It is common for something unexpected to occur during a lesson. The ability of the teacher to respond to these changes is considered "flexibility and responsiveness." This skill may not be necessary in all lessons, however. A well planned lesson by an experienced teacher can often predict how the students will respond, and midstream changes are not necessary. However, even the most experienced teacher will find that at times a lesson is just not going as planned, or a teachable moment has presented itself, and they must be ready to respond. All teachers must also be willing to be persistent when a first approach does not work. Elements of flexibility and responsiveness include:
Lesson Adjustment
Teachers should be prepared with a lesson plan designed by universal design, in case students are not getting it. Teachers may need to make major or minor adjustments to the original plan in the middle of the lesson. In order to do this, the teacher must be confident and have other strategies at hand.
Response to Students
Sometimes when teaching, a teachable moment will occur. When this happens, good teachers will be able to put the content on the back-burner for a moment. In order to do this, teachers must move past the survival and task stages of teaching and be teachers of impact.
Persistence
At some point, all students will struggle. Therefore, teachers must be prepared with multiple strategies in case a student does not get it at first. A teacher must not give up until all students understand, no matter how hard it is. These instances display a large amount of teacher efficacy.
Implementing in the Classroom/Artifacts Demonstrating Competency
Lesson Adjustment
Teachers should be prepared with a lesson plan designed by universal design, in case students are not getting it. Teachers may need to make major or minor adjustments to the original plan in the middle of the lesson. In order to do this, the teacher must be confident and have other strategies at hand.
Response to Students
Sometimes when teaching, a teachable moment will occur. When this happens, good teachers will be able to put the content on the back-burner for a moment. In order to do this, teachers must move past the survival and task stages of teaching and be teachers of impact.
Persistence
At some point, all students will struggle. Therefore, teachers must be prepared with multiple strategies in case a student does not get it at first. A teacher must not give up until all students understand, no matter how hard it is. These instances display a large amount of teacher efficacy.
Implementing in the Classroom/Artifacts Demonstrating Competency
- Teacher designs lessons using universal design
- Teacher tells students that they will not move on until all students understand
- When a student is struggling, teacher tries multiple approaches until the student understands
- If there is a big game that is important to the students, the teacher uses that event in lessons
- Teacher pauses the lesson to capitalize on a teachable moment
- Teacher tells students that if necessary, they will come back to this lesson tomorrow
- In the middle of an activity that is not working, teacher tells the students that it is not going as planned, and gives instructions on what to do instead
- Teacher uses what is important to the students when teaching them
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