Consistent use of standards, 5 Cs (communication, culture, connection, comparison, community), for lesson planning, instruction; and assessment leads to more focused ways of ensuring that all students meet or exceed the academic standards. It is very important to teach practices that reflect high expectations for student achievement of the standards, help keep students meaningfully engaged throughout the learning process; and insure students have multiple and varied opportunities to meet/exceed the standards. In my classroom, varied and flexible groupings are used to assist students in achieving/exceeding the standards. Various teaching strategies are used to foster inquiry, higher critical thinking, and problem solving. For 21st century teaching and learning, technology is meaningfully integrated throughout instruction to support student achievement of the standards. Assessments are necessity for teaching and learning. One is assessment of learning at a set point in time after instruction has occurred; the other is assessment of learning during instruction to guide the direction of instruction to meet student needs.
This E-Portfolio was first compiled during the 3-week 2009 Virginia Startalk Chinese Teacher Academy. Please follow the menu on the left panel to view each item in my teaching portfolio. To view the website for the 2009 Virginia Startalk Chinese Teacher Academy, please follow this link:
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Last updated on July 16, 2009. Please contact [kathyhenley8@gmail.com] for questions.
Consistent use of standards, 5 Cs (communication, culture, connection, comparison, community), for lesson planning, instruction; and assessment leads to more focused ways of ensuring that all students meet or exceed the academic standards. It is very important to teach practices that reflect high expectations for student achievement of the standards, help keep students meaningfully engaged throughout the learning process; and insure students have multiple and varied opportunities to meet/exceed the standards. In my classroom, varied and flexible groupings are used to assist students in achieving/exceeding the standards. Various teaching strategies are used to foster inquiry, higher critical thinking, and problem solving. For 21st century teaching and learning, technology is meaningfully integrated throughout instruction to support student achievement of the standards. Assessments are necessity for teaching and learning. One is assessment of learning at a set point in time after instruction has occurred; the other is assessment of learning during instruction to guide the direction of instruction to meet student needs.