Title: 5 areas where teachers can support students in learning | SmartBrief
Headings: 5 areas where teachers can support students in learning
5 areas where teachers can support students in learning
Delivering Hybrid Instruction
Differentiated Learning
Assessment and Accountability
Social-emotional Needs
The First 90 Days
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Content: These factors sit on top of the primary task of content delivery and our need to assess what they have or have not learned. Assessment is one of the most important components of education, but not just in the summative or even intermediate sense of the term. Teachers ought to be assessing on a regular basis -- what is commonly called formative assessment -- in order to ensure that the students are grasping the content and are able to demonstrate their mastery in some fashion. Whether they use quick, simple checkings for understanding, such as choral response or head nodding, or something a bit more elaborate (like having students complete a one minute paper or a graphic organizer), teachers need to be collecting regular evidence of student learning before simply moving forward. And if the feedback demonstrates confusion, then a re-teaching (partial or full, to some or all students) is in order. Let’s be honest. For most teachers, assessment is the least enjoyable part of the job (faculty meetings and report cards notwithstanding). We would all rather be teaching, engaging and facilitating learning rather than go through the assessment process, particularly the grading component. But without frequent assessments, we cannot really know if we are achieving our goals and making an impact. This might mean moving forward despite not having all -- or most -- students on board.