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