Effective teachers increase students' time on task by good classroom management techniques. Effective teachers diagnose learning problems, evaluate pupil progress and give feedback to pupils frequently. Effective teachers utilize teaching strategies that are responsive to the learning needs of the particular groups of children. Effective teachers plan for instruction to include both the content of the subject matter areas and the strategies which develop independent learners. Effective teachers understand and implement inquiry techniques when teaching content area subject matter.
Effective teachers have high expectations for all students.
Effective teachers demonstrate or model the skill so that students can see as well as hear about what they are doing. Fundamental to the role of the teacher is the capacity to identify and select the most important ideas and skills in a particular field. A variety of assessments, projects and activities are used to compute the grade of each student. Hand-outs and supplemental readings will be provided as needed. Students are encouraged to outline their chapters to enhance their development of analysis skills.