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Effective Teaching Enhancing Professional Practices
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Effective Teaching
Enhancing Professional Practices
The Basheer Qusim SchoolPS 53X
Principal- Collin M. Wolfe Ed.D
What Can Improve Your Effectiveness as a Teacher?
1.Planning and Preparation
2.Classroom Environment
3.Instruction
Planning and Preparation
Demonstrating Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy
• Demonstrating Knowledge of Students
• Setting Instructional Outcomes• Demonstrating Knowledge of
Resources• Designing Coherent Instruction• Designing Student Assessments
Planning and Preparation
For the instruction year 2011-2012, at PS 53X are
focusing on Deigning Coherent
Instruction
Deigning Coherent Instruction by
Learning activities that engage students as they advance in content
Instructional materials and resources that meet the needs of your students
Instructional groups that support the students’ learning needs
Lesson and unit structure with sequenced unveiling of content
Are you designing coherent instruction?
Are learning activities matched to instructional outcomes?
Does higher level thinking take place in your classroom?Do students have the opportunity to explore challenging
materials or resources?Does small group instruction build on students’
strengths?Are your lessons structured with reasonable time
allocations?Are you lessons differentiated to meet individual needs
of students?
Classroom EnvironmentStaff at PS 53X have two foci
for classroom environment: Establishing Culture for
learning and
Managing Student Behavior
Classroom EnvironmentEstablishing a Culture for Learning
Teachers convey the education value of what is being taught to the students.
Clear expectation for what students are learning and their expected achievement level.
Students pride in their work is reflected in their interactions with classmates and teachers.
Have you established a culture of learning?
Do you portray a genuine passion for the content?
Do you communicate the importance of learning and hard work to your students?
Are you conscience of students ability and demand high levels of effort?
Do students take initiative in improving the quality of their own work?
Do students ask questions to gain a further understanding of content?
Classroom EnvironmentManaging Student Behavior
Clear expectations for student conduct within the classroom and school.
Continual monitoring of student behavior
How the teacher responds to students’ behaviors
Are you effective at managing student behavior?
Do you acknowledge good behaviors? Is students’ behavior in your classroom
generally appropriate?Are you frequently monitoring students
behavior? Is your response to behavior effective?Are you able to monitor students’ behaviors
without speaking?
InstructionAt PS 53X we are trying to
improve:
Using questioning and Discussion,
Engaging Students in Learning, and
Using Assessment in Instruction
InstructionUsing Questioning and Discussion
Quality of questions and prompts, which cause students to think and reflect.
Discussion techniques that promotes learning.
Students actively participate in lessons and discussions.
Are you effective with discussion questioning in your classroom?
Do you students ask higher-order questions in discussions?
Do you ask open-ended questions?Are many students actively engaged in
discussions?Do you call on all students, even if they do not
volunteer?Are you students able to discuss, without your
mediation?
InstructionEngaging Students in Learning
Activities and assignments are aligned to the goal of the lesson.
Students are properly grouped for instruction.
Instructional materials and resources are selected for their impact on students learning.
Structure and pacing of the unit or lesson
Are you engaging your students?
Do your learning tasks have multiple correct responses?
Do students have some choice on how they complete their learning task?
Do the materials and resources support the learning goals or your students?
Do students have an opportunity to reflect on the lesson and consolidate their understanding?
Do your students suggest modification to learning tasks or resources, to meet their needs?
InstructionUsing Assessment
Clear assessment criteriaMonitoring of student learningFeedback to studentsStudent self-assessment and
monitoring
Are you using assessment in instruction?
Do your students clearly understand characteristics of high quality work?
Do your students assess their own work?Does your feedback include specific and timely
guidance for students?Do you make adjustments to a lesson to
enhance understanding of individual students?Do students help establish the evaluation
criteria?
As we continue the school year, will look more in depth in improving our
planning and preparation, classroom
environment, and instruction