Instructional Trajectory

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Instruction . . . it's complicated!

The image below offers a a look at the pathway to success. For example, reading across:

• Teachers' goals have to begin with student engagement; if students are not engaged, they will not be learning.

• Once students are engaged, teachers need to move to empower them.

• Next, teachers must make sure students have access to the right instruction to fit their needs.

• Then, they have to ensure instruction is aimed at building students' internal schema to maximize learning.

• Next, teachers must create deliberate and purposeful opportunities to practice as retrieving information from memory increases retention.

• Finally, the end of the "goals" path produces efficacy, which should be the goal of any school.

Let's, instead, read down the columns:

• How do you build engagement?

• Consider the 5 Ps of PBL (problem-, project-, place-, profession-, pursuit-based learning) as a powerful way to build student engagement.

• If PBL units are designed and implemented well, students should experience a sense of drive and purpose.

• In order to hone the art of student engagement, teachers must become masterful at intentional design for instruction.

Take a look at IDE Corp.'s Instructional Trajectory from any angle. We recommend working across, one column at a time. We offer professional development in all of these areas.