Acronyms
The definition of TPE stand what are they.
What is the Teacher Performance Expectations
What is the body of skills, knowledge, and abilities that beginning general educations should have as identified by the CTC.
Describe think/pair/share and its purpose
What is an engagement strategy which 1) provides thinking time to students in order for them to develop on answer 2) has them discuss their answer with a partner 3) has partners share a single answer that comes from the pair discussion.
Before moving forward with the lesson, it provides a CFU; it helps students solidify their thinking; it encourages critical thinking and collaboration; provides an answer for students who may not have one
Define pedagogy
What is the foundation of beliefs which guides how a teacher designs and implements lesson plans and classroom activities.
Measurable Objective
What is the learning goal of a lesson plan that contains the skills and knowledge students are expected to master as well as a "product" which allows the teacher to know that the objective has been achieved?
Induction
What is the program for teachers who are teaching with their preliminary credential must complete in order to earn their clear credential?
The definition of TPA and what it is.
What is Teacher Performance Assessment?
What is the assessment designed and scored by the CTC which assesses the TPEs?
Describe elbow partners and its purpose
What is an engagement strategy where students turn to the student next to them to discuss the question posed by the teacher?
Before moving forward with the lesson, it helps students solidify their thinking; allows students to confirm/disconfirm their thoughts; provides an answer for students who may not have one
Universal Design for Learning
What is the pedagogy which focuses on removing all barriers to learning by incorporating tools, strategies, and activities designed for a particular student that benefits all students?
Components: multiple means of representation, expression, and engagement.
CPK
What is Connecting to Prior Knowledge?
What is the part of the lesson plan where students bring to the front of their minds lessons, experiences, or knowledge related to the content of that lesson?
Student Self Assessment and why it's important
What is the process a student uses to review their own work and determine where they could improve?
What is it encourages critical thinking, metacognition, and helps students become responsible for their own learning?
Definition and role of the CTC
What is the Commission on Teacher Credentialing?
What is determines and guides the parameters and quality of teacher credential programs in California?
Describe carousel and its purpose
What is an engagement strategy where students display thier work on the wall and other students review and comment on the work in some organized and constructive way?
Provides for peer feedback; encourages critical thinking and a deeper understanding of the content of viewers;
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
What is a pedagogy which emphasizes equity and inclusivity by incorporating aspects of the students' cultures, free of teacher bias?
Input & Model
Input: What is the part of the lesson where students are taught the information and/or skill of the lesson? This is up to 15 minutes depending on the grade level.
Model: What is a think-aloud where the teacher demonstrates the thought process students will use to achieve the lesson objective.
Metacognition and why it's important
What is the process/skill of being aware of your own thinking process?
It encourages critical thinking through analysis, encourages students to take responsibility for their own learning, builds internal motivation
Definition and role of the CCSS
What is the Common Core State Standards?
What are the academic standards students are expected to master at each grade level.
Describe equity and its purpose
What is an engagement strategy where the teacher uses sticks with student names to call on students throughout the class?
ensures students have equal opportunity to answer questions; reduces shouting out answers; eliminates the same student frequently answering the question; increases engagement
Asset-Driven Instruction
What is a pedagogy which emphasizes seeing students from their assets rather than from their deficits? It creates inclusivity by integrating students' interests and assets into lesson plans and classroom activities.
Structured Practice
What is the part of the lesson plan where students are applying the skills/knowledge from the input section with significant support and guidance from the teacher?
Invisible Culture
What are the aspects of a culture which are not always visible and apparent and which need true familiarity of the culture to know?
For example views on raising children, authority, education; socializing styles, norms, assumptions, body language
Definition and role of the NGSS
What are the Next Generation Science Standards?
What are the science standards students are expected to master at each grade level?
Describe personal whiteboards and its purpose
What are easily erasable writing surfaces for each student?
Provides for quick CFUs, multiple means of expression, accessibility for different learning styles, easy collaboration, physical activity for students,
Identify and describe your Personal Pedagogy
answer varies
Guided Practice
What is the part of the lesson plan where students are continuing to applying the skills/knowledge from the input section with limited support and guidance from the teacher?
Formative Assessment vs Summative Assessment
What is the difference between a simple assessment during a unit of learning which provides a snapshot of student learning and helps determine how instruction should move forward (Formative) and an assessment at the end of a unit of learning which measures how much of the total information the student has learned and can apply (Summative)?