4. ‘Educating Life-long
Learners’
“In times of change, learners inherit the world
while the learned find themselves beautifully
equipped to deal with a world that no longer
exists” Hoffer
7. So what has changed in Schools
“Fish-Bone Diagram”
8. Student Learning
and
Achievement
Developing a
Quality
Learning
Community
School
organisation
and structure
Goals that focus on improving
student achievement:
1.To continue to raise
achievement in Literacy and
Mathematics for all students
throughout the school.
2.To continue to investigate
emerging technologies and
their potential to enhance
learning.
3.Develop thinking skills model
across School and refine School
inquiry model
Goals for curriculum,
support programmes and
teacher development:
1.‘Educating Lifelong
Learners’. Ensuring
teachers are supported as
learners to meet the needs
of the Stanley Avenue
Learner.
Goals for personnel,
processes and systems:
1.To review and
implement strategies
and procedures that
ensure curriculum and
resources (people,
finances and property)
are targeted to
promote the
development of the
Stanley Avenue
Student.
11. Uses the language
of thinking
Plans for effective
thinking
Activates their
thinking
Transfers their
thinking
Aware
Recognise
Predict /
Value
Adopt
Reflect
Uses the
vocabulary of
thinking.
Explain and justify
thoughts and
opinions
Challenge and
question ideas and
opinions.
Wonder.
Reflective thinking.
Choosing thinking
tools that suit the
situation and the
child.
Contributes ideas
to discussion /
brainstorming.
Developing the
range of thinking
tools and learning
when to use them.
Awareness of
thinking in
different ways-
Linking known to
unknown.
Coming up with
ideas.
Thinking about
things in different
ways.
Using the thinking
tools.
Explores
innovations.
Think of a range of
solutions and
choose the most
Using their thinking
to make
decisions/solve
problems.
Applies thinking to
other situations.
Draw conclusions.
Develop ideas into
actions.
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The Stanley Avenue Learner uses a range of thinking strategies confidently...
12. Uses the language of thinking
Motivate students by engaging / involving them in real-life meaningful contexts
Provide quality feedback and feedforward
Aware
Recognise
Predict / Value
Adopt
Reflect
Internalise
•A shared language of thinking is
encouraged throughout the School
(Based upon Pohl’s caring, critical,
creative thinker)
•The ‘language of thinking’ is present in
everyday programme.
•The teaching of thinking skills is
embedded into daily classroom practice
(visible in planning, wall displays etc)
•Learning Prompts are highly visible for
learners.
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The Stanley Avenue Learner uses a range of thinking strategies confidently...
15. Facilitating Thinking
Engages learners in learning
Thinking Maps to build a common language of
learning
Foster and encourages life – long learning
Develops and organisers fundamental thinking
processes.
More efficient way of learning
Promotes Personalised Learning environments