Domenic Martini Week 6

My organization has about 280 students from 18-year-old seniors down to our two-year-old program. We rely heavily on a rubric grading system and an overall educational philosophy called Mastery Learning. In it, students can only receive an “A” or a “B” for showing mastery of a particular skill or concept. If a student has not been able to master the concept they will receive a “P” which means they are progressing towards mastery, and if they stop making that progress they receive a “D” for deficient. Due to this, students in a single course may find themselves in various places.

So, part of my instructional design is developed around the idea that students have the ability and resources to be self-sufficient learners. If a student wishes to proceed, or is capable of proceeding, faster than others I need to ensure that they have the support to do so. I am also always ready to reteach concepts for students that need a little more time.

In my training I plan to promote organizational learning through the cultural practices I’ve talked about before where we as a group understand and agree that the ability to help and improve our students is our number one priority. I would hope and am trying to develop a saved Google Doc. where participants can go to share strategies and talk about issues. This would be how I keep on promoting organizational learning beyond the training itself.