Component 1 — Student Tools + Student Hub
Students access their licensed tools through a dedicated password-protected Student Hub — one coordinated place to use the system during real academic work.
Choose the level of system you want to build.
Metacognitive Moves System™ helps colleges move from fragmented supports to a shared learning system for how academic work gets done. You can implement the full system, start with a structured three-tool pathway, begin with a focused tool adoption, or strengthen an existing rollout through custom consulting and system design.
One structure. Every system pathway.
Every MMS deployment includes the same four-component implementation structure — regardless of where you start. What changes is the scope of the tools and how broadly the system is deployed. What remains constant is the structure, support, and quality of implementation.
Component 2 — Staff Hub
Every system pathway includes the full Staff Hub: Metacognitive Foundations, The Metacognitive Wheel, Facilitator Guides, The Metacognitive Crosswalk, The Student Journey Matrix, Recognizing Metacognitive Growth, and Skills in Action.
Component 3 — System Activation Workshop
A half-day facilitated workshop (4.5–5 hours, active and practice-based) introduces the full metacognitive framework, demonstrates how the tools function together, and helps cross-functional teams identify integration points. Delivered on-site in the greater Finger Lakes Region, NY. Hybrid participation possible.
Component 4 — Implementation Support
Post-workshop follow-up and ongoing support with 1–2 business day response time help institutions activate the system and integrate it confidently across learning environments.
Note: Pathway 5 (À La Carte) includes a lighter implementation package — a 1-hour tool activation workshop, staff and student resource hubs, and deployment guidance — at the individual tool level. See Pathway 5 for details.
Pathway 1 — Full Metacognitive Moves System
The complete MMS — all five coordinated tools, the full Student Hub, the full Staff Hub, the System Activation Workshop, and implementation support. Pathway 1 is not just five tools. It is the institutional commitment to building a shared infrastructure for how students manage academic work and how staff support that work across every context — classrooms, tutoring, advising, coaching, and student success initiatives.
Full system
Build Learning Practice Infrastructure across your institution.
This is the most complete standard adoption pathway. It is designed for institutions that want a coherent system rather than a collection of practices.
Pathway 1 provides the full arc of metacognitive and learning practice development across the student experience. It is built for institutions that want staff across multiple functions reinforcing the same approach to how academic work gets done.
What changes when this is in place
Students approach academic work with a shared structure across courses. Staff reinforce the same practices across roles. Planning, execution, preparation, reflection, and adjustment become coordinated rather than fragmented—resulting in stronger performance, clearer expectations, and more consistent outcomes across the institution.
Tools
- Semester OS
- Project Roadmap
- Exam PrepSmart
- STARR Lite
- Goal Builder
Why all five together
Each tool addresses a distinct learning practice. Together they cover the full arc of how students engage with academic work — planning the term, executing complex assignments, preparing for assessments, reflecting on experience, and setting meaningful direction. When deployed together with shared staff reinforcement, the institution builds a coordinated system that works across every academic context simultaneously.
What's included
- All five tools via the full Student Hub
- Full Staff Hub with frameworks, guides, matrices, and implementation resources
- System Activation Workshop (4.5–5 hours)
- Implementation support with 1–2 business day response time
Where it fits
- Institution-wide student success strategy
- Retention and completion initiatives
- First-year through capstone alignment
- Multi-role coordination across faculty, advising, tutoring, and coaching
- Colleges building long-term system infrastructure
Start with a coordinated system in one area—then expand.
These pathways introduce Metacognitive Moves through a focused three-tool system in a defined context. Each pathway creates immediate traction and can scale into broader institutional adoption over time.
Structured pathway
Pathway 2 — First-Year Success & Coaching System
Build structure from day one.
A three-tool system focused on how students begin college — planning the semester, reflecting on experience, and setting direction. Designed for first-year experience, advising, and coaching contexts, this pathway builds the foundational practices students need to navigate college-level work and develop early momentum.
What changes when this is in place
Students start college with a clear way to plan, reflect, and move forward. Coaching and advising become structured and developmental rather than reactive. Early momentum improves because students are not guessing how to manage academic work.
Tools
- Semester OS
- STARR Lite
- Goal Builder
Why these three together
Planning + reflection + forward direction create a complete early-stage learning system that helps students make sense of their experience and act on it.
