Years back, before I used the term student learning production behaviors, I was attracted to Phil Schlechty’s mandate that we needed to “work on the work.”  The Schlechty Center continues that focus today in one of its ten System’s Capacity Standards. “STANDARD 3: DEVELOPING A FOCUS ON STUDENTS AND ON THE QUALITY OF WORK PROVIDED […]

At each end and start of the calendar year, I take a break from posting a new blog and provide a revisit to some of my thinking that has appeared across the years. This blog focuses on some history. The following video (6 minutes) provides a look at my initial experiences with coaching; from my […]

As teachers, we learn to consciously add a pause after our questions and after students’ responses to increase student thinking. We can increase the thinking students do by teaching and coaching students how to use the time. What are the learning production behaviors that empower students for future learning? “Applying Think Time to Formative Feedback” […]

It’s “what students do” that generates the learning outcomes and standards mastery that we as teachers set out to accomplish. In this first episode of his new podcast series for teachers, Steve explores how identifying the student learning production behaviors that generate the desired learning outcomes, focus a teacher or PLC’s approach to planning instruction. […]

In this week’s episode of the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast, Steve is joined by Tracy Fasick, Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Manheim Central, to discuss observing student learning production behaviors. Get in touch with Tracy: fasickt@manheimcentral.org Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find […]

In this week’s episode of the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast, Steve ponders “Guiding Learning from the Complex to the Pattern.” Listen as Steve examines how the brain works to find patterns in complexity and how this can be applied to engage students in learning production behaviors that will lead to a richer understanding […]