1. Model/Teach Learning
1.1. Teach students how to learn by modeling strategies that require them to question, analyze, and explore.
1.1.1. Plan
1.1.2. Organize
1.1.3. Utilize various resources & tools to acquire information
1.1.4. Activate prior knowledge
2. Role As Educators
2.1. Motivators
2.1.1. Differentiate instruction
2.1.2. Encourage self-monitoring/reflection
2.1.3. Take a student-centered learning approach
2.1.4. Focus on positive behavior characteristics
2.2. Master Learners
2.2.1. Teachers continue their careers as learners and encourage self-directed learning
2.3. Seller of Ideas
3. Current Teaching Strategies
3.1. Collabration
3.1.1. Students have worked together on a variety of projects including Google Slides, Screen-cast, essays, and science experiments.
3.2. Integrate Technology
3.2.1. Google Apps, (Google Slides, Google Doc, Google Groups, Google Drawing), Microsoft Programs, online media (youtube), online web tools/sites (flippity, study island, compass learning)
3.3. Encorage Independent Thinking
3.3.1. Set goals based on students learning abilities and what they need to understand
3.3.2. Allow students to express their ideas and concerns
3.4. Differentiate Instruction
3.4.1. Present information in different formats including visual features (anchor charts), hands-on activities, text-to-speech etc.
4. Cultivating Love of Learning
4.1. Make students apprentices
4.1.1. Teach students a trade or skill that will allow them to be successful
4.2. Engagement
4.2.1. Students are given choices
4.2.1.1. Assessment students' wants/needs
4.2.2. Differentiate Instruction
4.2.2.1. Change content, method of delivery, and how students should demonstrate understanding
4.3. Persuasion
4.3.1. Make content relevant
5. Importance of Modeling
5.1. Encourages attentiveness and is goal driven
5.2. Allows students to focus on processes
5.2.1. Students work at their own pace in the process while the teacher uses scaffolding technieques
5.3. Motivates students to engage in the learning process
6. Innovator's Mindset
6.1. Think of yourself as an innovator
6.1.1. Leads to the development of new groundbreaking ideas
6.2. Develop student interest
6.2.1. Develop ideas from the students' perspective to create learning opportunities
6.2.1.1. Reply on past experience
6.3. Encourage students to seek explanations
6.4. Trail and Error
6.4.1. Move away from best practices
6.4.2. Nurture resiliency
6.5. Collaboration leads to innovation
6.5.1. Establishes conditions that lead to new ideas
6.6. Connections
6.6.1. Teacher-to-Student
6.6.2. Student-to-Student
6.6.3. Teacher-to-Content
6.6.4. Student-to-Content