Identifying Good Teaching What Research Tells Us By Carl Stedman

Effective teachers should: Know background information about students and related instructional planning (development, diversity, abuse) Know background information about students and related instructional planning (development, diversity, abuse) Communicate goals, objectives, and learning expectations clearly to students Communicate goals, objectives, and learning expectations clearly to students

Effective teachers should: Relate instructional plans and learning expectations to learner characteristics and future content through careful selection of teaching methods, learning activities, and available technology, with consideration of the motivational needs of students Relate instructional plans and learning expectations to learner characteristics and future content through careful selection of teaching methods, learning activities, and available technology, with consideration of the motivational needs of students

Effective teachers should: Match learning carefully against established goals or expectations and monitor student progress through a variety of means, giving timely feedback to students Match learning carefully against established goals or expectations and monitor student progress through a variety of means, giving timely feedback to students

Effective teachers should: Evaluate and interpret student progress with understandable evaluation methods, using appropriate data, interpreting data with professional expertise, and communicating results to students and parents Evaluate and interpret student progress with understandable evaluation methods, using appropriate data, interpreting data with professional expertise, and communicating results to students and parents

Effective teachers should: Encourage students to think by designing appropriate instruction, create a climate of fairness in the classroom, as well as review and use research findings in instruction and self-examination Encourage students to think by designing appropriate instruction, create a climate of fairness in the classroom, as well as review and use research findings in instruction and self-examination