Breakthrough Teaching: Assessing for Learning
Breakthrough Teaching: Assessing for Learning
By: Bryan Goodwin, Pete Hall
This brief 8-page reference guide provides research-based practical guidance and insights that any teacher can use in their classroom to reflect on their instruction in the moment and after class, making adjustments to their teaching to draw their students into learning, help them acquire new knowledge and skills, and help them retain and apply their new learning long-term.
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The first guide in this series, A Reflective Teacher’s Guide to Planning for Learning, focused on how effective “breakthrough” level teachers plan their units and lessons to ensure their students will be engaged in active learning and have ample opportunities to practice and deepen their learning. This guide focuses on what breakthrough teachers do as they teach, adjusting their instructional strategies and classroom activities in the moment to meet their students’ learning needs, and what they do after they teach, reflecting at the end of a unit or lesson on what went well and what needs to change next time.
Breakthrough Teaching insights to help you:
- Notice when things are going well, so you can build on your successes.
- “Read” your classroom in the moment, and pivot when things aren’t going well.
- Look objectively at student learning, comparing their progress against your goals.
- Link your actions to the outcomes you see in your students.
- Identify adjustments—from small tweaks to dramatic overhauls—you can make to further support your students’ success.
Bryan Goodwin
Bryan Goodwin is president and CEO of McREL International. During his more than two decades at McREL, he has translated research into practice, scanning the world for new insights and best practices on teaching and leading, and has helped educators across the United States and around the world adapt them to address their own local contexts, goals, and needs. A frequent conference presenter, he is the author of numerous books, papers, and articles on research-based practices for effective instruction and school/system leadership, and the power of curiosity for students and adults. Before joining McREL in 1998, Bryan was a college instructor, a high school teacher, and a business journalist. He and his family live in Denver, Colorado. Visit mcrel.org to learn more.
Pete Hall
Pete Hall is a former award-winning school principal and the author of 12 books designed to build individual and leadership capacity. He speaks and consults internationally; when he’s not on the road, he and his family live in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, with their three rambunctious dogs.
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Good teachers use effective teaching strategies in their classrooms while great ones, the breakthrough-level teachers whose students make significant growth each year, know when and why to use specific instructional strategies to meet their students' needs. McREL's Breakthrough Teaching series of quick guides provides teachers with evidence-based insights and guidance on how to design and deliver instruction and activities that capture student interest and engage them in deep, memorable, applicable learning. Each guide in the series draws from the science of learning and cognition, expertise on teacher self-reflection and meta-cognition, and research on positive, productive student-teacher relationships.
Great teachers whose students make significant growth each year know when and why to use specific instructional strategies to meet their students' needs. Our Breakthrough Teaching quick guides provide teachers with evidence-based insights and guidance on how to design and deliver instruction and activities that capture student interest and engage them in deep, memorable, applicable learning. And the Teacher's Reflective Impact Journal guides teachers through a series of weekly prompts to encourage professional reflection and continuous advancement of their skills and strategies.
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