The competent classroom
Subtitle: aligning high school curriculum, standards, and assessment- a creative teaching guide
By: Allison Zmuda and Mary Tomaino ; foreword by Patricia Wasley
Contributors: Tomaino, Mary
Series: The series on school reform; The series on school reform
Publisher: NEA; Teachers College Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9780807740224; 9780810620841
Subjects: Classroom management; Enseignement secondaire; Evaluation; Unterricht; Schulleistung; Standards; Programmes d'études; Classes (Éducation); Curricula; Normes; Secondary Education; High school; High school teaching; Conduite
Description: Describes the cross-disciplinary journey of two high school teachers trying to align curriculum, assessment, and performance standards in their classrooms. With a focus on the importance of constantly inspiring students, the authors troubleshoot issues surrounding content standards, instructional objectives, and the aims of curriculum.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 113) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Patricia Wasley; title: Introduction: Chronicling the Journey; title: 1. What Does a Competent Classroom Look Like?; title: 2. What Drives a Course?; title: 3. Are Specific Curricular Goals Aligned with Essential Questions?; title: 4. Have Students Been Given the Opportunity to Succeed?; title: 5. Why Performance Standards?; title: 6. How Are Performance Standards Used to Calculate Grades?; title: 7. How Do You Keep a Good Thing Going?; title: 8. How Can the Competent Classroom Work Better?