ML Teacher Toolbox: “The Last Question” Protocol

ML Teacher Toolbox: “The Last Question” Protocol

Discover “The Last Question Protocol,” a simple, high-impact teaching strategy that encourages authentic reflection by ending lessons with a single, open-ended prompt. Learn how this low-stakes approach dramatically reduces anxiety for all students, especially Multilingual Learners, while giving you critical, actionable feedback on your instructional activities, classroom tone, and the experiences of the students during the learning.

Walk away with:

• A guide on how to craft and implement effective open-ended “Last Questions” that encourage deep student processing across a number of key categories.
• Ready-to-use techniques for incorporating sentence frames and other scaffolds to support multilingual learners, enabling them to respond at their current language level and practice low-stakes writing and speaking.
• A huge set of printables to use right away tomorrow, or project for oral discussions.
• Methods for quickly analyzing student responses to gain immediate, valuable information on the pacing and perception of your lesson, ensuring every student’s voice contributes to a stronger classroom community.  

Audience: All Educators