The Lakes South Morang College Newsletter CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
GRADUAL RELEASE OF RESPONSIBILITY A strong and consistent approach to Teaching and Learning is required to be able to achieve success across the years for each individual student. Our Instructional Teaching & Learning Model is based on the Gradual Release of Responsibility.
Our model works towards building our students independence skills, gradually, so that students can get to a point that they can continue to learn with teachers as facilitators, as well as being taught the skills to be able to tackle independent study confidently. Focused Instruction and Guided Instruction is part of the Open and Mini lesson of our Instructional Teaching & Learning Model, where the teacher explicitly teaches skills and concepts with worked examples that are first modelled, then worked on together.
Students are then provided the opportunity to collaborate with their peers with the support and guidance of their teachers through Collaborative Learning during the Student Work Time & Release. Finally, students have built the confidence and skills to take initiative for their own learning and are able to work autonomously to successfully learn independently. The process is gradual, it takes time, common language and a consistent approach across all learning areas and year levels. Through this process we are building independent, curious lifelong learners who are capable of success.
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