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Schools today are faced with the need to:
Schools today are faced with the need to:
Foster High Levels of Academic Achievement for Every Student
Foster High Levels of Academic Achievement for Every Student
Ensure Equity
Ensure Equity
Address Executive Function and SEL
Address Executive Function and SEL
Hire and Retain a High-Quality Teaching Staff
Hire and Retain a High-Quality Teaching Staff
Prior to the pandemic, schools were very "teacher-dependent":
Prior to the pandemic, schools were very "teacher-dependent":
- Student actions in a classroom were primarily led by the teacher.
- The core of instruction was the lesson, offered by the teacher to introduce content.
- Teachers relied on student compliance — following their plan and direction.
Teacher-dependent instruction failed us during the pandemic. Teachers, students, and parents were stressed. Now, educators are talking about learning acceleration, the need to prioritize SEL, and the need to address greater equity gaps. Meanwhile, teachers are retiring in large numbers and fewer adults are pursuing the field.
Teacher-dependent instruction failed us during the pandemic. Teachers, students, and parents were stressed. Now, educators are talking about learning acceleration, the need to prioritize SEL, and the need to address greater equity gaps. Meanwhile, teachers are retiring in large numbers and fewer adults are pursuing the field.
We need to rethink what instruction and the teaching-learning relationship can look like so that students and teachers alike thrive each and every day in school. We've learned some lessons during the pandemic: Now let's act on them!
We need to rethink what instruction and the teaching-learning relationship can look like so that students and teachers alike thrive each and every day in school. We've learned some lessons during the pandemic: Now let's act on them!
What if you could design learning environments that could withstand obstacles, build students' academic resilience, achieve your goals for students, and energize your teaching staff?
What if you could design learning environments that could withstand obstacles, build students' academic resilience, achieve your goals for students, and energize your teaching staff?
What would that look like?
What would that look like?
- Engage students through PBL so that they are continually, intrinsically motivated to learn
- Ensure the core of instruction becomes student curiosity and drive
- Guide students with achievable expectations so they can self-assess and determine their learning path
- Provide students with a variety of choices for learning so that all students have access to rigorous opportunities to learn
- Shift teachers' focus from delivering whole-class lessons to facilitating instruction through:
- Discussion groups
- Small-group instruction
- Process facilitation
- Academic facilitation
Ultimately, through structures and strategies inherent in student-dependent instruction, build academic resilience so that students have what it takes to overcome obstacles and continue learning.
Ultimately, through structures and strategies inherent in student-dependent instruction, build academic resilience so that students have what it takes to overcome obstacles and continue learning.
Read Dr. Sulla's blog post "From Teacher-Dependent to Student-Dependent Learning."
Watch the video "Why Schools Need to Focus on Academic Resilience as a Path to Achievement."
This is the work that IDE Corp. consultants do . . . it worked through the pandemic (teachers implementing our framework, the Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom™) . . . it will work now as we look to position schools for a powerful future. It's time for Reinventing the Classroom Experience: Learning Anywhere, Anytime.
This is the work that IDE Corp. consultants do . . . it worked through the pandemic (teachers implementing our framework, the Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom™) . . . it will work now as we look to position schools for a powerful future. It's time for Reinventing the Classroom Experience: Learning Anywhere, Anytime.
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