What's included
- Student Hub — Three licensed tools in a dedicated, password-protected student workspace
- Staff Hub — Full practitioner library: Metacognitive Foundations, Facilitator Guides, Crosswalk, Student Journey Matrix, and more
- System Activation Workshop — Half-day facilitated session (4.5–5 hours) aligning your team around how the tools work together
- Implementation Support — Post-workshop follow-up and ongoing guidance with 1–2 business day response time
Where it fits
- First-Year Experience (FYE)
- Academic advising and coaching
- First-term transition programs
- Early alert and retention strategies
Structured pathway
Pathway 3 — Academic Execution & Performance System
Improve how students execute and perform.
A three-tool system focused on the mechanics of academic performance — planning, preparation, and execution. Designed for institutions targeting course success, gateway performance, and closing the gap between effort and results.
What changes when this is in place
Students produce higher-quality work, prepare more effectively, and complete complex assignments with fewer breakdowns. Course performance improves because students have a defined method for doing the work—not just expectations to meet.
Tools
- Semester OS
- Exam PrepSmart
- Project Roadmap
Why these three together
They directly address the most common failure points in academic performance: poor planning, ineffective preparation, and breakdown in complex work execution.
What's included
- Student Hub — Three licensed tools in a dedicated, password-protected student workspace
- Staff Hub — Full practitioner library: Metacognitive Foundations, Facilitator Guides, Crosswalk, Student Journey Matrix, and more
- System Activation Workshop — Half-day facilitated session (4.5–5 hours) aligning your team around how the tools work together
- Implementation Support — Post-workshop follow-up and ongoing guidance with 1–2 business day response time
Where it fits
- Gateway courses
- Tutoring and learning centers
- STEM and technical programs
- Supplemental instruction
- Academic performance initiatives
Structured pathway
Pathway 4 — Strategic Initiative System
Configure the system around your initiative.
A structured three-tool system aligned to a defined institutional initiative, program, or funding source. This pathway is used when the goal is clear and the system needs to be configured to match that goal and its constraints.
What changes when this is in place
The initiative gains a shared structure for how students carry out academic work. Staff align around consistent practices. Outcomes improve because the work itself is structured—not just supported.
Tool configuration
A defined three-tool configuration built for alignment and coverage across the academic work cycle.
- Semester OS for planning and organization
- One execution tool: Solo Project Roadmap or Exam PrepSmart
- One reflection and direction tool: Goal Builder or STARR Lite
This structure ensures coverage across planning, execution, and reflection while allowing the system to be configured to the initiative.
What's included
- Student Hub — Three configured tools in a dedicated, password-protected student workspace
- Staff Hub — Full practitioner library: Metacognitive Foundations, Facilitator Guides, Crosswalk, Student Journey Matrix, and more
- System Activation Workshop — Half-day facilitated session (4.5–5 hours) aligning your team around how the tools work together within your initiative
- Implementation Support — Post-workshop follow-up and ongoing guidance with 1–2 business day response time
Where it fits
- Grant-funded initiatives (Title III, Perkins, etc.)
- Strategic plan priorities
- Pilot programs with defined outcomes
- Cross-department initiatives
Structured pathways are designed to create traction in one area and support expansion into broader system adoption over time.
Pathway 5 — À La Carte Tool Adoption
Adoption of individual tools without system-level coordination. This is an entry point, not a system solution.
Targeted entry
Start where it makes sense.
Specific areas gain structure, but system-wide consistency requires broader adoption.
À La Carte adoption allows institutions to begin with a specific tool in a focused context. It creates traction and visible use in one area, while leaving broader system coordination for later expansion.
What changes when this is in place
Specific areas gain structure, but impact remains localized unless expanded into a coordinated system.
Tools
- Semester OS
- Project Roadmap
- Exam PrepSmart
- STARR Lite
- Goal Builder
Why this entry point works — and what it does not include
À La Carte gives institutions a practical way to begin in a defined context, test fit, and build early momentum before broader system adoption. It is the right choice when you need to start small and demonstrate value before committing to a coordinated system.
It does not include the System Activation Workshop, the full Staff Hub practitioner library, cross-role alignment support, or the implementation structure that makes the MMS a shared institutional system. Those components — which are what create consistency across roles and over time — are included in every system pathway (Pathways 1–4). If you find yourself combining three or more tools to serve overlapping populations, a structured pathway will serve you better at lower total cost.
