Promoting social interaction Candidates identify strategies, such as cooperative learning to encourage positive social interaction. Candidates plan, teach and reflect on lessons including grouping strategies that promote positive social interaction. Candidates teach a lesson incorporating cooperative learning and through checklists and other tools the students analyze and reflect on their ability to work cooperatively. Promoting active engagement and self-motivation kCandidates observe and identify a variety of grouping activities that actively engage and motivate students in learning. Candidates plan, teach and reflect on lessons that use a variety of grouping activities that actively engage and motivate students in learning.
Candidates video one of their lessons in which they use a grouping strategy.
Candidates assess their students' time on task and use this knowledge to improve subsequent lessons. Two lessons must be documented. The teacher uses knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom. Element Emergent Acceptable Target Using effective verbal and non verbal techniques Candidates observe and identify effective verbal and nonverbal techniques that foster supportive interaction in the classroom. Candidates observe peers teaching lessons that illustrate effective verbal and nonverbal interactions in the classroom.