1 to plan goals?
● How do you know that this is the right work for you?
● Did your parents participate in setting your goals?
● How does this activity fit into your long-term goals?
● Do you meet with your teacher 1:1 to plan goals?
● How do you know that this is the right work for you?
● Did your parents participate in setting your goals?
● How does this activity fit into your long-term goals?