Stronge Standard 5: Classroom Environment

Learning Enviornment

Our focus for the upcoming Professional Learning is on Teacher Standard 5: Learning Environment. Tomorrow's work will also include Specialist Standard 2, but I think Learning Environment is important for everyone to think about and plan for. I've included information below to help build your background knowledge, and to get your thinking ready for Monday's learning!

8:00-11:00

light snacks, professional learning

11:15-11:45

optional review of My Learning Plan artifacts/reflection

11:45-end of day

lunch, SLO reflection, instructional planning, team collaboration

4:00-???

Houlton Hootenany - @ Mama Maria's

Standard 5 ~ Learning Environment

The teacher uses resources, routines, and procedures to provide a respectful, safe, positive, student-centered environment that is conducive to student engagement and learning.

Criteria	Distinguished	Effective	Developing/Needs Improvement	Unacceptable
	In addition to meeting the effective standard, the teacher creates a dynamic environment where learning is maximized, disruptions are minimized, and students are regularly self-directed in their learning.	The teacher uses resources, routines, and procedures to provide a respectful, safe, positive, student-centered environment that is conducive to student engagement and learning.	The teacher is inconsistent in providing a well-managed, safe, student-centered, academic environment that is conducive to learning.	The teacher inadequately addresses student behavior, displays a detrimental attitude with students, ignores safety standards, or does not otherwise provide an environment conducive to learning.

Sample Performance Indicators  (examples may include, but are not limited to):

The teacher...

5.1 Arranges the classroom to maximize learning while providing a safe environment.

5.2 Establishes clear expectations, with student input, for classroom rules and procedures early in the school year, and enforces them consistently and fairly.

5.3 Maximizes instructional time and minimizes disruptions.

5.4 Establishes a climate of trust and teamwork by being fair, caring, respectful, and enthusiastic.

5.5 Promotes cultural sensitivity.

5.6 Respects students’ diversity, including language, culture, race, gender, and special needs.

5.7 Actively listens and pays attention to students’ needs and responses.

5.8 Maximizes instructional learning time by working with students individually as well as in small groups or whole groups.

Reflection:

• How do I design classroom layout to foster collaboration, mutual respect, communication, engagement?

• How do I foster intellectual risk-taking of students?
• How do I design student participation as an active role in intellectual work?
• How do I value opinions, beliefs, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds of individual students and groups of students and perspective differences?

Videos for examples of Learning Environment

Culture and Climate

Classroom Culture Video Elementary 2 minutes

Jim Knight Coaching 3rd Grade Classroom- Caring and Control Create a Safe, Positive Classroom 14 minutes

Engagement Strategies

Teach from the Walls Engagement 2 minutes

Encouraging Student Debate 3 minutes

The Stand Up Game 2 minutes

Conver stations 3 minutes