Clear Learning targets..

1. Clear Learning targets.. Why all the fuss

3. LTM Learning Target for today • Principals will be able to deepen their understanding or further support their knowledge about the importance of clear learning targets after… • Reading provided selections • Discussing the selections • Generating a master list of reasons why clear learning targets are imperative to increased student learning • Discussing ways to share this information with their faculty

4. While reading… • Look at back of the agenda for A-B-C-D. This is the selection you read. • Take notes on the importance of using clear learning targets in the classroom… • Why is it important? • For whom? • How often? • How connected to other activiites? • Etc…..

5. Discussion time • Find 3 other people with different letters. Discuss the selection you have read. Add to your notes when you hear new information or get an idea you want to share.

6. So why are clear learning targets important? • It assists the teacher in the planning stages as much as it does the students in their learning stages. • Provides a clear focus for teachers and students. • Used as a time management tool. • The focus is on what the students are to learn and the level of thinking/doing. {not looking like a menu or agenda}

7. They hold students accountable for achievement. • The work must precisely match the target. • Master teachers communicate the goals to parents as well. • The student must comprehend the target instead of simply repeating the target. • A focus on feedback…feedback should match target.

8. Do not just write the target and simply read it…students must understanding the learning component. • The target should drive assessments and learning activities.

9. Ways that this information can be shared with my faculty: • In PLCs. • Provide strong models to those that need assistance. • Walkthroughs / lesson plan checks. • Do the “jig saw” activity as done in the LTM. • Walkthrough—note targets, share at a faculty meeting to see if they match or if they are strong targets.

10. DOK level questions to analyze..does the activity match? Learning vs. target? • Students who can identify what they are learning significantly outscore those that cannot….Marzano • Connection between the target and the lesson…talk about / use them.

11. Commitment Time • Please fill out the index card and leave it with your director about what you plan to do with this information. Be as specific as possible. Your name must be on the card. • Example-When I find a teacher that is not writing their learning targets in student friendly language, I will ask them probing questions to see if they “get it” and then based on their answers will either follow up with more checks or added training for them.