Aiming For Successful Learning

As one of the new Teaching and Learning Leaders at Glen Eira College, when new information relating to improvements and achievements occur in the teaching and learning space, I will aim to share this share information with the school community.

Since arriving at the start of the year, it has been a priority to build the use of Learning Aims and Success Criteria in all classrooms at Glen Eira College. After some initial professional learning, teachers have been working collaboratively to incorporate Learning Aims and Success Criteria into their instructional practice. The use of Learning Aims and Success Criteria are intrinsically linked to Glen Eira’s SABRE Instructional Model (Starter – Aim – Body – Review – Evaluate). Further information on SABRE can be seen on the school’s website under Teaching and Learning.

Why use learning aims and success criteria?

Using Learning Aims and Success Criteria ensures all students know what they are going to learn and where they are heading. Success Criteria helps teachers and students to decide whether they have achieved the Learning Aim.

What do current students think about using learning aims and success criteria?

“It has been useful, I like teacher’s using Success Criteria and Learning Aims, particularly when it is changed up each lesson.”

“Success Criteria gives us a clear goal to reach and pushes us to reach that goal”

“I think it is good to use, it gives us a goal to achieve and if we achieve our goal we feel good about ourselves.”

Clinton Chiumello

Teaching and Learning Leader