Instruction . . . it's complicated!

The image below offers a look at the pathway to success. For example, reading across:

• Teachers' goals have to begin with student engagement; if students are not engaged, they will not be learning.

• Once students are engaged, teachers need to move to empower them.

• Next, teachers must make sure students have access to the right instruction to fit their needs.

• Then, teachers have to ensure that instruction is aimed at building students' internal schemas to maximize learning.

• Next, teachers must create deliberate and purposeful opportunities for students to practice, as retrieving information from memory increases retention.

• Finally, the end of the "goals" path produces efficacy, which should be the goal of any school.

Let's, instead, read down the columns:

• How do you build engagement?

• Consider the 5 Ps of PBL (problem-, project-, place-, profession-, pursuit-based learning) as a powerful way to build student engagement.

• If PBL units are designed and implemented well, students should experience a sense of drive and purpose.

• In order to hone the art of student engagement, teachers must become masterful at intentional design for instruction.

Take a look at IDE Corp.'s Instructional Trajectory from any angle. We recommend working across, one column at a time. We offer professional development in all of these areas. Read Dr. Sulla's blog post on Hybrid Learning Environments and the Instructional Trajectory. (And by "hybrid," we mean students could be fully remote, fully in school, or a combination of both.)