Educational Acronyms
TPA & TPE
What are the Teacher Performance Assessments and the Teacher Performance Expectations?
A strategy where students demonstrate their understanding on a flipchart and share that understanding with other students by posting the flipcharts for students to view as they circle the room
What is a Carousel Walk?
A type of instruction that includes a gradual release of responsibility
What is Direct Input/Direct Instruction?
A strategy where the teacher provides part of the answer which is not critical to understanding the concept in order to help the student simply begin a task.
What are sentence starters?
Providing learning support which is tailored to the needs of the student with the intention of helping that student achieve his/her learning goals
What is Scaffolding?
The standards set by the CTC that all beginning teachers should be able to demonstrate
What are the Teacher Performance Expectations?
CPK
What is Connecting to Prior Knowledge?
A strategy where students demonstrate their understanding of a concept by using a graphic organizer which allows them to define and draw the concept as well as provide both an example and non-example
What is the Frayer Model?
A type of instruction that incorporates the experiences of different groups into the curriculum in order to increase student engagement and support student's self image
What is Culturally Relevant Pedagogy/Culturally Responsive Teaching?
A tool which allows teachers to assess whole class understanding by having students easily write or draw a short answer, display the answer, and then clean the board
What is a Whiteboard?
The pedagogy that developed from the Americans with Disabilities Act that became a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn
What is Universal Design for Learning?
The practice of being aware of your thinking, the words you choose, and the actions you take
What is Metacognition?
CCSS
What are the Common Core State Standards?
A strategy where students demonstrate their summarizing skills as well as their comprehension of the content by explaining the content in a very short period of time (2-3 minutes)
What is an Elevator Speech?
A type of instruction that encourages students to accept and appreciate who they are as individuals as well as challenge social norms and think critically about the curriculum.
What is Social Justice Pedagogy?
A strategy which increases students understanding of what is expected of them by analyzing an example
What is an Exemplar Review?
Lesson planning and engagement strategy that integrates the strengths and likes of students in classroom.
What is Assest-Driven lesson planning?
The unconscious preference for or favoring of others who are similar to yourself in look, speech, dress, or other characteristic
What is Affinity Bias?
CFU
What is Checking for Understanding?
A strategy which shows a students understanding of the connections and relationships between several sources
What is a Synthesis?
A type of instruction where students are given materials with which to interact and with limited instructions are asked to complete a task
What is Constructivism?
A strategy with multiple purposes and variations which has students showing their understanding of by telling another student
What is Think/Pair/Share?
The ability to understand, communicate with and effectively interact with people across cultures
What is Cultural Comptence?
The tendency to search for, interpret, and favor things in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses
What is Confirmation Bias?
CSTP
What are the California Standards for the Teaching Profession?
A strategy where students demonstrate their knowledge without the use of words.
What is Non-linguistic Representation?
A type of instruction where students receive instruction based on their individualized needs.
What is Differentiated Instruction?
A cyclical strategy where students create an understanding of a concept or idea in small groups before participating in a whole class discussion and then repeat the cycle of small group to whole class discussion to expand or deepen understanding.
What is Scaffolded Discussion?
UDL's three principles
What is
multiple means of representation,
multiple means of action or expression,
multiple means of engagement?
The practice of providing individualized resources and experiences to different members of a group with the intent of allowing each to reach the same goal.
What is Equity?