January Monthly Objectives: Making Learning Visible
How do you make learning visible in your classroom? How do students showcase their learning and engage in continual self-reflection and growth?
As British Columbia’s new K-12 Student Reporting Policy aptly states, “Self-reflection and goal setting are important parts of learning and development. Giving students a voice in their learning helps ensure that teachers, parents and caregivers can support students in achieving their goals” (K-12 Student Reporting Policy). This quote resonates across Canada — we all have the shared goal of supporting student success.
Through the use of Portfolios in All About Me and Education Planner, students are able to document their learning and critically reflect. Scroll down to the bottom of today’s blog post to learn more!
K-6 Newsletter (or K-7)
Title: Making Learning Visible
Through the use of Portfolios in All About Me, students are able to document their learning and critically reflect. As educators, you can provide timely feedback and celebrate student success along the way. Once June arrives, students will be able to showcase their learning from the past year and feel confident in their growth as they head off into future years!
Sign-up for a live webinar session today. Your First Class with All About Me is a great webinar to learn more about supporting student success using All About Me.
Use the All About Me resources below to help make learning visible in your classroom:
- All About Me Student-led Conference Package (Kindergarten)
- All About Me Student-led Conference Package (Gr. 1–3)
- All About Me Student-led Conference Package (Gr. 4–6)
- Looking for a new approach to Student-Led Conferences? Take a look at our teacher guide on Demonstration-Based Student Led Conferences
- Build students’ reflection skills in their All About Me Portfolios by referring to our Reflection Ideas for Student Portfolios resources (Grades: K, 1–3, 4–6)
- Have students add personal artifacts, videos, pictures, and audio recordings to their AAM Portfolio to encourage storytelling and visible evidence of their learning.
7–12 Newsletter (or 8–12)
Title: Making Learning Visible
Evidence shows that the greatest effects on student learning come when not only do the students become their own teachers (through self-monitoring and self-assessment), but the teachers become learners of their own teaching. In successful classrooms, both teaching and learning are visible” (Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing the Impact on Learning: Chapter 2, by John Hattie).
Through the use of Portfolios in Education Planner, students are able to document their learning and critically reflect. As educators, you can provide timely feedback and celebrate student success along the way. Once June arrives, students will be able to showcase their learning from the past year and feel confident in their growth as they head off into future years!
Use the resources below to support visible learning in your classroom using Education Planner:
- Download the Education Planner Student-Led Conference Package (s) to use with your students: Student Led Conference Teacher Guides (Grade 7–8, Grade 9–11, Grade 12)
- Interested in exploring volunteering with your students? Check out these new Volunteering Portfolio resources to help guide your students to capture a visual record of their experiences
Implementation Ideas for JANUARY!
- Enter for a chance to win $1,100 in total prize value! The Education Planner Scholarship Portfolio Contest for Grades 11–12 lets your students Stand Above the Crowd. Check out the Contest Page for more details and click here to enter. The Contest runs from January 9-February 17, 2023!
- New January-April webinar offerings have been scheduled. Sign-up for a live webinar session today.
- Supporting First Nations, Metis & Inuit Students with their Future Pathway Possibilities. Webinar in partnership with ONECA on Tuesday, January 17 at 3:30 pm EST. Register today!
- Supporting Special Education Using Digital Portfolios starting on Monday, February 13 at 6:00 pm EST. Click here to register!
3. Increase student success by ensuring every student gets into myBlueprint and has access to career and life planning tools. Let myBlueprint know if a school hosts the myBlueprint Learner Workshops across all grades and we will enter them in a draw to win a surprise school prize! This workshop package includes everything you need to host valuable workshops directly with students.
4. Help students mindfully build essential competencies — January’s focus is Creativity. Creativity is integral to showcasing visible learning in the classroom. Have students watch S1E4 of Competencies without a Classroom and engage them in a discussion using the accompanying slide deck, teacher guide, and student handout
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Want to learn more? Email support@myBlueprint.ca, sign up for a drop-in webinar or watch our bite-sized video tutorials.
