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The Learning Yard

How to Use This Rubric:

Observation: Regularly observe student behavior in class and during assignments.
Self-Assessment: Encourage students to reflect on their own motivation and identify areas for growth.
Feedback: Use the rubric to provide specific, actionable feedback on areas where students excel or may need additional support.
Goal Setting: Help students set personal goals based on their current level, with clear steps to advance to the next level.

Publications

Asset thinking: The mindset for inclusion

Despite the mandate on equity and inclusion both by our Constitution and legislature, the status quo in our institutions is far from inclusive, with few takers among the teaching fraternity. Most teachers view the resulting diversity in their classrooms as an impediment to achieving intended outcomes. A closer examination of the issue reveals a fundamental flaw in the way we approach inclusion and highlights the need to celebrate diversity before embracing inclusion. Read more about this here.

Going beyond Rote learning key for learning outcomes

As early as the 1960s, policymakers and experts recommended that exam reforms be made a top priority if we were to improve the country’s educational status and ensure better learning outcomes for students. Sadly, seven decades since Independence, we still grapple with issues of rote memorization, narrow and textbook-driven teaching, and testing that is limited to assessing knowledge and minimal skills. Read more about this here.

Don’t make NAS an exam in disguise

As we move towards adopting an outcomes-based education, there is a growing concern among all stakeholders about what students are learning at school. Therefore, the National and State Achievement Surveys (henceforth NAS/SAS) were instituted with…. Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/don-t-make-nas-an-exam-in-disguise-1198709.html

In pursuit of happiness at school

Jwairia Saleem, in Learning Curve, explores why and when happiness, a subjective concept, became the object of global and national concern to be fostered in schools. Read more about this here.

TEACHER Resources

WPSD KINDERGARTEN TEACHER DIARY

Bite-size Learning

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Leaders

THE SCHOOL LEADERS’ DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

The School Leaders’ Development Framework is intended to guide headteachers, middle leaders or their mentors, to understand the roles of leaders within the school and enable them to lead schools effectively. It is informed by global standards in educational leadership and school improvement practices. In addition, it can serve as a good reference document for…