Instructional Playbook

High Quality Instructional Cycle

To ensure high-quality teaching and learning, Canyons has adopted the USBE’s High Quality Instructional Cycle, a structured framework for planning, delivering, and refining instruction. This process fosters collaboration, continuous learning, and growth for both teachers and students by strengthening Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). The instructional cycle focuses on six key components. These include aligning learning goals with standards, planning learning strategies, adapting instruction to promote student agency, using various assessments to provide multiple ways for students to demonstrate proficiency, and analyzing and reflecting on data to improve instruction. By focusing on these key components, educators can plan effective lessons, create assessments that enhance student learning, and use data in PLCs to support school wide Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). This ensures that instruction meets student needs and aligns with school goals for a cohesive approach to teaching and learning.

Critical Actions for Educators

Engage in collaborative planning within PLCs

Regulary assess to identify student needs and gaps in learning Analyze data to identify trends and inform instructional adjustments Modify instruction based on data to meet the needs of diverse learners Utilize the instructional cycle including planning, assessments and the use of

data to contribute to the school-wide MTSS plan

1. Learning goals and outcomes - Align learning goals and success criteria to standards and student data. Maintain high expectations with appropriate rigor 2. Plan instruction - Plan instructional strategies to personalize, accommodate, scaffold, and activate background knowledge. 3. Instruction - Incorporate student agency and diverse expression opportunities using WISR strategies. 4. Assessment - Implement student-centered assessment practices with a focus on formative assessments to provide multiple opportunities for students to show mastery over time. 5. Data and Reflection - Reflect on student outcomes and use a variety of data to reflect on instruction. 6. Adjust Instruction - adjust instruction based on student needs by providing appropriate interventions and extensions and incorporating feedback to