1. C&I 204: Teachers as Decision Makers August 24, 2011

2. Today’s Class Describe the characteristics of an Effective Teacher Discuss the decision-making processes in teaching Discuss professional teaching standards Identify effective classroom practices Describe the decision-making that occurs in the classroom.

3. The “Star” Teacher 1.In groups of 4 identify six skills of a Quality Teacher. 2.Write one skill per body part using the following questions as guides. – What kind of teacher do students need? – What are the characteristics of that teacher who is going to promote increased student achievement for all students? – What are the skills necessary to be a successful teacher in the 21 st Century? 3.Be prepared to report out.

4. No Child Left Behind Highly Qualified Teachers State Requirements Demonstration of Competency State Standards of Evaluation

5. Professional Teaching Standards INTASC- Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium INTASC IPTS- Illinois Professional Teaching Standards IPTS NBPTS- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards NBPTS-

6. Highly Qualified Educator Similar? Different? Lifelong label?

7. Aspects of Decisions Making “The average classroom teacher will make more than 1,500 educational decisions every school day. In an average 6-hour school day, that's more than 4 decisions every minute.” http://www.teachervision.fen.com/classroom-management/new- teacher/48351.html

8. What does it looks like? http://learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1769 1 st grade Social Studies (#3) http://learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1775 5 th grade Social Studies (#9)

9. Looking Ahead Initial Reflective Essay: Guidelines later Make sure you sign up for you LiveText workshop

10. Next Class Meet in the computer lab on the 3 rd floor of DeGarmo Read Critical Consumers of Texts (posted on the Wiki) Try out the blog- post a comment about the reading (this is not one of your graded blog posts)