The Leaders of Their Own Learning Companion: New Tools and Tips for Tackling the Common Challenges of Student-Engaged Assessment - Softcover

Berger, Ron; Vilen, Anne; Woodfin, Libby

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119596726 ISBN 13: 9781119596721

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2019

Synopsis

A New Companion to Leaders of Their Own Learning Puts Students in Charge of Their Learning and Growth

Five years after the publication of Leaders of Their Own Learning, EL Education is back with a new companion guide to help you tackle the common challenges of student-engaged assessment. This unique, student-centered approach to assessment equips and compels students to understand goals for their learning and growth, track their progress toward those goals, and take responsibility for reaching them.

EL Education has more than 25 years of experience supporting school transformation through student-engaged assessment. With their new book, The Leaders of Their Own Learning Companion, they have harvested the best tools and wisdom from schools across the country to help you hone student-led assessment practices in your classroom and school.

• Identifies the common challenges of implementing each of the eight interrelated student-engaged assessment practices from Leaders of Their Own Learning, and provides strategies and tools for tackling them
• Offers practical tips for school leaders
• Deepens your learning with 46 videos and an online toolbox 

The Leaders of Their Own Learning Companion is designed for teachers and leaders of all grade levels and no prior knowledge of the original Leaders of Their Own Learning is necessary to make the most of this book.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A New Companion to Leaders of Their Own Learning Puts Students in Charge of Their Learning and Growth

Following the success of Leaders of Their Own Learning, EL Education is back with a new companion guide to help you tackle the common challenges of student-engaged assessment. Leaders of Their Own Learning has impacted more than a million students and has been a transformational resource for schools and districts. Educators have been asking ever since for more resources to help them equip and compel students to understand goals for their learning and growth, track their progress toward those goals, and take responsibility for reaching them. At last, The Leaders of Their Own Learning Companion is here with essential tools and tips to help you learn about and hone your implementation of EL Education's unique, student-centered approach to assessment.

If you already use practices from Leaders of Their Own Learning, this book will help you sharpen your work. If you don't yet use those practices, this book can stand alone as the perfect introduction and guide. The Leaders of Their Own Learning Companion is designed for teachers and leaders of all grade levels.

"In a world of accelerating novelty and complexity, helping young people develop agency―the ability to manage their attention and their learning―may be the most important gift we can give them. The Leaders of their Own Learning Companion is full of tips and tools that equip teacher teams to help students gain a clear sense of what they do well, what they need to work on, and how to improve."
―Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart; former executive director of education, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

"As a follow-up to their excellent book, Leaders of Their Own Learning, EL Education offers eminently practical advice to help teachers define clear and assessable learning targets, provide learners with on-going, descriptive feedback, offer models of excellence to inspire craftsmanship, and engage students in reflective self-assessment and personalized goal setting. I recommend this book as a 'must read' for all educators!"
―Jay McTighe, educational author and consultant, coauthor of the Understanding by Design® series

"Once again, another book from EL Education that reminds us what engagement and student ownership of learning can really mean."
―Larry Rosenstock, founder and CEO, High Tech High

"The Leaders of Their Own Learning Companion is a practical and useful guide for educators and educational leaders who seek to make a difference where it matters most: improving the learning outcomes of students. Written in an accessible style with lots of useful examples, this book is an insightful and invaluable resource."
―Pedro A. Noguera, PhD, distinguished professor of education, faculty director, Center for the Transformation of Schools, UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

Videos and other supplementary materials are available for download after purchase.

About the Author:

Ron Berger is chief academic officer for EL Education and teaches at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Anne Vilen is senior writer and project manager for EL Education. Libby Woodfin is director of publications for EL Education.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1119596726
• ISBN 13: 9781119596721
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368