Schools that foster the conditions of Visible Learning-clarity, feedback, student agency, and evaluative thinking-create classrooms where students thrive and drive their own learning. In these environments, active engagement replaces compliance, and rigorous, standards-aligned instruction challenges students to think deeply, apply their knowledge, and collaborate meaningfully.
This workshop highlights signature practices of Visible Learning and connects them to the NYS Portrait of a Graduate Need-to-Know documents and the Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework. Participants will explore how designing for engagement, rigor, relevance, and relationships creates student-centered classrooms where the Portrait of a Graduate attributes naturally develop, equipping learners prepared to succeed in college, careers, and life as engaged citizens.
We are learning how the signature practices of Visible Learning can be used to design rigorous, student-centered classrooms so that students are actively engaged, drive their own learning, and develop the Portrait of a Graduate attributes within culturally responsive and sustaining environments.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
* Explain how Visible Learning practices connect to the NYS Portrait of a Graduate attributes and the CR-S Framework.
* Describe what rigorous, student-centered engagement looks like along the student engagement continuum.
* Apply these ideas by refining or designing a learning experience that fosters engagement and the Portrait of a Graduate attributes.
Teams are encouraged to attend to support schoolwide planning and implementation.