The SLO Process in 3 Phases
Teachers are taught to think of students first so they often will put “Who are my students?” first. This is an opportunity to remind them of the real purpose of SLOs is the teacher improving their instructional practices. If the teacher effectively improves their instructional around their SLO skill statement, then all students, current and future, will benefit. Yes, we need to know who the students are but first they need to know where they are going to focus.
Check out this detailed overview of the 3 phase process. SLO Process Overview
3 Phase Flip Cards
Use your mouse to scroll over each Phase to see the answer to each question.
Phase 1
How will I guide these students towards growth?
What will you do for the highest performing and lowest performing students? A lot of our planning aims for the middle, so let’s spend some time thinking about how we’ll address the tails. Both the teacher and administrator want to be sure that thoughtful and intentional growth is planned for all students.
Phase 1
Who are my students?
This question is really a two part process. First you need to think about who you expect/assume who will be in your classroom. You want the assumptions exposed because all teachers have assumptions. Once you expose and flesh out those assumptions then you can move to the second part which is actually seeing if your assumptions are correct.
Phase 1
What is the focus of my SLO?
The SLO is a way to FOCUS a teacher’s look at his or her instructional impact. Because of this, the SLO should focus on the most important skill/s in a particular content area – if there is going to be a concentrated look, that look should be about the most important things we teach.
Phase 1
Did students grow and what did I learn from this process?
After determining the students’ final mastery level, teachers reflect on the progress made and insight gained about their instructional practice with particular emphasis on how the knowledge gained will be applied to next year’s teaching.
Phase 2
Are students progressing towards these targets?
SLOs are most effective when teachers meet regularly, at least monthly, to review progress and determine how to adjust instruction to maximize growth.
Phase 3
