Clarity for Learning: Five Essential Practices That Empower Students and Teachers

By John T. Almarode and Kara L. Vandas

Book Overview

AN ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FOR STUDENT AND TEACHER CLARITY

With the ever-changing landscape of education, teachers and leaders often find themselves searching for clarity in a sea of standards, curriculum resources, and competing priorities. Clarity for Learning offers a simple and doable approach to developing clarity and sharing it with students. Are both teachers and students clear about what must be learned, why students are learning it, and how they can be successful? Are students able to determine their next steps in learning through quality feedback and assessment? Have teachers had the time and support to collaborate around clarity to ensure an aligned approach within your school system?

This book offers five powerful practices that include:

Gaining clarity Sharing clarity Feedback with clarity Assessing with clarity Collaborating with clarity

In addition, the book is chock-full of examples from teachers and leaders across North America who have shared their journey, struggles, and successes to provide examples, exemplars, and models for readers to use to propel their own work forward. This is a don't-miss resource

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1506384692
• ISBN13: 9781506384696
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"