Nine attitudes and skills typical teachers use to help all learners

1. Nine attitudes and skills typical teachers use to help all learners

2. The establish clarity about curricular essentials. • Curricular goals by the teacher are essential for differentiated classrooms because there is “buy-in” by all students. For example, based on pre assessments the students have an option to explore and express learning in a mode appropriate to their own skill level. • The teacher has a road map for the learning journey that has ongoing assessment and adjustment of teaching and learning.

3. They accept responsibility for learner success. • The teacher establishes an environment in which shared responsibility for success learning is part of the classroom ethic and practice. - get to know each student. - find alternative ways of teaching to ensure continual growth. - provide a support system for the student.

4. They develop communities of respect. • The teacher celebrates victories and supports efforts. • She ensures that students accept their classmates commonalities and differences. For example, the students do not have to become best friends; however, they must treat each other with respect.

5. They build awareness of what works for each student. • Teachers become “hunters and gathers” of information about which learning scenarios work for each student. • For example, the teacher may make informal observations using a sticky note as students work independently, in small groups or as a whole to build knowledge on how each student learns.

6. They develop classroom management routines that contribute to success. • The teacher allows students to play a large role in managing themselves, their work, and their success by having a clear image of what a classroom management should look like when it functions smoothly. • For example, the students may make suggestions for how various classrooms should work.

7. They help students become effective partners in their own success. • Students’ are the teachers partners in operating the classroom effectively by developing and increasing awareness of their own learning goals and needs. • For example, the students become effecting in speaking about and playing a role in addressing those needs.

8. They develop flexible classroom teaching routines. • The teachers allows for students different paces of leaning paces of learning. • May experiment by rearrangement of the classroom to allow for different learning styles. • Various student grouping by skill level.

9. They expand a repertoire of instructional strategies. • The teacher uses a variety of novelty and surprise for inst

10. They reflect on individual progress with an eye toward curricular goals and personal growth.Teachers use pre assessment data.Use ongoing assessment.Reflect consistently with the individual or the group.