Component 5. Instructional Decision Making
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.
Answer the following questions:
- Give at least two examples of times during the teaching of your unit that your assessment of student learning or the response of one or more students caused you to change your approach or to do something different than you planned.
- Describe the result of your selected modification; (i.e. Explain how your instructional modification impacted student learning.)
Administer your post-assessment at the end of the unit.