Deeper learning is an umbrella term for the skills and knowledge that students must possess to succeed in 21St-century jobs and civic life.In practice, deeper learning prepares students for postsecondary education. They should graduate from high school equipped to be: “College and Career Ready means an individual has the academic preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills, and employability skills to be successful in postsecondary education, in the attainment of an industry-recognized certification or in the workforce, without the need for remediation.”

1. KANSAS COLLEGE & CAREER READY
How do they correlate?

2. 
I HAVE ALWAYS
FAVORED THE
ESSENTIAL QUESTION

3. 
WHY?
Because I believe the essential question builds the foundation for
future thought.

4. 
 If all of the students in this school were in charge of
the world would you be satisfied in the world you
lived in?
 Would the students in this school have the
competencies they need to run this world
effectively?
IF SOMEDAY

5. 
THE IDEA OF
DEPENDENCY
When you are self-reliant, you can
depend on your own skills to
support yourself and to help others
in your family and community.

6. 
Self-reliance
Are we discussing a change of values and
attitudes that goes beyond what we
usually expect schools to do?

7. 
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
DOES IT GO BEYOND MASTERY LEARNING?

8. 
HOW DOES IT CORRLATE?
“College and Career Ready means an individual has the academic
preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills, and
employability skills to be successful in postsecondary education, in
the attainment of an industry recognized certification or in the
workforce, without the need for remediation.”

9. EMPLOYABILIY SKILLS
DEEPER LEARNING COMPETENCIES

10. 
 Deeper learning is an umbrella term for the skills
and knowledge that students must possess to
succeed in 21st century jobs and civic life.
 At its heart is a set of competencies students must
master in order to develop a keen understanding of
academic content and apply their knowledge to
problems in the classroom and on the job.
DEEPER LEARNING

11. 
 Master core academic content.
 Think critically and solve complex problems.
 Work collaboratively.
 Communicate effectively.
 Learn how to learn.
 Develop academic mindsets.
THE FRAMEWORK

12. 
Master core academic
content.
Students develop and draw from a baseline understanding of
knowledge in an academic discipline and are able to transfer
knowledge to other situations.

13. 
 If the foundation of deeper learning is mastery of
core academic content then the essential questions
would be:
 Are students expected to be active participants in
their learning?
 Are students immersed in a challenging curriculum
that requires them to seek out and acquire new
knowledge, apply what they have learned, and build
upon that to create new knowledge.
THE FOUNDATION

14. 
 Do students know and have the ability to use the
language specific to a content area?
 Do students apply facts, processes, and theories to
real world situations?
 Do students understand key principles and
relationships within a content area and organize
information in a conceptual framework?
MASTERY

15. 
Think critically and
solve complex problems.
Students can apply tools and techniques gleaned from core
subjects to formulate and solve problems. These tools include data
analysis, statistical reasoning, and scientific inquiry as well as
creativity, nonlinear thinking, and persistence.

16. 
 Are students familiar with and able to use effectively
the tools and techniques specific to a content area?
 Are students given the opportunity to formulate
problems and generate hypotheses?
 Are students given the opportunity to evaluate,
integrate, and critically analyze multiple sources of
information?
CRITICAL THINKING

17. 
Work collaboratively.
Students can cooperate to identify and create solutions to
academic, social, vocational, and personal challenges.

18. 
 Do students have the skill sets to work as part of a
group to identify group goals?
 Are students given the opportunity to communicate
and incorporate multiple points of view to meet
group goals?
 Do students have the skill sets to collaborate with
others to complete tasks and solve problems
successfully?
WORK COLLABORATIVELY

19. 
Communicate effectively.
Students can clearly organize their data, findings, and thoughts.

20. 
 Students communicate complex concepts to others in both
written and oral presentations.
 Students structure information and data in meaningful
and useful ways.
 Students listen to and incorporate feedback and ideas
from others.
 Students understand that creating a quality final
communication requires review and revision of multiple
drafts.
 Students tailor their message for the intended audience.
COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY

21. 
Learn how to learn
Students can monitor and direct their own learning.

22. 
 Do students set a goal for each learning task, monitor
their progress towards the goal, and adapt their approach
as needed to successfully complete a task or solve a
problem?
 Are students given the opportunity to know and apply a
variety of study skills and strategies to meet the demands
of a task?
 Can students monitor their comprehension as they learn,
recognize when they become confused or encounter
obstacles, diagnose barriers to their success, and select
appropriate strategies to work through them?
 Do students routinely reflect on their learning experiences
and apply insights to subsequent situations?
KNOW HOW TO LEARN

23. 
Develop academic
mindsets.
Students develop positive attitudes and beliefs about themselves as
learners that increase their academic perseverance and prompt them
to engage in productive academic behaviors. Students are committed
to seeing work through to completion, meeting their goals, and doing
quality work, and thus search for solutions to overcome obstacles.

24. 
 I belong in this academic community.
 I can succeed at this.
 My ability and competence grow with my effort.
 This work has value for me.
Do students say

25. 
TEACHER AS
A DESIGNER OF LEARNING

26. 
 There is a constant challenge to bridge the gap
between learning experience and the complexity of
the real world.
 To be able to bridge the gap between a learning
experience and a real world task is when the teacher
becomes a designer of deeper learning experiences.
THE CHALLENGE

27. 
 All of the students in this school were in charge of
the world would you be satisfied in the world you
lived in?
 Would the students in this school have the
competencies they need to run this world
effectively?
IF SOMEDAY

28. 
 Deeper Learning Competencies
 Kansas College & Career Ready
RESOURCES