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TEACHER LEADERSHIP LEARNER CURIOSITY COACHING LEARNING ASSESSMENT PRACTICES Linda Kaser Networks of Inquiry and innovation www.noii.ca. Intentions. Curiosity Growth mindset Ongoing coaching of learning to shift our systems. Sorting or Learning. K Curious Grade 12 Curious?.
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TEACHER LEADERSHIP LEARNER CURIOSITY COACHING LEARNING ASSESSMENT PRACTICES Linda Kaser Networks of Inquiry and innovation www.noii.ca
Intentions • Curiosity • Growth mindset • Ongoing coaching of learning to shift our systems
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
As teacher leaders do we want Learning?
As teacher leaders do we want Sorting?
What number of learners can we have ‘cross the stage with dignity, purpose and options’?
WHY? EVERY learner crossing the stage with purpose, dignity and options
What Mindset Helps Learners? Are we trying to develop learners with a Fixed or a growth mindset?
Fixed or Growth Mindset A must read
LEARNER ENGAGEMENT Social? Academic? Intellectual?
Four Key Questions for Learner Engagement Six Key Strategies Importance of Learning Intentions The power of descriptive Feedback
COACHING ENGAGED LEARNERS • Can you name two adults in this setting who believe you will be a success in life? Schonert-Reichl • Where are you going with your learning? • How are you going? • Where to next? Hattie and Timperley
SIX STRATEGIES FOR ENGAGING LEARNERS • Learners as owners/partners • Learners know the intentions • Learners access clear criteria and examples • Learners receive and give descriptive feedback • Learners respond to timely questions • Learners have peers as resources
Six Key Strategies Learners owning their own learning
MOST SIGNIFICANT TEACHER STEP Information about what learners need to know and do is used to identify what teachers need to know and do.
Identify Learning Need • Will working on this focus increase the quality of learning? • Will working on this issue increase equity among learners? • Is it connected to knowledge from learning sciences? • .7 • YES YES YES
Enhance Your Own Teacher Learning • How will you get started? • Or – how will you continue? • Who will help? • How will you build in multiple opportunities for learning? • 40 hours
Enhance Learning and Teaching • How will you use the four learning questions? • How far can you go with making assessment for and as learning a way of life?
Assess Learning • How will you know that what you are doing is making a difference? • Use the four questions – in interviews or in dialogues or in writing • Use tickets out the door strategies • Access your colleagues for advice
Resources • Historical Understandings • http://ownlearnin.wikispaces.com • The international learning/assessment community • Inquiry Handbook for BC Educators – June 2012 • www.noii.ca http://networksofinquiry.blogspot.com/
Let us put our minds together and see what kind of world we can make for our children. Lakota Chief Sitting Bull