Using Verso to be Data Wise in PLCs A large part of our work is focused on using research-based protocols to equip school leaders, coaches and teachers with the confidence and skills required to use student reflection data to inform high quality teaching and learning. We have found that by organizing this work around the…
“Student voice’ is the intentional collection of students’ thinking and feedback on their learning, and the use of these voices to inform and improve teaching, learning, and school-wide decision making.” Prof Helen Timperley The “My Impact” Dashboard provides access to classroom data capable of informing professional inquiry. The profile dashboard allows teachers to evaluate…
A fantastic conversation with Year 4 teacher, Emma Wasson, where she talks about the power of using Verso Check-in with her students. “I feel like a more capable contributor, not only to my classroom and to my students but also to my team” It is so powerful to hear Emma sharing the importance of…
How we are learning is at least as important as what we are learning. When asking students to complete the sentence “we are learning to..”, many students struggle to select an appropriate verb to articulate their learning goals. The verb in the learning objective, describes the action associated with the desired learning outcome. The supporting verbs…
“We are learning to …” “Ambiguity in expectations of what success looks like in any process, task or product diminishes learning” (Fisher and Frey 2021) When learners have clarity, they understand where they are going in their learning and are in a position to select the tools and strategies that will be most useful on…
Verso is very excited to announce the launch of its new Instant Check-in Tool for 2021, which has been co-designed with students to support and empower Student Voice in classrooms. The new Verso Instant Check-in makes it even faster and easier to create, launch in class and listen to Student voices. Based on feedback from students and teachers,…
Overview The general capabilities play a significant role in the Australian Curriculum in equipping our students with the knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions essential to thrive in and outside of school, as successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens. To support this process, Verso check-in has been designed to support teachers…
A key component of Verso Learning has been our commitment to student voice and agency. A belief in the importance of activating student voice as the driver for deeper learning and whole school change has been at the heart of our work, and this has never been more evident than now as we release Verso,…
Co-Design Workshop 2: Identifying the professional practices that underpin high agency learning and a positive sense of self. In this second workshop, students were asked to think again about lessons where they had experienced those positive emotions This time they were asked to consider the strategies that led to that high academic engagement…
Co-Design Workshop 3: Review of the student led changes made to the Check-in Tool When Verso’s Product Manager presented the updated Check-in form, the SRC students were excited to see that the changes were a true representation of their ideas. Some students commented that their peers in other classes would now have a far better…