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In this interactive workshop, participants will explore practical strategies for empowering students, fostering collaboration, and promoting meaningful engagement. Gain insights into how amplifying student voice can lead to impactful learning experiences.
Through interactive sessions, participants will explore practical strategies aimed at empowering student voice and agency, fostering feedback and collaboration for teachers and students, and promoting meaningful engagement leading to deeper and transfer of learning. Prepare to gain valuable insights into the profound impact that amplifying student voice can have on creating impactful learning experiences, improving student well-being and increasing school improvement outcomes.
With the education landscape constantly evolving, it is crucial for all members of the school community to incorporate dynamic and adaptations of technology leading towards transformational changes in teaching and learning. This workshop aims to address the current challenges in education that resulted from the recent global pandemic and present a pathway for the future of learning. By embracing student voice and agency, we can revolutionize the classroom environment and enhance educational outcomes.
As participants, you can look forward to achieving the following outcomes:
1. Acquire knowledge about effective strategies for empowering students.
2. Develop skills to foster collaboration among students.
3. Understand the significance of promoting meaningful engagement in the learning process.
4. Gain strategies that can be easily replicated that promote student connection and curiosity to their learning.
5. Develop rubrics with ease and limited time which can be implemented for students to self-asses where they are in their learning in order to move their learning from novice to expert and surface to deeper and transfer.
In addition to these outcomes, we will also explore relevant educational challenges and situations, such as providing strategies to involve students in increasing teacher clarity of learning targets, raising the level of learning success criteria, and the development and implementation of rubrics for student self-assessment. You will also learn how instructional leaders, coaches, and teachers can integrate data from this revolutionary technologically supported student check-in process data to make shifts in instructional practices that amplify impact.
To facilitate your learning journey, we have designed engaging activities/strategies that leverage electronic resources and tools.. These resources will be made available to you during the workshop, enabling you to gain hands-on experience with the materials and tools showcased.
Finally, evidence of success will be shared to demonstrate the positive outcomes achieved by implementing student voice and agency practices. Real-world examples and case studies will be presented, showcasing the transformative power of these approaches in enhancing educational experiences.
Join us in this workshop to explore the exciting possibilities that arise when we prioritize student voice and agency in education. Together, let's revolutionize the classroom and pave the way for a brighter future of learning.
I. Introduction - 5minutes
A. Brief overview of the workshop's goals and objectives
B. Importance of incorporating student voice and agency in education
C. Connection to the current challenges in education due to the global pandemic
II. Empowering Students - 10 minutes
A. Acquiring knowledge about effective strategies for empowering students
B. Sharing real-world examples and case studies showcasing the transformative power of student voice and agency
C. Introducing the Student Check-In tool to provide student agency and voice
III. Feedback and Impact - 15 minutes
A. Sharing data sets of feedback from students to teachers on the impact of their teaching
B. Demonstrating how teachers reflect on the feedback to improve their professional practice
C. Highlighting the relationship between student voice and agency, feedback, and improved student well-being
IV. Fostering Collaboration - 15 minutes
A. Developing skills to foster collaboration among students (replicable)
B. Presenting strategies to involve students in increasing teacher clarity of learning targets (Wordle replicable)
C. Raising the level of learning success criteria through student input - (Rubric share out and development process - replicable)
V. Promoting Meaningful Engagement - 15 minutes
A. Understanding the significance of promoting meaningful engagement in the learning process - (Connect the Dots replicable)
B. Providing strategies to improve teacher clarity, success criteria, and student self-assessment
C. Exploring the development and implementation of rubrics for student self-assessment
VI. Integration of Technology - 15 minutes
A. Emphasizing the importance of incorporating dynamic and adaptive technology in teaching and learning
B. Showcasing electronic resources and tools that can enhance student engagement and learning outcomes
C. Hands-on activities to gain practical experience with the showcased materials and tools
VII. Conclusion - 10 minutes
A. Recap of the key learning outcomes for participants
B. Recap of the strategies and tools shared throughout the workshop
C. Encouraging participants to revolutionize the classroom and prioritize student voice and agency in their own practice
VIII. Questions - Answers - 5-10 minutes
Professor John Hattie, author of Visible Learning has stated this is "the best classroom data" I have ever seen.
Visible Learning by John Hattie
"Skill, Will, and Thrill: Conceptual Learning Model" research by John Hattie and Gregory Donoghue, PH.D.
Clarity by Lynn Sharrett, Ph.D.
Collective Teacher Efficacy by Jenni Donoghue, Ph.D.
Teaching Students to Drive Their Learning: A Playbook on Engagement and Self-Regulation, K-12 - Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Sarah Ortega, John Allan Hattie
The Teacher Clarity Playbook, Grades K-12
A Hands-On Guide to Creating Learning Intentions and Success Criteria for Organized, Effective Instruction - Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Olivia Amador, Joseph Assof
How SC Instructional Leaders Perceive and Conceptualize Learning Thrill - D. Cupolo, Ph.D.
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