Empowering Learning Principles
Empowering Learning Principles (TRIERS)
Aims:
- To help share basic expectations with all staff who work with children and the children.
- To provide a framework for pitching content of interventions to ‘unblock’ learning.
- To help maintain a keen focus on those basics which most decisively influence children’s progress and outcomes.
- To help teachers interweave basic skills through all areas of the curriculum, e.g. teach basic writing skills through work in history.
- To ensure that teachers are clear about the basic skills which need to permeate all aspects of the classroom, i.e. to spread through language, modelling, interactions, display, etc.
- To help teachers focus their time and energies on the ‘how’ more than the ‘what’ of learning and teaching.
- To help school leaders check how ‘on-track’ children are to hit their aspirational targets.
TEAM WORKER – Autumn 2
REFLECTIVE THINKER – Summer 1
INDEPENDENT ENQUIRER – Spring 2
EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATOR – Summer 2
RESOURCEFUL THINKER – Spring 1
SELF MANAGER – Autumn 1
| Self Manager |
Organise themselves and work out goals and priorities Show personal responsibility, initiative, creativity and enterprise Anticipate, take and manage risks Commit themselves to learning and self-improvement Respond positively to change |
| Effective Participators |
Engage actively with issues that affect them and those around them. Play a full part in the life of the school Take responsible action to bring improvement for others as well as themselves Discuss issues of concern, seeking resolution Present a persuasive case for action Propose practical ways forward Try to influence others, negotiating and balancing diverse views |
| Resourceful Thinker |
Think creatively by generating and exploring relevant ideas, and making original connections Find links and see relationships Explore & experiment with resources and materials Ask ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what if’ questions Apply imaginative thinking to solve a problem Try different ways to tackle a problem Work with others to find imaginative solutions and outcomes that are of value |
| Reflective Learner |
Evaluate their strengths and limitations as learners Review their work and act on outcomes Set themselves realistic goals and criteria for success Monitor their own performance and progress Invite feedback and deal positively with praise, setbacks & criticism. Make changes to improve their learning Communicate their learning in relevant ways to different audiences |
| Independent Enquirer |
Gather, process and evaluate information in their investigations Plan what to do and how to go about it Draw conclusions and evaluate outcomes Take informed and well-reasoned decisions, recognising that others have different beliefs and attitudes Use range of techniques to collect and organise information |
| Team Worker |
Work confidently with others, adapting to different contexts and taking responsibility for their own role Listen and take account of others’ views Form collaborative relationships, resolving issues and reaching agreed outcomes Adapt behaviours to suit different roles and situations Show fairness and consideration towards others |
