Habits of Work & Learning (HOWLs)
The Behavioral Component to our Learners
Websites to Check Out for Habits of Work & Learning
As we move toward a standards-based grading system, and therefore a standards-based teaching system, we want to begin thinking about what students KNOW and on a separate scale, what students DO in our classrooms. The idea is that the content knowledge is completely separated out from the student behavior- while both are equally important, we are simply separating them in terms of reporting and scoring.
http://www.spps.org/Page/15588
http://eleducation.org/resources/habits-of-work-prepare-students-for-college
http://kmsportland.weebly.com/uploads/5/3/5/9/53598195/howls_1_sheet.pdf
Other Districts that are in Motion-
https://www.portlandschools.org/departments/academics
Boulder, CO.
http://bvsd.org/curriculum/Pages/default.aspx
Denver, CO.
http://www.competencyworks.org/uncategorized/a-conversation-with-adams-50/
Rochester, NH (This is where the exemplars are from!)
http://www.rochesterschools.com/
Oyster River Middle School
https://sites.google.com/a/sau5.org/standards-based-learning-resources/