The Learning & Development Group has a growing set of resources that help educators gather actionable information about students’ experiences in their classrooms, and use that information for improvements. These resources are updated with feedback from educators, researchers, and Chicago Public Schools district staff.
Resources for Improving Students’ Daily Experiences
Tools for educators and school communities to use for feedback, reflection, data analysis, planning, and undergoing cycles of continuous improvement include the resources below.
If you’d like to explore these Cultivate resources organized by one learning condition (e.g., all resources for Classroom Community—learning condition guide; participatory data analysis protocol, observation checklist, and teacher self-reflection), click here.
- Planning resource that illustrates how a school might use Cultivate for a year-long improvement cycle.
- Short “Cultivate 101” video with an overview of Cultivate’s foundational research and other general background information.
- Overviews of the Cultivate learning conditions with the core principles, key research, and practice ideas
- Guides for engaging students in meaningful and action-oriented conversations about data from Cultivate reports.
- Tools to support practice improvement conversations and collaboration among educators seeking to improve learning conditions
- Questions to support educator self-reflections on students’ experiences, with a focus on continuous improvement of learning conditions
- Short video tour of the Cultivate reporting site and how educators can use it to help foster positive learning experiences with and for students
- Short video detailing how educators can use Cultivate reports for continuous improvement in their classrooms and school