Goal Directed Teaching and Learning

Catalog description

This course helps you: to establish clear, measurable goals based on high expectations for students, and plan your instructional program around these goals; to invest and engage students and students' families in the goals and in the process for achieving those goals; to employ effective strategies to ensure that your students reach the academic goals; assess your students regularly to check for understanding, and make adjustments when necessary to maximize student learning; to establish a classroom environment that supports and inspires students to achieve their goals; to determine how to operate most effectively as a new member of your school and community; and to measure your success against student goals and work to constantly improve your students' performance. This course is provided as a component of the pre-service TFA Summer Institute.