Progression of Learning Across the Career
Promotes Connection of Prior Knowledge
to New Information
Exploring & Aspiring
Connects prior knowledge with new information to (a) challenge conventional assumptions and standard approaches; (b) connect ideas; (c) solve problems; and/or (d) draw new conclusions.
Preparing
Connects new student learning to their *ways of knowing, thinking, and learning.
Emerging
Identifies student prior knowledge and *ways of knowing, thinking, and learning and makes connections to content.
Developing
Develops student ability to connect prior knowledge to current instruction by promoting student (a) questioning and (b) challenges to conventional assumptions and standard approaches.
Mastering
Measures student ability to connect prior knowledge to new information by predicting, raising questions, making inferences, drawing conclusions, developing arguments, connecting ideas, solving problems, and challenging conventional assumptions and standard approaches.
Leading
Provides leadership, training, mentoring, resources, and supports for teachers and others
in the larger professional community to:
in the larger professional community to:
promote student: (a) connection of prior knowledge to new information; and (b) use of prior knowledge to solve local/global challenges, predict new information, raise questions, make inferences, and draw new conclusions.