Unit Planning Assessment and Classroom Management - Quiz 1

Planning

involves teacher decisions about student needs, goals and objectives, content, instructional strategies, lesson delivery techniques, instructional media, classroom climate, and student assessment

Implementing

involves the actual enactment of the instructional plans concerning lesson delivery and assessment

Assessing

involves determining the level of student learning

Different ways to assess students

portfolios, projects, journals, models, reports

What are the essential teacher characteristics?

Knowledge, skills and dispositions

Knowledge

needed about the content, foundational information about teaching and learning, information about teaching methods in general, and information about teaching techniques unique to particular subjects

Skills

needed to plan, implement and access

Dispositions

the necessary values, commitments and professional ethics that influence teacher behavior

What does InTASC stand for?

Interstate New Teacher Assessment Support Consortium

What are InTASC Standards?

A framework for teaching; principles of learning and teaching

Diversity

includes differences in student characteristics

Students with disabilities

visually, hearing, speech, or physically impaired; emotional disorders; intellectual disabilities; autism; and other classifications

Pedagogy

how people teach/how students learn

Standard 1

Learner Development - the teacher understands how each student learns while considering their differences

Standard 2

Learning Differences - Teachers should accommodate student differenecs

Standard 3

Learning Environments - Teachers should work with other significant parties to make sure the learning environment is safe, supportive and positive.

Standard 4

Content Knowledge - Teachers should understand the material they’re teaching

Standard 5

Application of Content - Making connections between the material and the real world

Standard 6

Assessment - Asses your students in a variety of ways to cater to different learning stylesS

Standard 7

Planning for Instruction - Plan something that’s relatable, engaging, and follows standards

Standard 8

Instructional Strategies - Teachers should understand the lesson and apply it within the lesson

Standard 9

Professional Learning and Ethical Practice - Educators must remain informed about new methods and strategies for student learning

Standard 10

Leadership Collaboration - Teaching is a joint effort between learners, families, school professionals, etc.