What is COVA + CSLE? Harapnuik, Thibodeaux, and Cummings (2018) advise educators to “create a significant learning environment (CSLE) in which you give your learners choice, ownership, and voice through authentic learning opportunities (COVA) that equips them to learn how to learn” (p.9). This means offering your students multiple ways in which they can demonstrate their learning in your classroom breaking the mold of a teacher-centered classroom and shifts it to a learner-ce