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The Learning-Focused Strategies Model
Version 7

One of the most frequent requests heard in our Learning-Focused Strategies workshops is "I wish there were more examples and a deeper explanation of how this works".

In response to this appeal, and others, Learning-Focused has been updating what was once one Learning-Focused Notebook into what is now four different notebooks. Below is a diagram of the progression of the Learning-Focused Notebook:

Learning-Focused Strategies is comprised of four connected 1-day solutions.
Do all four to implement a comprehensive learning model or just the ones that meet your goals - your choice!

1. Learning-Focused Strategies: Transforming Standards Into Learning

  • Learn how standards drive instruction
  • Utilize the Know-Understand-Do Organizer to translate standards
  • Develop Student Learning Maps that transform standards into learning
  • Learn the art of asking the right essential questions
  • Develop Lesson Essential Questions from your standards
  • Develop standand driven common and formative assessments
  • Understand how to adapt developed Student Learning Maps for your students
  • Learn how to use Student Learning Maps to increase and accelerate achievement
2. Learning-Focused Strategies: Acquisition Lessons

  • Learn how the power of connecting strategies increases achievement
  • Utilize the Acquisition Lesson plan to develop quality experiences for learning
  • Develop Lesson Essential Questions from several resources
  • Understand why and how to activate thinking before teaching
  • Learn how to plan and implement previewing strategies
  • Learn to connect cognitive teaching strategies with your content
  • Discover how to easily develop and implement formative assessments that are distributed throughout instruction
  • Understand how to ensure quality assignments
  • Learn how summarizing connects assessment for learning
3. Learning-Focused Strategies: Extending Thinking

  • Learn how to best implement the #1 strategy for increasing achievement
  • Develop an understanding of each extending thinking strategy
  • Discover how to plan and teach extending thinking strategies
  • Understand how to use extending thinking strategies in your lessons to move students to a higher level of thinking
  • Learn how to assess extending thinking strategies to promote learning
4. Learning-Focused Strategies: Planning Units for Learning

  • Workshop requires at least 2 of the other Learning-Focused Strategies workshops have been completed
  • Learn how connecting exemplary practices drives decision making when planning units
  • Understand the 9 decisions when planning for learning
  • Develop activities that launch learning
  • Understand how culminating activities provide powerful learning opportunities by connecting all 3 levels of learning
  • Learn the power behind rubrics - plus what they are and are not
  • Gain confidence to continuously improve while implementing a framework for learning

Each Learning-Focused Strategies solution has a workshop notebook that provides detailed strategies, information, and resources. Implement all four in your school with the Learning-Focused Strategies Alliance package or the Reaching Balanced Achievement packages! The packages include Monitoring for Achievement to ensure school leaders are providing high support and accountability for the strategies being implemented consistently and pervasively school-wide and the packages also include Conferencing which allows teachers to interact one-on-one or in small groups with Learning-Focused Associates to ensure complete understanding based on their classroom situation and instructional style.