Effective Teaching Practices

Effective Teaching Practices

 

Part I

Write a paragraph (minimum 8 sentences) on each field note. Each paragraph should talk about an area of observation mentioned below you observed on the field note. Note the field note# and area observed next to the paragraph. So Field note#1 – area number 1; Field note#2 – area number 2……. Field note#6 – area number 6; Field note#7 – area #1; and the circle repeats until you are done with the 15 notes.

Areas of observation

 

1. General Effective Teaching Practices

• Demonstrates dispositions in the classroom (e.g., collaboration, equity, fairness, believing all students can learn, etc.)
• Collaborates with parents and families
• Handles ethical issues appropriately
• Collaborates with other teachers

 

2. Classroom Management

• Engages and motivates students (e.g., stimulating curriculum)
• Manages time effectively (e.g., transition) in the classroom
• Fulfills additional teacher responsibilities (e.g., lunchroom, playground, bus duty)
• Works with problematic behavior

 

3. Academic Language, Metacognition, and Communication

• Promotes academic language (e.g., vocabulary, use of academic language to express ideas precisely)
• Promotes metacognition (e.g., thinking skills, study skills, predictions, self-correction, etc.)
• Communicates effectively (e.g., orchestrates content-related discourse, promotes student voice)

 

4. Instructional Planning and Presentation

• Differentiates instruction
• Builds on prior knowledge and skills of students
• Implements literacy and reading instruction
• Uses multiple teaching strategies (e.g., collaborative grouping, problem-based learning, use of manipulatives and other visual aids)
• Integrates different subject areas to teach across the content areas
• Uses technology to enhance learning and instruction (e.g., graphing calculators, computers)

 

5. Educational Assessment

• Uses multiple assessment tools (formal/informal, traditional/alternative, summative/formative)
• Uses assessment to guide instruction
• Provides opportunities for students to self-assess
• Uses formative assessment strategies

 

6. Diversity, Inclusion, and Exceptional Learners

• Meets the needs of diverse populations in the classroom
• Uses inclusion models
• Works with English language learners

 

Part II

Write a paragraph (5 sentences minimum) for a1, a2, a3, and a4. Total of 4 paragraphs. You might need to write 5 or 6 or some very large paragraphs. I’m not sure you can appropriately fit everything into 4. Specially a3. This is based on the 4 field notes below. Rubric is at the end.

1. During several observation sessions in the same classroom setting, take note of the classroom environment and how the teacher manages the classroom. Reflect on your observations by doing the following:
2. Describe the classroom setting (e.g., grade level, class demographics, seating arrangement, classroom environment) in which you completed your observations.
3. Discuss the classroom management strategies being used in the classroom.
4. Analyze the effectiveness of the classroom management strategies.
5. Evaluate the impact of eachof the following in creating an effective classroom environment:

• prior planning
• teacher’s behavior
• students’ behavior
• defined classroom procedures

4. Discuss your own personal classroom management plan that you would like to implement in your future classroom.
5. During several observation sessions in the same classroom setting, take note of any disconnects you see between the theories you have learned in your courses and your observations of actual teaching.

 

This essay can be done from the 4 field notes below and the 15 field notes.

1. In a separate reflection essay, reflect on your observations for each of the following areas, using your field notes as a guide of specific things you should have observed:
2. the effective use of general effective teaching practices
3. the effective use of classroom management strategies
4. the effective use of academic language, metacognition, and communication
5. the effective use of instructional planning and presentation strategies
6. the effective use of educational assessment strategies
7. the effective use of differentiated instruction to address diversity, inclusion, and exceptional learners