Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
A blog with information about interviewing for a public school teaching job, especially as it relates to interviewing for your first job. The blog's audience is students at Indiana University South Bend, but most of the information is easily understood by all soon-to-be teachers! (For best viewing, use Firefox or Chrome.)
Last Update: this page was last updated on November 18, 2014. At that time, all links were active.
First, determine the goals and objectives of a lesson, which should be relevant to appropriate state standards. Then, make sure all instruction and assessments meets these standards.
ReplyDeleteFor student learning to occur, you should make instruction relevant to students. Help them understand the importance of your topics of study.
To effectively plan, you must know your students, know the content and state standards, and find a balance of what can actually be accomplished with what you aim to achieve. Lesson planning is a formative process; you are constantly observing, revising, and changing your plan as you gauge your students' reactions and the success level of the plan.
ReplyDeleteBuilding relationships with the students is imperative. This enables you to know their individual learning styles and cater the lesson in a way that will work for each of them. You must always be on your toes and ready to react.