Sustaining System and School Improvement

21, CLARITY Learning Suite Overview

The CLARITY Learning Suite - An introduction to the process and the people.

20. Best Professional Learning for Educators

CLARITY develops as you go, not before you go.
Professional learning needs to be ongoing, evidence proven, sustainable, customized, timely.

19. CLARITY and Data Walls with Case Management Strategies

Knowing our Students through data walls. Who are our students, how are they progressing and how do we know about necessary next steps in learning.
Case management meetings help build capacity to teach every student.
 
CLARITY: What matters most in Learning, Teaching, and Leading

18. Kids are Refreshing

Listen in as this student shares her learning experience.
Setting up each student for success is a team effort. Think about how each student in your class or school is finding success and who is helping them get there.

17. How to Incorporate the Five Key Questions

Knowing our students and having a growth mindset. Challenging your students to go beyond what is expected.
Five questions for students:
What are you learning and why?
How are you doing in that learning?
How do you know how you are doing?
How can you improve?
Where do you go for help beyond the teacher?

16. Moved and Inspired by Data

Interview excerpt. Zeroing in on the individual needs of students. A reference to a successful example from teachers. 

15. The WHY and the HOW of Learning Walks and Talks

Examining how we know that all students in our care are learning.
Becoming a better instructional leader, teacher, learner.
Non-judgmental approach to examining student learning.

14. Leaders, Teachers and Parents Adapt-ability.

Flexibility is key...
Be a good listener...
Embrace ambiguity by being open and listen to the student's voices...
Manage little and lead often...
Go to places you haven't been before...
These and other thoughts on leadership from Lyn as she continues to put FACES on the data.

13. Questions that make learning progress explicit

Questions for students, parents, teachers and leaders that make learning progress explicit.

12. Putting FACES On Student Learning

Ongoing research into use of student data. It starts with creating a culture of learning in which every child is valued. Asking the right questions is essential. A positive growth mindset is needed.