Instructuonal+Focus

=Instructional Focus =

2007 WASC Visiting Team Recommendations Critical Areas for Follow-up

 * Teachers should employ instructional strategies that increase student participation.
 * Teachers should consistently use instructional strategies that lead to increased student performance.
 * Both faculty and administration need to address the disconnection between learned teaching strategies and their implementation in the classroom.
 * Teachers should articulate daily learning outcomes to students either verbally or by posting them visibly in the classroom.
 * Teachers should facilitate students working together in pairs, 3s, and 4s. Find strategies at the Collaborative Learning web page.
 * Teachers should to check for understanding to ensure all students are learning.
 * Teachers should use multiple methods of assessment to check for and ensure student learning (This includes both formative and summative assessments).

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