Over the last few years we have been investigating what teaching actions help support the growth of the Stanley Avenue School Learning Dimensions. We have aligned our pedagogy with the key categories of the learner and integrate opportunites to practice using these skills, dispositions and values.
A challenge we have been faced with is measuring the growth of these dispositions as we believe that if you value it there should be some tracking of these skills as students progress through Stanley Avenue.
This year we have moved away from collecting whole school student voice to interviewing a random selection of students from each cohort. Students responses are then measured against a co constructed rubric. This is collated with student learning reflections from their sharing space on the schools LMS.
I look forward to seeing if this technique provides us with valuable information for our learners, teachers and parents. I also welcome any feedback, ideas or learning stories from other school's.
