McKay Consulting Group
Creating school cultures of continuous improvement | You Don’t Have to Be Bad to Get Better
Blended Learning Series
Integrate Zoom meetings with your learning management system to engage in a series of distance learning sessions, followed by site-based coaching and feedback.
Close the Gap: Targets, Assessment, Feedback!
Engaging students in learning has always been the challenge for every classroom teacher. When students take responsibility for their own learning, they become the central player in their own success. Learning targets and assessment for learning strategies give students this power; it answers the three fundamental questions of learning: Where am I going? Where am I now? How do I close the gap? Learning targets provide learners with concrete statements about what they are learning, written in student friendly language. Unlike objectives written for teachers, learning targets are goals written for, and owned by students. Participants will be able to construct high quality learning targets for daily lessons, implement strategies to check for understanding and engage students in ongoing self-assessment.
I’d recommend this series to every teacher in the district! Students have become more engaged in unpacking the learning targets and work more intentionally to achieve them. As a result, they have become vested in their learning and own their success.
Get in the Driver’s Seat! Strengthening Student Engagement
Creating a student-centered learning environment where students actively share their thinking is essential. Learn what it takes for students to move beyond compliance and become active participants in their own learning. Let us add to your toolkit of strategies by using protocols to engage all learners!
Learning the difference between compliance and student engagement was an eye opener! The video examples made the learning come alive. Thank you for the time to explore the protocols and prepare to implement these strategies in my classroom. I was “engaged” the whole day!