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Teaching the Lesson - Recognizes student differences in needs, abilities, and interests and imparts instruction so that these differences are met.
Tells the student exactly what is to be learned in the lesson.
Tells the student the purpose of the learning and makes it meaningful to their lives.
Relates the learning from the lesson being taught to previous learnings and verbalizes transfer for the students.
Students are told how they will be accountable for demonstrating proficiency in the learning.
Gives students information about the learning.
Demonstrates sound, up-to-date knowledge of the subject matter being taught.
Checks periodically throughout the lesson for the students’ understanding of the objective.
Provides practice experiences for the students of the appropriate number and variety to insure mastery of the objective.
Carefully monitors the guided practice for experience to insure that students get immediate feedback as to the correctness of their performance.
Demonstrates knowledge of reinforcement theory throughout the lesson.
Each aspect of the lesson gives evidence of the teacher’s attention to maintaining a classroom climate conducive to learning (Feeling Tone).
The activities of the lesson demonstrate the teacher’s desire to include the interests of the students in the classroom.
Encourages, praises, and/or acknowledges student effort appropriately.
Manages instruction in such a way that each student shows some measure of success.
There is evidence that practice is scheduled in such a manner as to guarantee retention of learnings.
Gives students the opportunity to verbalize the critical attribute(s) of the learning before leaving the lesson.
Collects data from the lesson that enables him/her to evaluate each student’s performance, and assists in planning tomorrow’s lesson.
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