C&I 204: Teachers as Decision Makers

August 24, 2011

Today’s Class

• Describe the characteristics of an Effective Teacher

• Discuss the decision-making processes in teaching

• Discuss professional teaching standards

• Identify effective classroom practices

• Describe the decision-making that occurs in the classroom.

The “Star” Teacher1. In groups of 4 identify six skills of

a Quality Teacher.2. Write one skill per body part

using the following questions as guides.– What kind of teacher do students need?– What are the characteristics of that

teacher who is going to promote increased student achievement for all students?

– What are the skills necessary to be a successful teacher in the 21st Century?

3. Be prepared to report out.

No Child Left Behind

• Highly Qualified Teachers• State Requirements• Demonstration of Competency• State Standards of Evaluation

Professional Teaching Standards

• INTASC- Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium

• IPTS- Illinois Professional Teaching Standards

• NBPTS- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Highly Qualified Educator

Similar? Different?Lifelong label?

Aspects of Decisions Making

“The average classroom teacher will make more than 1,500 educational decisions every school day.

In an average 6-hour school day, that's more than 4 decisions every minute.”

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/classroom-management/new-teacher/48351.html

What does it looks like?

http://learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1769

1st grade Social Studies (#3)

http://learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1775

5th grade Social Studies (#9)

Looking Ahead

Initial Reflective Essay:

• Guidelines later• Make sure you

sign up for you LiveText workshop

Next Class

• Meet in the computer lab on the 3rd floor of DeGarmo

• Read Critical Consumers of Texts (posted on the Wiki)

• Try out the blog- post a comment about the reading (this is not one of your graded blog posts)