These 14 elements represent instructional practices that create and support opportunities for the model’s core elements. This layer was intentionally designed with the greatest number of elements, as each practice provides a new entry point for starting or continuing the work. Classroom educators have the greatest level of autonomy and potential impact in this layer of the Honeycomb.
Conferring & Conferencing - Conferring and conferencing for the purpose of goal reflection, progress monitoring, and planning next steps in learning. This can occur with educators, peers or other experts.
Culturally Responsive & Relevant - Learners are provided opportunities to engage with content through various cultural lenses and perspectives, and draw from their own cultural background to build their learning.
Curiosity-Driven Learning - Learners follow interests and passions that move beyond the accumulation of content knowledge and towards deep exploration of topics driven by curiosity, personal relevance, and wonder.
Evidence as Assessment of Learning - Evidence of learning is a balanced assessment system used throughout the learning process through varied means such as performance, application, demonstration and student interaction.
Inclusive Classroom Practice - Promote a safe and welcoming environment where all learners have the opportunity to be included in the general education classroom, regardless of cognitive or academic level and where individual differences are valued, embraced, and evident.
Integration of Essential Skills - Learners engaging in daily opportunities to practice and grow in skills and dispositions needed to be successful in life and work.
Learner Choice - Learners make intentional and purposeful choices about what they learn, how they learn it, and/or how their learning is demonstrated.
Learner Voice - Learners can freely ask questions and provide ideas/input that drives what they learn, how they learn, and/or how they demonstrate their learning.
Learning Progressions - Progressions outline competency across a skill, concept or standard. They provide a roadmap to support flexibility in pace and learner agency.
Multiple Instructional Methods & Modes - Instruction is offered using a variety of methods and modes in response to learner profiles.
Personal Learning Goals - Learners and educators co-develop purposeful, personalized goals to provide benchmarks and add focus, clarity, and commitment to learning.
Small Group Learning - A learning configuration that exists in order to provide targeted instruction based on readiness, needs and interests of learners.
Standards-Guided Learning - Learners understand and articulate how proficiencies/ competencies align to standards and drive their learning experiences.
Timely, Actionable Feedback - Frequent and actionable feedback from educators, peers and/or other experts that empowers the learner to execute next steps on their learning progression.