{"id":9448,"date":"2024-03-15T14:55:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T03:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&#038;p=9448"},"modified":"2024-03-15T14:55:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T03:55:33","slug":"from-the-acting-leader-of-learning-3","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/from-the-acting-leader-of-learning-3\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Acting Leader of Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b>Structures and Mindset for Effective Learning<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year, the College has implemented a new model for lesson structure and rolled it out to all classes at all levels. The structure applies high impact teaching strategies with evidence-based best practices for the structure of a lesson through set routines and explicit teaching strategies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The start of a lesson is an important part of settling into the classroom and adopting an appropriate mindset for the learning ahead. As such, students should expect to follow this process for beginning their classes:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students line up (depending on the space) in two lines outside the room \u2013 students do not wait for teachers in the room<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students stand behind chairs for greeting\/prayer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students unpack their equipment including student planner on desk while the roll is taken<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Class is readied for the lesson activities with a learning intention and success criteria to set an objective and context for learning with a measurable target for knowledge and skill development.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From here, the lesson follows the structure from Tom Sherrington\u2019s (2019) interpretation of Barak Roseshine\u2019s principles of instruction (2010). There are expectations for the teacher to control the dynamics and flow of the lesson, but also expectations of the students to be engaging with this process and following the teacher\u2019s directions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The image below outlines the process in ten steps, as adapted by Oliver Caviglioli:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.10\u202fam.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9497 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.10\u202fam.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"737\" height=\"1026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.10\u202fam.png 737w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.10\u202fam-230x320.png 230w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.10\u202fam-108x150.png 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The close of the lesson is an important time to review the learning intention and success criteria and prepare for the next lesson. Students should expect the following process to take place:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Record homework or preparation for next lesson in student planner\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pack up and clean up the classroom space<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stand behind chair and desk\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Await dismissal from the teacher once the bell has rung.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to the structure of the lesson, we also wish to encourage students to be open-minded and courageous in their disposition towards learning. We discuss the dimension of our Marist Compass, Courage for Life, often and see it in action regularly with our students who take risks and engage in new opportunities for learning, development and success in and outside of the classroom. For example, a number of our students were very brave last week in celebrating International Women\u2019s Day by speaking to their house groups about what it means to be a woman in 2024, as well as a number of students who participated in our Pi Day celebrations, reciting as many digits of pi as they could remember!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.31\u202fam.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9498 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.31\u202fam.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.31\u202fam.png 638w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.31\u202fam-320x241.png 320w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.31\u202fam-145x109.png 145w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.31\u202fam-290x218.png 290w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.31\u202fam-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.31\u202fam-199x150.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Further to this, we ask students to extend their Courage for Life into the classroom with the concept of productive struggle or productive failure in the classroom. Productive failure has been explored by Manu Kapur from 2008 as an effective strategy to activate deeper understanding for students by first allowing them to struggle with the task or problem, and then loading them with conceptual knowledge to correct their path. Kapur\u2019s research continually demonstrates that being comfortable with failure is critical to ensuring students can move forward in their learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This means that students need to see failure as an opportunity and in fact, a necessity. The emotional component to engaging in failure can be negotiated with an effectively nurtured productive disposition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We must aim for mistakes to be seen as a chance for positive redirection and feedback to be seen as helpful and motivational pushes forward rather than criticism. The notion of struggling with a task or problem may be seen as a direct evaluation of a student (\u201cI am finding this hard, so I\u2019m bad at this\u201d) instead of a necessity (\u201cI am finding this uncomfortable because I am learning something new and this isn\u2019t easy to do!\u201d). This is also a critical element of nurturing a <\/span><b>growth mindset<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which we speak a lot about in our classes and programs at the College.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This week, I was introduced to the idea of presenting common mathematical misconceptions, something I deal with and try to highlight frequently in my classes, as \u2018favourite mistakes\u2019:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.57\u202fam.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9499 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.57\u202fam.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.57\u202fam.png 617w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.57\u202fam-320x193.png 320w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-9.03.57\u202fam-249x150.png 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The possible impact of the language (\u2018favourite\u2019) and symbolism of the hearts is certainly powerful here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This week, students in Years 7 and 9 completed their NAPLAN testing in Reading, Writing, Conventions of Language and Numeracy. This also took courage for some in their comfort to work under pressure and involves being open to learning from our mistakes when the feedback and results come through later in the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I encourage families to have a conversation at home about mindset and productive failure. Struggle and failure are uncomfortable but they are not innately bad, nor are they avoidable. Instead, they are promises for growth and an opportunity to learn from yourself or others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"highlight\" style=\"text-align: left\"><i style=\"font-size: 1.4rem\"><em>Ms Emma Pracey, Acting Leader of Learning and Instructional Specialist<\/em><\/i><\/div>\n<div data-block-enewsletter=\"text\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"row enewsletter-text-block\" data-block-enewsletter=\"text\">This article on College life meets The Archbishop&#8217;s Charter for Catholic Schools &#8211; Charter #1, #2<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Structures and Mindset for Effective Learning This year, the College has implemented a new model for lesson structure and rolled it out to all classes at all levels. 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