Hey Teachers!

Learning targets and success criteria shouldn’t just live on the board.

If students are going to use them, we have to do more than post them at the beginning of class and hope students make the connection. The real work is helping students understand what they are learning, what success looks like, and how they can use that information throughout the lesson.

In Part 2 of this Instructional Spotlight, we move from creating learning targets and success criteria to actually using them as part of instruction.

In this episode, we’ll talk about:

• Why posting a learning target is only the beginning
• Ways to bring the learning target into the lesson instead of mentioning it once
• How success criteria can help students recognize quality work
• The difference between using learning targets for compliance and using them for clarity
• How we can help students take more ownership of where they are in their learning

Because posting is visibility. Using them is clarity.

And, as always, you’ll leave with a 30-Minute Prep Challenge you can try in your classroom.

Ready to put this into practice? The Creating Clarity Lesson Planner is a free resource designed to help you think through how your learning target and success criteria will actually show up throughout your lesson.

You can find it on The Hayes Learning Collective website.

We’re wrapping up this Instructional Spotlight with Part 3: Common Mistakes with Learning Targets & Success Criteria. We’ll look at some of the ways good intentions can get in the way of clarity and, more importantly, what we can do differently.

🎙️ Follow The 30 Minute PD so you don’t miss the final installment, and if this episode made you think of a teacher, coach, or educator you work with, share it with a colleague and keep the conversation going.