How Do We Define a Skillful Teacher?
p Skillful teachers are aware of the complexity of their job and work to be conscious and deliberate about what they do.
p Skillful teachers want to control and regulate their teaching to have a positive effect on their students.
p Skillful teachers are clear about what is to be learned, what achievement means, and what they are going to do to help their students attain it.
p Skillful teachers are learners.
The Skillful Teacher Framework Encompasses These Areas of Performance:
1. A Foundation of Essential Beliefs: School, Cultural Proficiency, and Anti-Racism
2. Management: Attention, Momentum, Space, Time, Routines, and Discipline
3. Instructional Strategies: Clarity, Models of Teaching, and Principles of Learning
4. Motivation: Classroom Climate, Personal Relationship Building, and Expectations
5. Curriculum: Curriculum Design, Lesson Objectives, Planning, Differentiated Instruction, Assessment, and Overarching Objectives