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5 Tips for Implementing Learner Profiles
As school leaders, one of our most critical tasks is to balance coherence and flexibility in our educational institutions. Coherence refers to a unified vision and shared understanding among stakeholders, while flexibility allows for adaptability and responsiveness to individual student needs. A valuable tool for achieving this balance is the implementation of a learner…
Getting from District Mission and Vision to Implementation with Learners
Mesa Union is a small, tight-knit school district steeped in tradition dating back to its inception in 1939. As the community emerged from Covid-19 remote learning there was a growing awareness and consensus that they needed to rethink practices across the district so they could evolve and find new and better ways to support…
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Empowering Digital Equity Through Digital Literacy
Students at Sutton Middle School use online research to answer questions during a lesson in history class. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages Global pandemics. Advances with bot technology and artificial intelligence (hello, ChatGPT). Readily available and increasingly sophisticated tools, tactics, and tricks aimed at mass misinformation, content confusion, and emotional appeal. These are…
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5 Ways to Bring More Inclusion and Equity into Your Classroom
We all want learners to feel comfortable, supported, and valued. Yet, putting this into practice is not always a given. Let’s change that.
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A Learner-Centered Take on Homework
This learner-centered perspective on the age-old homework debate reframes the question away from what, when, and how much and brings us back to our why and imagining the possibilities of homework from there.
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Overcoming Objections to a Competency-Based Approach
Clear the way for a competency-based learning approach with these tips for overcoming common objections to mastery-based assessment.
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Uncovering the True Purpose of Assessment
In a learner-centered classroom, assessment is not done to but rather with the learner. Assessment becomes less about determining what a student doesn’t know or can’t do, but instead the emphasis shifts to providing opportunities for students to show what they do know and can do.
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There has never been a better time for OER
Shifting to learner-centered experiences for all students is going to require many shifts, including the ways in which we think about outcomes and assessments, and providing flexible and open learning resources will be an important part of the change journey.
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Do Your Assessments Improve Learning?
Grading and reporting of grades is one of the cornerstones of teaching but not always learning.