Padua teachers engage students by providing opportunities for students to actively engage in the learning process. They support the development of students as self-aware, independent learners and empower students to present their own ideas, opinions, knowledge and experience. Teachers ensure that learning has a real life context and connects outside the classroom.
Learning needs to have a defined purpose, processes and outcomes
- Clearly stated learning intentions are communicated at the beginning of every lesson in written and oral form.
- Teachers discuss and model success criteria with the students in advance of the learning experiences.
- Padua teachers create an assessment process that examines the extent to which students have achieved each of the intended outcomes of the unit.
Student Voice increases agency, motivation and performance
- A component of open-ended tasks allows for student choice and collaboration and enables students to investigate complex ideas/issues/problems.
- Student feedback, including the Padua Student Perception of Learning & Teaching survey, informs professional goal setting and improves classroom practice.
- Padua teachers provide regular feedback to inform student decision-making, goal-setting and reflections.
Powerful learning needs to be challenging, meaningful and authentic
- Padua teachers pitch learning experiences at a level of difficulty that pushes students past their current abilities, engages the brain deeply, and lays the foundation for powerful learning.
- Technology is used to connect students to a real world context and engage with authentic audiences.
“Let us be concerned for each other, to stir a response in love and good works.” Hebrews 10:24
