Giving Appropriate and Effective Feedback:
Leading means helping others grow.

EF.1 Giving Meaningful Praise:

Students are able to use the Describe-Label-Praise (DLP) method of giving praise to show appreciation for their peers and adults in their lives.
PLT Touchstones: Talking Up
Students learn to use language that builds themselves and others up so that everyone grows.
Giving Meaningful Praise
We often give appreciations and praise to other people in ways that don't really mean much.  Follow the plan below to give more meaningful appreciations to the people who have earned it.
End-of-Year Appreciations Celebration
Structure to create "Appreciations" folders/envelopes that students fill for each other to take home at the end of the school year.

EF.3 Using a Rubric for Objective Assessment:

Students are able to utilize a rubric format for objectively evaluating and assessing their peers’ work and actions, as well as their own.
​Giving Feedback in Advance
As learners can use rubrics to give "self-feedback" and track their own progress.  This lesson walks through using and making a rubric for assessment.
The Paper Airplane Contest
This lesson walks students through practice using a rubric following up from the previous lesson, in which they built their own rubric for judging paper airplane quality.  ​

EF.4 Selecting High-leverage Feedback:

Students are able to differentiate between high-leverage feedback and additional, overwhelming feedback when observing and critiquing their peers.
Selecting High-Leverage Feedback
This lesson walks through the idea of giving one or two pieces of "high-leverage" feedback - the most important pieces of feedback to mastering the skill.
Each one, Teach one Competition
To give students a chance teaching and giving  feedback, "Each One Teach One" is a competition designed to have student leaders learn a new skill and pass it on to other students.

EF.5 Giving Helpful Feedback:

Students are able to deliver feedback effectively, leveraging the use of various feedback structures for giving feedback that others are willing to hear and act upon.
Giving Helpful Feedback
This lesson focuses on the idea of "Plussing" - building off of positive successes instead of stating things in terms of what is wrong.
Remote Control DRawing

Assessments

Some examples of assessments for Speak to be Heard.
Remote Control Drawing Feedback Assessment
Students evaluate each other’s performance in giving feedback during another Remote Control Drawing activity using a pre-built rubric and reflection.  ​
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