St Albans Secondary College

Student Voice

 Teaching & Learning Framework

CREATE THE SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

(Engage)

CREATE THE SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

(Engage)

1. SET THE SCENE

(Engage)

• Link to prior knowledge• Provide the big picture• Share the learning objectives• Trigger the brain

1. SET THE SCENE

(Engage)

• Link to prior knowledge• Provide the big picture• Share the learning objectives• Trigger the brain

2. TEACH NEW INFORMATION

(Explore and Explain)

• Provide students with new information• Visual, audio, kinaesthetic• Explicit instruction• Class room instructional strategies

2. TEACH NEW INFORMATION

(Explore and Explain)

• Provide students with new information• Visual, audio, kinaesthetic• Explicit instruction• Class room instructional strategies

3. PROCESS THE INFORMATION

(Elaborate)

• Making sense of information• Classroom instructional strategies• Search for meaning

3. PROCESS THE INFORMATION

(Elaborate)

• Making sense of information• Classroom instructional strategies• Search for meaning

4. DEMONSTRATE & ASSESS

(Evaluate)

• Show understanding in a number of ways

• Assess understanding

4. DEMONSTRATE & ASSESS

(Evaluate)

• Show understanding in a number of ways

• Assess understanding

5. REVIEW FOR RECALL & RETENTION

(Evaluate)

• Memory techniques• Revisit learning outcomes• Reflecting on how it has

been learned• Feedback• Link to next lesson

5. REVIEW FOR RECALL & RETENTION

(Evaluate)

• Memory techniques• Revisit learning outcomes• Reflecting on how it has

been learned• Feedback• Link to next lesson

This learning cycle is researched based, and reflects how students learn effectively. It forms the basis for delivering an effective lesson. An excellent practitioner will be able to think flexibly about how to best apply the stages of the learning cycle to their lesson. While all of the stages are important, for an effective lesson Stage 1 and 5 are essential. This is due to the way our brain remembers information at the beginning and end of an activity. Additional resources for each stage are attached, giving suggested times, indicators of excellence and assessment ideas.

The SASC Learning Cycle

Visible learning

• What do we want students to learn?

• How do we know they have learnt it?

• What do we do if they haven’t learnt it?

• What do we do if they already know it?

Supporting frameworks

Curriculum Development &

Assessment Handbook

Professional Learning TeamsResource Book2014

Curriculum Documents

More supporting frameworks

Literacy at St Albans Secondary

College

Writing Across the Key Learning Areas

Assessment & Reporting Handbook

Effective learners

• Where am I going?

• How am I going?

• What are my next steps?

Developing student agency

Continuing focus on:• Learning Intentions • Success Criteria• Feedback• Assessment• eLearning• Curriculum Development

Through:• Student forums• Staff Professional Learning• Open Classrooms• Performance & Development Plans

SCHOOL 1. Guaranteed & Viable Curriculum2. Challenging Goals & Effective Feedback3. Parent & Community Involvement4. Safe & Orderly Environment5. Collegiality & professionalism

CLASSSROOM 6. Instructional Strategies

7. Classroom Management8. Classroom Curriculum Design

STUDENT9. Home Environment10.Learned Intelligence / Background Knowledge11.Motivation

 Factors affecting student learning

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