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North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards
Standard 1: Teachers demonstrate leadership.
1.01. Teachers lead in their classrooms.
Teachers demonstrate leadership by taking responsibility for the progress of all students to ensure that they graduate from high school, are globally competitive for work and postsecondary education, and are prepared for life in the 21st Century. Teachers communicate this vision to their students. Using a variety of data sources, they organize, plan, and set goals that meet the needs of the individual student and the class. Teachers use various types of assessment data during the school year to evaluate student progress and to make adjustments to the teaching and learning process. They establish a safe, orderly environment, and create a culture that empowers students to collaborate and become lifelong learners.
- Take responsibility for all students' learning
- Communicate vision to students
- Use data to organize, plan, and set goals
- Use a variety of assessment data throughout the year to evaluate progress
- Establish a safe and orderly environment
- Empower students
Resources for professional development
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Best practices & instructional models
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- Using student responders responsibly
- This article explores the use of responders, devices that collect and aggregate data to measure audience input. The author addresses the benefits of using responders in the classroom and offers several tips for implementing them effectively.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Bill Ferriter.
- The thirty-second system for managing tardies and misdirected attention
- In The First Year, page 3.3
- A countdown can give your students a chance to settle in and get ready to learn or to refocus their attention when it has wandered.
- Format: article
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.Commentary and sidebar notes by Lindy Norman.
- Sharing time in a blended learning space
- This article offers a definition for blended learning and suggests strategies for effectively implementing this instructional approach.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Kevin Hodgson.
- A room for students
- A learning environment where students feel that they belong is the key to success for this eighth-grade language arts teacher. A classroom profile.
- Format: article
- By Kathleen Casson.Commentary and sidebar notes by Lindy Norman.
- One room, many uses
- Patty Berge converts her eighth-grade science classroom to suit multiple instructional methods. A classroom profile.
- Format: article
- By Kathleen Casson.Commentary and sidebar notes by Lindy Norman.
- Managing and improving behavior in inclusive educational environments
- In Reaching every learner: Differentiating instruction in theory and practice, page 4
- This article presents research-based best practices in classroom behavior management. Topics addressed include the physical arrangement of the classroom, establishing effective classroom rules, creating a positive classroom environment, and using reinforcement to improve students' behavior.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Edward J. Sabornie, Ph.D..
- Managing a classroom with brain food
- Tina Maples' eighth-grade language arts students are serious about their work they do. When students work on projects they care about — what Maples calls "brain food" — they manage the classroom themselves.
- By Kathleen Casson.
- An introduction to teacher research
- Every day, teachers develop lesson plans, evaluate student work, and share outcomes with students, parents, and administrators. Teacher research is simply a more intentional and systematic version of what good teachers already do. This article explains the basic process of teacher research, including formulation of a research question, data collection and analysis, and writing up your findings.
- Format: article
- By Amy Anderson.
- Don't put it down, put it up!
- In a fifth grade classroom based around projects, everything has its place. This classroom profile shows you the design and purpose of Debra Harwell-Braun's fifth-grade classroom.
- Format: article
- By Kathleen Casson.Commentary and sidebar notes by Lindy Norman.
- Designing your gym class
- From classroom organization to warm-up procedures, one physical education teacher provides a blueprint for a structured physical education program.
- By Bozena Mielczak and Kim Campbell.
- Classroom routines and procedures
- Establishing clear classroom routines and procedures is necessary for ensuring that your classroom runs smoothly.
- By Denise Young.
- Classroom environment: the basics
- Your classroom is "home away from home" for you and your students. Make it attractive, comfortable, and functional.
- By Denise Young.
- Choosing books that are just right
- This teacher research study examines how students select books for independent reading and how teachers can help them make choices more appropriate to their reading levels.
- Format: article
- By Melinda Parks.
- Challenge-based learning: José Garcia's innovative approach to student inquiry
- This article discusses the instructional strategies of Greene County Middle School science teacher José Garcia. Mr. Garcia employs challenge-based learning, which marries project-based learning with student inquiry and makes effective use of technology. José Garcia received an Apple Distinguished Educator award in 2009 and was Teacher of the Year in his school and county in 2008-2009.
- Format: article
- By Dan Lewandowski.
- Benchmark assessments
- This reference article discusses the concept of benchmark assessments, including arguments for and against standardized benchmark testing and best practices in creating teacher-developed benchmark assessments.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Arranging for independence
- Erin Espinoza's kindergarten classroom encourages children to learn on their own. A classroom profile.
- Format: article
- By Sydney Brown.Commentary and sidebar notes by Lindy Norman.
