Know Your Impact Inspired and Passionate Teachers Success
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Know Your Impact Inspired and Passionate Teachers Success Criteria: By the end of this session you will have a list of strategies that Expert Teachers use
Expert Jigsaw • Alphabetical Order of First Names – THE EXPERT • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5. Cohort brainstorms ideas for 4 minutes Expert moves to the next group and shares what is on the paper – 2 mins Group adds more ideas – 3 mins Expert thanks the group and moves on. Repeat steps 2 -4.
Characteristics of Inspired and Passionate Teachers • • • Are highly relational – their students know they care about them and their learning Provide feedback to students Seek feedback about their teaching Engage in dialogue with their students Have a safe classroom environment where it is ok to make mistakes Are clear about learning progressions Use interventions to allow learning to occur Provide challenge Have high expectations Manage the classroom so that learning is the key focus for students, not behaviour Use a wide range of instructional strategies
Teachers who are activators rather than facilitators have a more significant effect on student outcomes. There is a difference between expert and experienced teachers – expert (passionate, inspired) teachers have a significantly greater effect on student outcomes than experienced teachers. An Activator 0. 60 A Facilitator 0. 17
Some key indicators from the research – High Impact on Student Outcomes • Formative Evaluation of Teaching • Classroom Discussion • Teacher Clarity • Uses Feedback • Teacher-Student Relationships • Provide Challenge • Classroom Management • High Expectations 0. 90 0. 82 0. 75 0. 72 0. 56 0. 52 0. 43
Expert Teachers – difference between Expert and Experienced Teachers • Identify the most important ways in which to represent the curriculum being taught • Are proficient at creating an optimal classroom climate for learning • Monitor learning and provide feedback • Believe that all students can reach the success criteria • Influence surface and deep student outcomes
Reflective prompts What have I learned? What changes can I make using what I have learned? What will I find difficult? How can I use Clock Appointments and Peer Discussion in my own teaching?
