What does this mean?
The teacher creates a shared understanding of the bigger picture and context in which the lesson/ lesson sequence sits: students know where their learning ‘fits in’.
Shared success criteria provide focus and clarity to tasks, as well as a framework for self, peer and teacher assessment.
What might this look like in practice?
Teachers 'zoom out and zoom in' to support students to see where the knowledge in hand belongs in relation to other knowledge...
Zoom out to set the big picture - the broad overview of a topic
Zoom in to focus on a specific element while making the connection to the big picture very explicit
Teachers share intentions and outcomes that relate to learning (not just ‘tasks’)
Success criteria are, like the overall intentions and outcomes, articulated/ presented in a way that is clear and accessible for students
Students may be engaged in creating success criteria for tasks, to help engage students in thinking carefully about what excellence looks like
Exemplar work might be used to model the standard of outcomes that students should aspire to
Teacher modelling (“I do”/ “we do”/ “you do”) might be used to help students operationalise success criteria up front (see more on masterful modelling HERE)
What other resources are worth looking at?
A nice post on zooming in and out... HERE
Who has been working on this at Richard Challoner?
Inquiry Questions/ Themes from the Learning Communities...
JG - Using the SOLO taxonomy ('Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome') to develop independence (2019-20)
MC/TW - Deconstructing success criteria/ thresholds/ mark schemes to improve outcomes at KS3/5 (2017-18)