Nurturing Agency

07/01/2021 - 09/30/2022

Admission

Free

Location

Online

Description

Virtual Learning Opportunity for Wisconsin Educators!

Agency is the ability to make choices and take an active role in determining one’s path, rather than solely being the product of circumstances. To equip students for environments that are high agency, such as most online and blended classrooms, teachers can introduce structures such as the Learning Cycle, SMART goals, the Challenge Donut, Mantras, the 3BB4T Rule, and a Checklist of Habits. The enhancement of agency has been linked to greater intentionality and forethought, increased persistence to complete difficult work, elevated achievement levels in marginalized populations, greater classroom participation, better self-reflection in struggling students, and decreases in behavioral problems.

Course Attributes: Online Asynchronous Self-paced Rolling enrollment through August 31, 2022 Course must be completed by September 30, 2022 Addresses NSQOL Standards - C Some activities require interaction with learners	Learning Targets: Create structures in your online/blended course where students will have the ability to make choices and manage their own progress. Move past the inherent online flexibility of pace and place, and enhance your student experience to include choices about their learning path. Enhance your online course to include structures that promote student agency.


	Micro-courses allow learning in small steps and are designed to both teach and model competencies and skills related to high-quality instruction. Our micro-courses are typically a combination of online coursework and practical application. Each micro-course may take up to 15 hours to complete. Enrollment is rolling due to the self-paced nature of the course. Districts also have the option of creating their own cohort of participants. This micro-course is part of a statewide initiative to build capacity for, and expand access to, high quality online instructional resources and provide training for Wisconsin educators in the provision of online and remote instruction. It is being offered at no cost* by the Institute for Personalized Learning, a division of CESA #1, to Wisconsin educators only.


Questions? Course content: Kate Sommerville / ksommerville@institute4pl.org / 262-787-9500 ext. 9536 Registration: Monica Sepic / msepic@institute4pl.org / 262-787-9500 ext. 9572


*This project is supported by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Program to serve all Wisconsin public, tribal, charter, and private schools serving students in grades 4K-12 and Institutes of Higher Education and licensing centers for pre-service educators.