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Powerful Learning Environments

Powerful Learning Environment Framework

Powerful Learning Environment Framework

Learning Design - The Teacher uses strategies to ensure engagement, learning and growth for each student.

Connected Outcomes

  • Teachers understand the intent of outcomes and use the verb of the outcome to begin the learning design process.

Balanced Assessment

  • Teachers utilize a mix of formative and summative assessments to influence the teacher’s next steps in student learning.

Purposeful Instruction

  • Teachers intentionally select teaching strategies to ensure students learn curricular outcomes via different ways of knowing and showing. 

Personalized Learning

  • Teachers know and understand the learning needs of students and use a collaborative, strength based approach to design an inclusive learning environment.

Well-being - The Teacher uses strategies to ensure students are safe, connected, cared for and ready to learn.

Relationships

  • Teachers foster safe, healthy, respectful and trusting relationships to help each student feel cared for and valued as an individual.

Culture 

  • Teachers ensure a welcoming, safe and caring culture that allows for learning to occur with respect, trust and joy.