Cultivate Growth Mindsets: Reflect on the Failures and Successes of Learning Something New
Challenge students to learn something new. Develop a space within classrooms to celebrate and reflect on the failures and successes in learning someth…
Tag: Student Experience
Incorporate KNOW Skills for Student-Centered Learning: Redesign Your School to Incorporate Project-Based Learning
Redesign and commit to a schoolwide framework and curriculum that uses Project Based Learning and/or cross-curricular experiences for all students.
Hold a Film or Art Festival: Celebrate Student Excellence, Encourage Creativity & Build Rapport
Plan a film or arts festival to showcase students’ creativity and original work. Consider developing the projects in a core class that most students…
Student Self-Awareness & Self-Knowledge: Ask the Right Questions to Understand Your Students
Ask students essential questions. This activity is a great way to learn more about your students, while fostering a sense of self-reflection. These qu…
Student Engagement Through Relevant Discussion: Link Real-World Current Challenges to the Classroom
Give students the opportunity in classrooms, or a common area, to identify a current challenge (either in or out of school), and have them connect two…
Incorporate THINK Skills for Student-Centered Learning: Use Design Thinking as Your School’s Foundational Backbone
Identify a THINK framework, such as design thinking, to set up as a foundational backbone that can be embedded every period, every day throughout your…
Create a Career Pathway Experience: Making Learning Relevant for All Students
Create CTE or career pathways schoolwide so that every student experiences project-based learning throughout their school experience. Check out Valley…
Create Grade-Level Hands-on Student Projects: Engaging & Connecting Students with Their Community
Create grade-level projects or capstones that give students the opportunity to do hands-on work in the community. These can be set up as projects stud…
Plan a Maker Event, Science Fair, or Entrepreneur Day: Engaging & Connecting Students to School Relevance
Plan and implement a school-wide or whole grade maker event, science fair, or entrepreneur day and have students develop projects for the event in a s…
Foster Problem-Solving & Creativity: Apply Divergent Thinking Strategies in Lesson Plans
Include divergent thinking strategies in your lesson plans using instructional strategies. Divergent thinking is the process of generating multiple id…