Core SKills:
- Teacher’s lessons include frequent opportunities for students to engage in higher-order thinking questions, tasks and activities.
- Teacher ensures that students do the majority of thinking during a lesson by requiring them to cite evidence to support their answers and providing them opportunities to respond to peers’ ideas.
- Teacher encourages students to take academic risks and explore new ideas.
Guiding Questions for Academically Challenging Environment:
How do you handle situations where students finish instructional tasks at varying rates?
How do you help students take responsibility for their own learning and behavior?
What techniques do you use to foster an environment that encourages academic risks?
How do you help students take responsibility for their own learning and behavior?
What techniques do you use to foster an environment that encourages academic risks?