Granville East PS has continued its focus on student agency and student voice, embedding initiatives. Check out the way in which GEPS has incorporated student agency and voice into its Year 6 reports.
The report emphasises student voice to make a personal document that reflects each student. The first page shows a photo of the student when in Kindergarten and now in Year 6 and then reports student achievement related to grade level. A 'learning overview" gives students an opportunity to reflect on the year's learning under the headings: head (learning that connected with them or challenged them); heart (learning that brought them joy); and hand (something that they had made, drawn or created. On the final page the student adds a writing sample of their choice. A key feature is a link to the video of the "legacy speech" that the student has written to reflect on their schooling ay GEPS.
PROBLEM OF PRACTICE
How are our students developing their agency?
How are our students developing their agency?
- Are students developing the confidence and resources to engage in the learning?
- Are the tasks hooking students in with their relevance and challenge?
- How are teachers eliciting student thinking to deepen learning?
Students with agency:
* build knowledge
* demonstrate understanding
* set intentions and produce results
* experience efficacy
* feel a sense of belonging
* know their core identity is valued
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THE PRESENTATION
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OUR NETWORK'S THINKING
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An overview of our learning during the round
PRE-READING
Excerpts from Chapter 5, "Redefine Succes: Street Data and the Pedagogy of Voice". Download here |
During the round small groups collaborated to define student agency based on the pre-round reading. Then the Visible Learning routine, "Making Meaning" was used to flesh out what agency should look like in our classrooms. Finally participants reflected on the growth of their understanding. Here's what we thought.
ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND
"The Learning Disposition Wheel" from "Transforming Education" (Jefferson and Anderson, 2021) Download here |
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Strategy Number 24, "Making Students' Thinking Visible" from the book High Expectations Teaching. Download here
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BUILDING ON OUR PRIOR LEARNING
This round builds on our prior learning. Check out the resources on: The Learning Pit; rigorous tasks; and teacher questioning to make student thinking visible from our 2019 Round at Enfield PS
This round builds on our prior learning. Check out the resources on: The Learning Pit; rigorous tasks; and teacher questioning to make student thinking visible from our 2019 Round at Enfield PS
Three Additional Resources for Student Agency
1. "Learning on Purpose" provides case studies and big ideas for implementing student agency across a school; 2. The REAL Framework is a menu of student self-assessment prompts focusing on Big E engagement; and
3. Helen Timperley challenges us to collect data on learning from a student's point of view
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