Dear Educator,
As you kick off your weekend, we're highlighting our top five blog posts of 2023. Stay in bed a little longer this morning and do some inspiring and informative reading before the day gets going 🙂.
1. Scorecards: How Might We Measure What Matters In Schools?
What can golf, manufacturing, and team sports teach us about assessing school success? This post from Devin Vodicka offers a new framework for designing custom scorecards that honor the local context and the inherent variations among schools. For any educator seeking authentic alternatives to standardized tests, this is an essential read.
2. Using Feedback to Drive Learning, Connection, Purpose, and Ownership
We've all seen those essay margins overflowing with thoughtful teacher comments that students barely glance at. This article from Katie Martin shows how simple, learner-centered tweaks can turn feedback into fuel for growth instead of just autopsy reports. Discover how self-assessments, peer discussions and 5-minute conferences can transform stale practices into high-impact feedback loops.
3. Changing How Students Learn, Starts With Changing How Educators Learn
Tired of professional development feeling like an exercise in checking off boxes? Katie Martin spotlights a brighter paradigm that walks the talk of learner-centered tenets. Discover how goal setting, personalized plans, self-direction, and a competency-based focus can transform compliance-driven PD into vibrant, relevant growth for both teachers AND students.
4. What Is a Framework for the Future and Why Do You Need One?
What really drives school and district transformation? As J. César Morales highlights, we have to connect the dots between forward-thinking "why" statements and daily "how" decisions. Discover how Design Thinking protocols, Learner Profiles, and shared competency models help leaders bring their learner-centered visions to life.
5. How to Get Started Developing a Learner Profile
What does student thriving look like in your context? This uplifting post from Devin Vodicka spotlights a powerful first step on the path to learner-centered transformation: listening. Discover how student forums, surveys, and guiding coalitions tune schools into long-muted needs, generating momentum for human-centered solutions.
That's a wrap! After reading one or more of our top five blog posts of 2023, let us know what insight stuck out the most to you! We can't wait to share your thoughts with our authors.
Talk soon,
The Learner-Centered Collaborative Team
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