Full Description
Planning for Teaching Success: 30 Practical Teaching Strategies for All School Contexts is designed for all K-12 educators, pre-service teachers, and teacher preparation faculty. This book will provide readers with accessible tools that can help them develop meaningful lesson and unit plans in efficient ways. Discover step-by-step breakdowns of how to implement each impactful strategy as well as professional reflections from varying contributors representing two different grade-levels from across the globe. Education students and novice teachers can learn from the in-depth descriptions of how to implement each strategy. Veteran teachers will be inspired by contributing teachers' professional reflection regarding why and how they utilize each strategy. If you are looking for practical ideas from the field, look no further - this is a book designed to build your teaching toolbox with planning strategies that you will use for years to come.
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Highlights from Adaptable Teaching
Strategy 1: Yearlong Overview
Strategy 2: Collaborative Planning
Strategy 3: Using Assessment to Guide Instruction
Strategy 4: Inquiry-Based Learning
Strategy 5: Culturally Responsive/Sustaining Teaching
Chapter 2: Desired Results
Strategy 6: Determining Learning Goals
Strategy 7: Thematic Planning
Strategy 8: Connecting Students with Learning Goals
Strategy 9: Connecting with Previous Learning
Chapter 3: Evidence
Strategy 10: Formative Assessments
Strategy 11: Creating Effective Rubrics
Strategy 12: Planning with Feedback in Mind
Strategy 13: Student Choice in How to Represent Learning
Chapter 4: Planning for Instruction
Strategy 14: The Story of Your Lessons
Strategy 15: Incorporating Routines into Your Plans
Strategy 16: Lesson Pacing
Strategy 17: Connecting Skills and Content with with Students' Lives and Interests
Strategy 18: Intentional Groupings and Designing Group Work
Strategy 19: Considering Equity and Multiple Perspectives
Strategy 20: Using Learning Management Systems to Organize Your Lessons
Chapter 5: 10 Bonus Strategies
Conclusion
References
Index
