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WHAT IS SKILLFUL TEACHING? Skillful teachers are made, not born. They have learned the skills they use, and others can look at what they are doing in the classroom and say what is skillful about it. Some skillful teachers do not have the vocabulary or the concepts for describing what they already do. They just […]

Seven Kinds of Professional Knowledge Central to High-Expertise Teaching: THE PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIRED What do teachers need to know and be able to do to bring all our students to high levels of achievement? The ten jobs of teaching, listed in Table 1.1 and explained in separate chapters of this book, represent just

What do teachers need to know and be able to do to bring all our students to high levels of achievement? THE PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIRED What do teachers need to know and be able to do to bring all our students to high levels of achievement? The ten jobs of teaching, listed in

THE PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIRED What do teachers need to know and be able to do to bring all our students to high levels of achievement? The ten jobs of teaching, listed in Table 1.1 and explained in separate chapters of this book, represent just a sample of the com- T H E S

What steps can we each take in our own schools and districts to bring high- expertise teaching skills into the mainstream practice of all teachers? Knowledge of How to Communicate Effectively with Families and Community: This knowledge enables teachers to find multiple access channels to communicate to families what they most want to know—that the

Knowledge of How to Communicate Effectively with Families and Community Knowledge of How to Communicate Effectively with Families and Community: This knowledge enables teachers to find multiple access channels to communicate to families what they most want to know—that the teacher knows their child and wants the best for him or her. Beyond that is

Knowledge of the Behavior of Individuals in Effective Organizations Knowledge of the Behavior of Individuals in Effective Organizations: This kind of knowledge relates to effective teams, effective meetings, good communication, and problem-solving skills with other adults and the awareness of one’s role as a teacher in building a strong “Adult Professional Culture” among colleagues. Place

Knowledge of Individual Differences in Learners Knowledge of Individual Differences in Learners: Teachers must be aware of their students’ cultural, developmental, and learning charac- teristics and how to include those differences in instructional decisions. This is a vast field. Cognitive developmental differences, for example, can cause unrealistic expectations in mathematics of primary students who are

Knowledge of the Academic Discipline Knowledge of the Academic Discipline: Teachers must, of course, have knowledge of their academic discipline and of the standards in the discipline that their state has adopted. Most states have raised standards for teachers’ content knowledge and require a college major for secondary teachers in the T H E S

Knowledge of Content Analysis Knowledge of Content Analysis: Another level of content-based exper- tise is knowing how to break the content into concepts and sub-concepts, skills, and sub-skills. This is quite different from knowing the content itself. It means that the teacher understands how the concepts and skills are con- nected to one another and