Standard Four

1. Standard Four Teachers facilitate learning for their students.

2. In Brief… • Teachers know the ways in which learning takes place, and they know the appropriate levels of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of their students. • Teachers plan instruction appropriate for their students. • Teachers use a variety of instructional methods. • Teachers integrate and utilize technology in their instruction.

3. In Brief… • Teachers help students develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. • Teachers help students work in teams and develop leadership qualities. • Teachers communicate effectively. • Teachers use a variety of methods to assess what each student has learned.

4. 21st Century Learning Matters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L2XwWq4_BY&feature=related

5. Do you know the ways in which learning takes place? Do you know the appropriate levels of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of your students? As part of your instructional practices, do you: • Use learning styles inventories to determine how your students learn • Participate in Professional Learning Communities • Utilize differentiation, tiered assignments and curriculum compacting • Implement SIOP strategies as part of regular instruction • Collaborate with counselors and media coordinators • Use ancillary curricular software (e.g., Castle Learning, Rosetta Stone, Imagine Learning)

6. Do you know the ways in which learning takes place? Do you know the appropriate levels of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of your students? (continued) As part of your instructional practices, do you: • Participate in action research (e.g., gender grouping, strategic reading) • Use data as a means of determining appropriate levels of instruction • Understand that a textbook is not the curriculum • Implement the principles of Learning Centered Schools to ensure robust instruction • Study Learning Bridges’ research-based rationale for the utilization of specific instructional strategies

7. Do you know the ways in which learning takes place? Do you know the appropriate levels of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of your students? (Elementary) As part of your instructional practices, do you: • Understand the tenets of the Healthy Active Children legislation • Maintain running records as part of the K-2 Assessment • Integrate Character Education into instruction • Participate in the K-3 Nurturing Program to foster the gifts and talents of the very young

8. Teachers plan instruction appropriate for their students. In planning appropriate instruction for your students, do you: • Study the Standard Course of Study or Essential Standards • Search online for quality lesson plan ideas • Use the Learning Bridges Vocabulary and Teaching Practices • Access your school’s Instructional Coaches and the district’s Curriculum Specialists

9. Teachers plan instruction appropriate for their students. In planning appropriate instruction for your students, do you: • Attend grade level, vertical team, departmental meetings to plan together • Participate in professional list serves that provide regular curriculum updates • Use the LCS common language as an integral part of your educational lexicon • Use data to inform instructional planning • Consult with EC teachers to provide adequate support for identified students

10. Teachers plan instruction appropriate for their students. In planning appropriate instruction for your students, do you: • Employ Marcia Tate strategies to provide hands-on instruction • Ensure that multi-cultural perspectives are openly addressed as an integral part of instruction • Mind your “Ps” and “Es” – IEPs, PEPs, DEPs, IGPs • Ensure that modifications for 504s and IEPs are implemented to fidelity

11. Which of these materials/activities are an integral part of your instructional repertoire? • Author’s chair • LeAnn Nicholson’s Deeper Learning • Book talks • Interactive notebooks • Brainstorming • Marzano’s 9 • Mental models • Graphing calculators • Anticipation Guides • Balanced Literacy • Real & virtual field trips • Cooperative learning • Literature circles • Socratic seminars • WebQuest • Manipulatives • Foldables

12. How do you integrate and utilize technology in your instruction? • United Streaming • Smart View for TI calculators • GPS • Sing science • Cell phones • i-pods • Flip cameras • School pad • Prezis • Wordles • Virtual field trips • Quest Atlantis • Qwaq • Blogs • Wikis • Portfolios • Skype

13. How do you integrate and utilize technology in your instruction? (continued) • Read Please online resource • Google Scholar • Virtual Learning Environments • Online primary sources • Personal Response Systems • Social networks • E-reader • Photo story • Netbooks • USSR logs

14. How do you develop your students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills? • Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy • Project-based learning • Real world simulations • Model UN • Forensics • Play productions • Marzano’s 9 • Big 6 • WebQuests

15. How do you foster teamwork and develop leadership qualities in your classroom? Student-produced morning shows Student-led conferencing Cooperative learning & jigsawing Service learning projects Future Educators of America Odyssey of the Mind • Model UN • CTE Student Leadership Conference • Apprenticeship 2000 • Forensics & Debate • Student government • Character education programs • Oratorical contests • Battle of the Books

16. How do you communicate effectively? Think/Pair/Share Journal writing • Essential questions • Appropriate grammatical presentation • Interactive website • Active listening skills • Non-linguistic representations • Email • WICR strategies • Cornell Notes

17. How do you assess your students’ progress? Interactive white boards Student-led conferences Rubrics Feedback • Formative assessments • Pre- and post-assessments • ClassScape data • Every Member Response • TI-Navigators • Self- and peer-assessment • ACCESS testing for ESL • Progress monitoring (AIMS Web)

18. Formative Assessment Resources Attributes of Formative Assessment http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/educators/fastattributes04081.pdf Rationale for Using Formative Assessments http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/educators/vision/reasons A Vision for 21st Century Assessment http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/educators/vision/

19. Formative Assessment Resources(continued) Examples of Formative Assessment Practice http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/educators/vision/examples Formative Assessment for Problem-Solving http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/reporting/acctconf/2008/tuesday/mathproblemsolving.ppt. K-2 Assessment – A Formative Process http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/curriculum/languagearts/elementary/k2literacy/k-2assessment09.ppt

20. Formative Assessment Resources(continued) What Do You Know? LinguaFolio http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/reporting/acctconf/2008/monday/lfpptforaccountability08.pp Formative Assessment – National Middle School Association http://www.nmsa.org/portals/0/pdf/publications/Web_Exclusive/Formative_Summative_Assessment.pdf Why Should We Use Formative Assessments? http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3751398

21. Formative Assessment Resources(continued) The Concept of Formative Assessment – ERIC Document http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/concept.htm WIDA Focus on Formative Assessment http://www.wida.us/resources/focus/Bulletin2.pdf

22. Standard Four Teachers facilitate learning for their students.