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Your classroom is calling.
Are you listening?
These questions are not about what your school has achieved. They are about what you are noticing, feeling, and wondering in your own practice. Answer honestly, not aspirationally. The more truthful you are, the more useful your result will be.
There are no right answers here. Only honest ones. These questions help you hear it more clearly.
How to answer
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Rarely or not yet
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Sometimes, in some moments
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Often and with intention
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Consistently, it's part of who I am
Your progress0 of 20 answered
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Pillar One
Culture: how your classroom feels to learn and belong in
Head
I can name the things that shape the culture of my classroom: the rituals, the language, the expectations, and the stories we tell about ourselves as a group.
Heart
When I think about my learners, I genuinely believe every one of them belongs in this room, and I think they feel that too.
Hands
I deliberately design moments that build connection in my classroom: practices that are repeated, that learners look forward to, and that make this group feel like a community.
Head
I understand how my own cultural background shapes the way I teach, and I actively think about whose perspectives are and are not reflected in my classroom.
Heart
Learners in my classroom feel safe enough to take risks, make mistakes, and share ideas that are half-formed or uncertain, without fear of how others will respond.
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Pillar Two
Agency: what it means for every learner to own their growth
Heart
I know my learners well enough to see beyond their performance: I know what drives them, what worries them, and what they are working through outside of school.
Hands
I regularly offer learners genuine choice in how they learn, how they show their understanding, and how they set and track their own goals.
Head
I can articulate the difference between compliance and genuine agency, and I use that distinction to examine the choices I am and am not offering my learners.
Heart
Every learner in my classroom feels like they have a voice that matters. Not just the confident ones. Not just the high achievers. Every single one.
Hands
I design learning that is genuinely accessible to every learner in my room, not by lowering expectations, but by opening multiple ways in for every learner.
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Pillar Three
Roles: how learners engage with ideas and grow as thinkers
Head
I deliberately teach thinking skills alongside content: I help learners question, analyse, make connections, and transfer what they know to new situations.
Hands
My learners regularly move from being introduced to an idea all the way to applying it independently. I design that journey with intention, not by accident.
Heart
Assessment in my classroom feels like a conversation, not a verdict. My learners know what they are working on and why, and they are part of that conversation.
Head
I understand the difference between teaching content and teaching concepts. I plan with big transferable ideas, not just topics, at the centre.
Hands
Inquiry is a regular feature of my classroom: learners ask genuine questions, follow them somewhere real, and arrive at understanding they actually own.
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Pillar Four
Experiences: learning that connects, grows, and matters beyond the classroom
Heart
I can point to specific moments in my teaching where learning left a lasting mark: experiences learners still carry, reference, and build upon.
Head
The learning I design connects to the world beyond the classroom: learners engage with real questions, real contexts, and the real complexity of things that matter.
Hands
My learners take genuine action on what they learn: they initiate, create, advocate, or contribute in ways that have real impact beyond our classroom walls.
Head
I plan with connections across subject areas in mind: the big ideas in my classroom don't live in one discipline. They travel, and I deliberately help learners follow them.
Heart
I want my learners to grow into people who keep learning long after they leave my classroom. That ambition shapes the way I teach, not just what I teach.
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