"Do you have suggestions for me on how best to honour the agentic perspective of my students and ...

1. Student Agency

1.1. When developing the unit of inquiry, ensure you leave room for student led learning (this will ensure they're involved in the planning process).

1.1.1. You could survey students to determine where their passions lie, prior to planning the unit, and incorporate their interests into the unit plans from the beginning.

1.1.2. Plan for adjustments to the unit based on student questions and interests.

1.1.2.1. This provides an opportunity for differentiation by interests.

1.1.3. Allow students to help develop resources that they can refer back to throughout the unit (bulletin boards, anchor charts, etc)

1.1.4. "Connecting passion with intention, the inquiry process builds capacity through student agency where voice, choice and ownership feature strongly."

2. Collaborate with Colleagues

2.1. When you work on “designing engaging learning experiences”, you could collaborate with any educator in the building for protocol/activity ideas, such as debates, socratic seminars, etc.

2.1.1. Many of these types of activities provide formative assessment data in a multitude of ways. Allowing students to demonstrate their understanding on a much deeper level than a traditional assessment.

2.2. Discussing the structures and activities that were successful for other grade levels or content areas, could inspire ideas that will match your unit of inquiry and the content you need to cover.

3. Ongoing Assessment

3.1. Through ongoing assessment (monitoring, documenting, reflection), you can differentiate based on student needs throughout the unit.