3a Communicating with Students
This is about the act of teaching.
This framework focuses on the acts that happen in the classroom, not behind the curtain of teaching.
It is all about communicating with our students and keeping them engaged with clear directions that are audible and legible.
Key Elements
We should make the purpose of activities and lessons clear to our learners.
We should provide clear directions with rubrics and other resources for students.
Content should be relevant, engaging, and interesting to students, and oral as well as written language should be used for clear explanation.
Ways to Showcase This
Provide students with rubrics for grading on each assignment.
Start communication logs with each student individually to keep track of progress made with each student.
A class website that is updated regularly is a great artifact for this framework to stay connected to your students.
3b Using Questioning and Discussion Techniques
This is focused on how you use questions and discussions in your classroom.
It gives information about a variety of questions that will encourage student participation.
Using high quality and different types of questioning techniques is a great way to engage students on a deeper level.
Key Elements
We should understand how different types of questions can provoke a variety of responses.
We should allow all students to have a voice and feel respected in the classroom.
All students should be engaged and feel heard during questioning and discussion.
Ways to Showcase This
A lesson plan should include what kinds of questions you are going to use to engage students.
Technology tools have many ways to ask questions and start discussions, and these should be utilized in the classroom.
Allowing for a safe environment that encourages debate is important for all ages.
3c Engaging Students in Learning
We should get our students involved on intellectual levels in the topics and activities we discuss.
Students should be engaged through meaningful intellectual stimulation.
As teachers, we should provide interactive and engaging activities for learning in which students can participate.
Key Elements
Activities and assignments that we provide to students should be the cornerstone of what we do in the classroom, and students should be able to choose to show what they know through differentiated instruction.
Group students with a purpose that keeps them engaged, and be sure to manage classroom management.
We should select materials and resources that will have a positive impact on our students' learning objectives and outcomes with structure and pacing.
Ways to Showcase This
Allow students to have some choice in the classroom. Provide them with multiple ways to showcase their talents (e.g., giving students projects and papers rather than constant exams).
Give students different groups for different projects so that the strengths and weaknesses of each student complement the others in their groups.
Students should be able to select tools, resources, and materials (when appropriate) that will assist them best in their learning process.
3d Using Assessment in Instruction
Assessment plays an integral part in the classroom.
We should be able to effectively assess our students in a way that marks progress from lessons.
It can include many methods of evaluation to show what your students know.
Key Elements
Students should know what is expected of them during assessments.
Teachers should have evidence of student understanding regarding the topic area.
Students should be provided with meaningful feedback after assessments.
Ways to Showcase This
Students can be given pre-tests and post-tests to show progress.
Formative and summative assessment techniques should be used.
Rubrics and ways to show feedback are very important to help students grow in their learning.
3e Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness
This is the ability to flexible during a lesson or teaching experience.
We should adjust our lesson if it is not going well in order to preserve learning for our students.
We should be able to adapt to new situations as they arise in our classroom
Key Elements
Adjusting lessons for the situation and the students should be something we are able to do as needed with little concern.
We need to use and take advantage of those "teachable moments" in the classroom.
We should have persistence during our lessons and use our many teacher tools to identify the best strategy for our classroom.
Ways to Showcase This
Homework contracts that are signed by the teacher, student, and parent can help keep everyone flexible.
We should save examples of how we adapted lessons for future use.
Save other examples of how we initiated to assist students in learning for later use.
This is about the act of teaching.
This framework focuses on the acts that happen in the classroom, not behind the curtain of teaching.
It is all about communicating with our students and keeping them engaged with clear directions that are audible and legible.
Key Elements
We should make the purpose of activities and lessons clear to our learners.
We should provide clear directions with rubrics and other resources for students.
Content should be relevant, engaging, and interesting to students, and oral as well as written language should be used for clear explanation.
Ways to Showcase This
Provide students with rubrics for grading on each assignment.
Start communication logs with each student individually to keep track of progress made with each student.
A class website that is updated regularly is a great artifact for this framework to stay connected to your students.
3b Using Questioning and Discussion Techniques
This is focused on how you use questions and discussions in your classroom.
It gives information about a variety of questions that will encourage student participation.
Using high quality and different types of questioning techniques is a great way to engage students on a deeper level.
Key Elements
We should understand how different types of questions can provoke a variety of responses.
We should allow all students to have a voice and feel respected in the classroom.
All students should be engaged and feel heard during questioning and discussion.
Ways to Showcase This
A lesson plan should include what kinds of questions you are going to use to engage students.
Technology tools have many ways to ask questions and start discussions, and these should be utilized in the classroom.
Allowing for a safe environment that encourages debate is important for all ages.
3c Engaging Students in Learning
We should get our students involved on intellectual levels in the topics and activities we discuss.
Students should be engaged through meaningful intellectual stimulation.
As teachers, we should provide interactive and engaging activities for learning in which students can participate.
Key Elements
Activities and assignments that we provide to students should be the cornerstone of what we do in the classroom, and students should be able to choose to show what they know through differentiated instruction.
Group students with a purpose that keeps them engaged, and be sure to manage classroom management.
We should select materials and resources that will have a positive impact on our students' learning objectives and outcomes with structure and pacing.
Ways to Showcase This
Allow students to have some choice in the classroom. Provide them with multiple ways to showcase their talents (e.g., giving students projects and papers rather than constant exams).
Give students different groups for different projects so that the strengths and weaknesses of each student complement the others in their groups.
Students should be able to select tools, resources, and materials (when appropriate) that will assist them best in their learning process.
3d Using Assessment in Instruction
Assessment plays an integral part in the classroom.
We should be able to effectively assess our students in a way that marks progress from lessons.
It can include many methods of evaluation to show what your students know.
Key Elements
Students should know what is expected of them during assessments.
Teachers should have evidence of student understanding regarding the topic area.
Students should be provided with meaningful feedback after assessments.
Ways to Showcase This
Students can be given pre-tests and post-tests to show progress.
Formative and summative assessment techniques should be used.
Rubrics and ways to show feedback are very important to help students grow in their learning.
3e Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness
This is the ability to flexible during a lesson or teaching experience.
We should adjust our lesson if it is not going well in order to preserve learning for our students.
We should be able to adapt to new situations as they arise in our classroom
Key Elements
Adjusting lessons for the situation and the students should be something we are able to do as needed with little concern.
We need to use and take advantage of those "teachable moments" in the classroom.
We should have persistence during our lessons and use our many teacher tools to identify the best strategy for our classroom.
Ways to Showcase This
Homework contracts that are signed by the teacher, student, and parent can help keep everyone flexible.
We should save examples of how we adapted lessons for future use.
Save other examples of how we initiated to assist students in learning for later use.