Component 4. Design for Instruction
Standard #7: Planning for Instruction. The teacher plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals by drawing upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross-disciplinary skills, and pedagogy, as well as knowledge of learners and the community context.
Standard #8: Instructional Strategies. The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop deep understanding of content areas and their connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways.
- Pre-Assessment Analysis - Provide a graphic representation of your pre-assessment data showing each student’s score by objective number and for each sub-group by objective number. Copy & paste all graphs into the Template for Component #4. Then answer the following questions.
- What did you learn about the subgroups of students? Cite specific evidence from the assessment data that led you to these conclusions about the class and about the subgroups of students.
- How did your analysis of the pre-assessment data influence how you designed the learning activities for your class as a whole?
- Explain how you plan to adapt instruction for the needs of students with exceptionalities, bilingual, and English Language Learners.