The CCSD #1 Instructional Framework defines the most effective instructional strategies...those that accelerate student learning.
- Clear learning goals are posted and/or communicated; lesson directly correlates to the learning target; students know what is expected of them.
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Students know whether they will be successful or not on assignments; there is evidence that students track their own progress on learning.
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Teacher provides informative feedback to students on what they have done correctly and how they can improve and make progress toward meeting specific criteria.
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Teacher is highly organized in the presentation of the subject matter; understands content; speaks powerfully and passionately avoiding verbal hesitancies and fillers; reduces distance between teacher and students by moving away from barriers (e.g., desk, podiums); manages classroom behavior; cares about students and their learning progress.
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Students take advantage of multiple opportunities to demonstrate learning; instructional strategies focus on higher order thinking, critical thinking, real-world application, and problem-solving.
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Students actively engage with the content; new information is linked to prior knowledge; students take notes, use manipulatives, use graphic organizers; students are asked to recall information; analogies are used.
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Various levels of questioning are evident; students independently practice skills.
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Students apply general principles to specific problems; students generalize their learning beyond the particular topic or task at hand; students apply previously learned knowledge and skills; students engage in problem solving.
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Uses a variety of formative assessment techniques; assesses learning progress before or during the learning process itself; instruction is adjusted as a result of formative results.
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Teacher crafts a question or series of questions to prompt focused discussion, all or most students engage in the discussion in a safe learning environment, and students learn from each other.
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Instruction is aligned with the district guaranteed and viable curriculum, and teachers provide students with the instruction and support to achieve the intended learning targets.