Learning Intentions and Success Criteria: Clarity That Accelerates Learning

How clear are your students about what they are learning and how they’ll know they’ve learned it? Clarity is one of the most powerful drivers of student achievement, and it starts with clearly defined learning intentions and success criteria. This workshop explores how the deliberate use of learning intentions and success criteria fosters clarity in the classroom, leading to improved student achievement. Participants examine the impact of clarity on instructional outcomes, learning how to craft clear, student-centered objectives aligned with standards and essential questions. Through engaging examples and hands-on practice, educators learn to make learning goals visible and measurable. Strategies for co-creating success criteria and using them to drive feedback, self-assessment, and goal setting are also highlighted.

• Lack of clarity in instructional goals and expectations for students
  
  
• Students' limited understanding of what success looks like in their learning
  
  
• Underutilization of learning goals and success criteria as tools for feedback and assessment
  
  
• Inconsistent student engagement in their own learning process
  

1. Crafting Clear and Purposeful Learning Intentions
   Educators will develop the ability to articulate precise learning intentions that communicate the why behind each lesson, using language that is student-friendly and aligned with essential standards and big ideas.
   
   
2. Designing and Implementing Success Criteria
   Participants will learn how to create and apply success criteria (e.g., rubrics, checklists, “I can” statements) that help students monitor their own progress and understand what quality work looks like.
   
   
3. Empowering Students Through Feedback and Reflection
   Teachers will gain strategies to incorporate student self-assessment, goal setting, and peer feedback, promoting a classroom culture of ownership, growth, and metacognitive engagement