What's included
- Tool + implementation guide
- Student and staff resource hubs
- 1-hour activation workshop
- Institutional usage rights
Where it fits
- Small-scale pilots
- Department-level use
- Initial exploration
Match the pathway to the system you want to build.
Use this guide to match the pathway to the level of coordination, infrastructure, and implementation depth you want to build.
Choose Pathway 1
You want institution-wide consistency and a shared system across courses, programs, and support roles.
Choose Pathways 2–4
You want a structured entry point in one area that can scale into broader system adoption.
Choose Pathway 5
You want to start with a focused tool in a defined context and build traction before expanding.
Choose Custom Consulting
You already have or are planning adoption and need stronger coordination, acceleration, or implementation depth.
Funding Flexibility
Flexible funding, not a new budget line.
Institutions can fund these pathways by aligning existing investments rather than creating a new budget. Funding can typically come from multiple areas already working toward the same outcomes.
Student Success & Retention
Student success initiatives, completion funding, retention efforts, and advising redesign work.
Academic & Course Innovation
First-year experience work, course redesign, curriculum improvement, and program-level innovation.
Grants & Sponsored Programs
Perkins, Title III, workforce grants, regional grants, and other externally supported initiatives.
Workforce & Career Initiatives
Career readiness, employer partnerships, applied learning, upskilling, and workforce-aligned efforts.
Strategic & Institutional Priorities
Innovation funds, executive initiatives, institutional priority pools, and transformation-focused efforts.
Advising, Coaching & Student Support
Tutoring, coaching, advising, academic support services, and related student-facing support work.
How funding typically works
- Co-sponsored investment: Funding is typically shared across two or more units aligned to the same outcomes (e.g., student success, advising, academic programs, or grants).
- Outcome-driven alignment: Contributions are based on the outcomes being targeted—retention, completion, academic performance, or program effectiveness—not the pathway itself.
- Flexible starting point: A pathway may begin within a single area, but expands as additional units align around the system and its results.
Most institutions already invest in the outcomes these pathways improve. This aligns those investments into a shared system—coordinating effort across areas instead of adding something new.
Accelerate and strengthen your implementation.
A scoped engagement used when institutions need to move faster, go deeper, or coordinate more effectively than standard adoption alone allows. All pathways already include implementation. Custom Consulting is used when additional work is required to achieve institutional goals.
Implementation depth
This extends and strengthens implementation.
It does not replace system adoption.
Custom Consulting and System Design is used when institutions need more acceleration, alignment, or implementation depth than standard adoption alone provides.
What changes when this is in place
Implementation becomes more coordinated, adoption becomes more consistent, and institutional initiatives gain a clear connection between strategy and how academic work is actually carried out.
Typical scope
- Implementation Strategy
- Faculty Alignment
- LMS Integration
- Cross-Role Coordination
- Program Design
Why institutions use this
It helps institutions move faster, coordinate more effectively across roles and departments, and strengthen adoption where complexity or uneven rollout would otherwise slow progress.
When it fits
- Complex coordination across roles or departments
- Multi-program or cross-campus rollout
- High-priority initiatives or funding alignment
- Strengthening uneven or stalled adoption
Key distinction
- This extends and strengthens implementation
- It does not replace system adoption
Pilot option
MMS Pilot Study
Generate local evidence alongside rollout.
Add an 8-week MMS Pilot Study to turn your rollout into clear, decision-ready evidence. We work with you to design a focused pilot within a defined entry point, align your team, and implement a structured model to capture how student learning practices develop and carry forward over time.
What the pilot tracks
- Artifact progression
- Staff use and observations
- Student reflections
- How work connects across courses and support contexts
What you receive
You receive a structured summary of how student learning practices changed, how the system functioned across contexts, and where scaling could be considered—with clear links between learning practices and student outcomes.
This provides credible, local evidence to inform internal decisions and can also be used to support external reporting.
Next Step
The right starting point becomes clear through a focused conversation.
We'll help you identify the right pathway, define the right starting population, and map a path to broader system adoption if that is your goal. A 30-minute consultation is the right next step to discuss your current structure, where the practice gap shows up, and how Metacognitive Moves can work in your context.
Let's determine the pathway that best fits your population, goals, and implementation context.