Is your judgment based on thorough understanding of the student's learning?

Assessment The Encarta dictionary (North American English) defines assessment as: 'a judgment about something based on an understanding of the situation' Have the ongoing exams and your continuous assessment scores, really given you an understanding, of the situation in your class, enough for you to make the judgment you are giving, in the children's report? 😎

How effectively do you use your voice to move learning forward?

Classroom Management

''A teacher's voice is crucial. It's like a musical instrument and if you play it well, then your pupils will be an appreciative and responsive audience''

Susan Capel

On the other hand, when children are exposed to sarcasm, it robs them of their self esteem and they tend to react by exhibiting off task behavior.

Are you one of the
'shouting teachers'? 😎

Teach each child Emotional Intelligence and you eventually, powerfully, influence a Nation...

Emotional Intelligence

The higher the emotional intelligence of our learners, the lesser the disruptions during classes. and

The rippling effect would be lesser misunderstandings prevailing in the School

....extrapolate and you'll find a caring government in place and a people that are patriotic of their country.

See why we need to teach Emotional Intelligence to our students? 😎

What exactly do you do with the results of your assessments?

Assessment

Assessments are meant to be monitoring understanding and diagnosing factors that may be blocking learning.

Each time I teach I'm monitoring if my students understand. If they don't, I find out what may be blocking learning and look for a way to make the lesson accessible to them.

Do you make an effort to use the results of your assessments to redesign the lesson so that those that don't understand do?

Every child has a right to understand your lesson. 😎

Does your classroom setting ignite learning?

Classroom Management

'The classroom is more than a room with chairs, desks and a teaching board of some kind...it should promote and support pupil learning'

Susan Heightman

Setting up the classroom before students arrive is a great tool towards achieving classroom management and a successful learning environment.

How often do you take time to set up your classroom before the students come in? 😎

You cannot give what you do not have!

Emotional

Intelligence

We have a duty as teachers to empower our children with Emotional Intelligence.

You however cannot give what you don't have.

How good are you at correctly identifying your own emotions as well as the emotions of others? 😎

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Do you really use assessments to analyze your student's learning?

Assessment

'Assessment is the process by which teachers analyze student's learning'

Have you ensured that your own assessments can enable you to empirically analyze the learning of EACH of your students? 😎