Learning Skills
Responsibility
Educator
Creating a safe and welcoming
learning environment for students
Ensure students of all learning levels are accounted for in lesson and assessment planning
Be approachable
create a classroom where students feel comfortable expressing themselves to you
Follow curriculum, ensuring students are set up for success when entering the next grade
Learner
Engages in lessons
Actively Implements learning strategies discussed with teacher for optimal learning
ex. using spin bike when feeling jittery as to not interrupt other student's learning
Manages behavior
Curriculum
To create equitable curriculum that includes all students
Students from low-income
Students with disabilities
Students who identify as LGBTQ
Racialized students
To continually update the curriculum
to account for changing society
Create flexible assessment criteria to account for all the different types of learners
Independent Work
Educator
Independently review student work
taking the time to reflect on each student's strengths and areas of improvement
Reflect back on lessons to make sure it was an efficient way of instructing based on the learners in the room
Learner
Be able to work independently on assigned tasks
Demonstrate own knowledge on tests
Maintain appropriate behaviour to not disrupt other students working independently
Learn when it is appropriate to work independently vs times to collaborate
Curriculum
Ensure the curriculum documents have sufficient information regarding independent work in classrooms
Ensure there is accessible methods to assess independent work for all learners
Initiative
Educator
Create a projects and assignments to keep the students stimulated
Become involved in the school community
volunteer with extracurricular activity
Ask students what clubs/ groups they would want to be a part of and look into creating these groups
Get to know the students in your class
try to plan lessons in a way that includes the students interests
Research interesting lesson and activities for the students
Discuss with colleagues teaching methods and lessons that work and some that don't for the group of students you have
At the beginning of the year, review your students files
Learner
Engages in the lessson
Asks questions when unsure or looking for further exploration
Creates inspired work
Discusses lessons with peers, parents, etc
Travel
Checklist
Continuously update curriculum to ensure it is teaching student appropriate, up to date information
Create innovative teaching and assessment strategies
Open the conversation of creating the curriculum to exterior sources
Parents/ caregivers
Teachers
Students
Principals
Organization
Educator
Create equitable lesson plans
Prepare tasks applicable for all learning levels in your class
Prepare necessary materials for the lessons in advance
Learner
Keep track of due dates for assignments
Maintain an organized workspace, ensuring all important work/ documents are safely stored
Learn organization skills in school that can be used outside of school, and for their rest of their lives
what is the best way for each student to organize themself
Curriculum
Create organized documents that are appropriately categorized to make the documents user friendly
Assemble the curriculum in a way that accounts for all possible learner
Allow for flexibility based on students needs
Provide a clear definition of organization for educators and learners
Provide educators with assessment methods of examining student's organizational skills
Collaboration
Educator
Collaborate with other teachers for lessons, activities, projects, assessments, etc.
Reach out to parents asking for what they would like to see their children learning
Ask parents strategies to best teach their children as well as any important information they may have
Discuss lessons and activities with students, providing them the opportunity to have choice in their learning
Learner
Group projects
Discuss ideas with classmates
be able to provide your classmates with your ideas as well as also accept their ideas.
Curriculum
Diccus with teachers what is working with current curriculum and what needs to be updated
Open up to general population to see what they wish they could have learned in school as well as what they are happy they did learn
Discuss curriculum with parents/ caregivers
Curriculum creators bounce ideas off other collaborators
Self-Regulation
Educator
implement appropriate strategies even when frustrated
make lesson plans and activities in a timely manor
Do not make assumptions about students based on any external factor (clothing, packed lunches)
Learner
Maintain appropriate learning behavior
Complete tasks on time
Demonstrates appropriate behaviour even when not being evaluated
Curriculum
Provide educators and learners with guidelines for self-regulation
Provide a clear definition of self regulation with reference to each subject matter