Agents to Agency (A Measurable Process for Cultivating Self-Directed Learner Agency  (A systematic framework for developing learner agency in the classroom))

Move the responsibility and focus for learning from teacher to learner. In Agents to Agency, Lee Crockett details a research-backed, quantifiable process for consistently fostering student self-direction and developing learner agency. K–12 educators will discover how to create capable, independent learners who know how to address their learning needs, set learning goals, self-evaluate, and improve outcomes throughout their lives.

This guide will help K–12 educators:

• Understand the process of purposeful questioning and how it can enhance the teaching and learning process and engage students in the classroom
• Recognize the indicators of learner agency and the crucial life skills that learner agency can develop within students
• Learn how to set up a unit of work by implementing Lesson Zero
• Discover a consistent, quantifiable approach to establishing a pedagogy of agency
• Gain a series of agency continuums for facilitating and measuring learner agency
• Examine the crucial topics of learning intentions and success criteria, which are pivotal to helping students know what proficiency looks like and guiding them toward achievement

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Is Agency and Why Does It Matter?
Chapter 2: Learning Intentions 2.0
Chapter 3: Purposeful Questioning
Chapter 4: Lesson Zero
Chapter 5: Destinations, Milestones, and Footsteps
Chapter 6: Progressions to Self-Directed Learner Agency
Conclusion
References and Resources
Index