eq-ees-teacher-evaluation

Technique 26: Everybody Writes
Set students up for rigorous engagement by giving them the opportunity to reflect first in writing before discussing.
Teacher
Student
Ask all students to prepare for more ambitious thinking and discussion by reflecting in Is challenged intellectually and is engaged
writing for a short interval. Benefits include selection of effective responses by circulating The quality of the ideas and their writing improves
and reading over shoulders; you know everyone is prepared with something to share; allows
you to involve everyone; processing thoughts refines them; steers students in a direction
you think especially fruitful; and students remember twice as much.
Technique 27: Vegas
A moment during class when you might observe some production values: music, lights, rhythm, dancing.
Teacher
Student
Use it to reinforce not just academics but the day’s learning objective; its upbeat but often Is more highly engaged due to the excitement, the spontaneity and fun of learning
short, sweet and on point – once it’s done, it’s done.
Change the Pace
Use a variety of activities to accomplish your objective and move from one to the other throughout the course of a lesson
Teacher
Student
People of all ages tend to lose focus after ten minutes, so do something new to engage Is energized as a part of the learning process
them.
Feels as if they are moving quickly from activity to activity
Creation an illusion of speed by using a variety throughout the lesson