Next+Learning+Steps

Shared Clarity of Next Learning Steps

Being clear about the possible next learning steps is critical for any teacher serious about co-constructing deep learning experiences with students. This is dependant on the teacher having a deep knowledge of the subject and a good understanding of the progressions of learning within that. Teachers then need to be able to expose this subject knowledge to students and enable them to be co-collaborators in constructing their next learning step. Clarity About Next Learning Steps for Students: Teacher Capability
 * I know my next learning steps in this subject
 * I know that my next learning step is linked to the original learning intention or that I need to move on to new learning
 * I talk to the teacher about what I need to learn next
 * I work with my teacher to develop the next lesson/topic/unit to meet gaps in my learning
 * I have a good understanding of where my learning is at through assessments and matrices
 * I set targets to work towards to improve my learning
 * I contribute ideas to the shared planning of units of work

Co-consturcting Next Learning Steps Some of the tools that could be used by teachers and students to identify the next learning steps are:  The NZ Curriculum  The NZ Curriculum exemplars (Each exemplar is a snapshot of learning at a level and is also in association with the other exempars in the set of learning progressions).  Literacy Progressions  National Standards <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> AsTTle <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> PAT's <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> 6 Year Net <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> STAR <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> ICAN sheets <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> Running Records <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> PROBE <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> Matrices

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">These tools help students and teachers identify the next learning steps and help teachers in their interpretation of curriculum levels. Teachers use these exemplars and matirces to make explicit and visible to students not only where they might locate their current achievement, but also the type of learning that they might now undertake: what the next steps of development might look like.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> when students engage in self assessment with these type of resources it becomes a relatively simple matter for them to then identify what they might learn next.