Assess Leslie s teaching using the effective teaching characteristics outlined in Figure 11 1 Your Answer Leslie started her class lesson in a nice timely fashion which allowed for class discussion at the end of the class To me Leslie could have made her transitions a little more smother but she did a good job When class started Leslie was prepared and ready to teacher her class she had her material planned out and she knew where to start the lesson and where to introduce the helping material Leslie carried on the lesson through out the week and even turned the routine into a test Leslie stayed on the subject and she made sure that every child had a good understanding of the material Teacher planning teaching strategies and assessing learning are the three dimensions for which the most evidence exists Leslie was well planned She had her examples actually an example and a nonexample prepared on transparencies and ready to be displayed And she made arrangements to have a second overhead in her room so she could display the two transparencies at the same time She was well planned Leslie used effective teaching strategies She was well organized her language was clear and she questioned effectively particularly in the area of equitable distribution She used high quality examples and she developed her lesson with high levels of interaction She provided effective feedback during the course of the lesson Leslie s assessment was aligned with her learning objective and her learning activity We don t have direct evidence for her personal characteristics or classroom management However because her instructional strategies were effective the likelihood of her having classroom management problems was significantly reduced
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