3/9/2026
Teacher Clarity
Pages 24-31
Take a moment to review the Best Practices Checklists on pages 27, 29, and 31. Choose one item you would like to improve on. Which item, why, how? :)
This week, we will continue with thoughts on moving students from Surface to Deep Learning (pages 34-39). Let’s discuss the challenges and the tools or resources we could use to overcome those challenges: 1-Post a high-impact teaching strategy you know your class needs, but you're struggling to implement effectively. Tell us about the specific challenges that are getting in your way; and 2-try to respond to others’ challenges with ideas, tools, or resources to help them.
Best Practices for Making Learning Relevant (all items!) piqued my interest most this week. I typically explain WHAT they are learning and why it is important (globally…not so much individually), and HOW to be successful using scaffolding, check-lists, rubrics, etc. I think I need to focus more on how/why it is important to them INDIVIDUALLY in order to build that intrinsic motivation. I really like the idea of addressing relevance on the continuum: Personal Association, Personal Usefulness, and Personal Identification. In the blogging format I am revamping…I would like for students to respond to each ‘level’ to “invite students into learning” and “help students [find a purpose or] reach a personal goal” and “recognize that the task or text aligns with their identities and ability to impact others”.
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