Coaching Objective: Teachers will understand the importance of: o Activating prior knowledge Teachers will know how to introduce lessons in a way that links the information to the students’ backgrounds, and engages and focuses students on the lesson...
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Coaching Objective: Teachers will understand the importance of: o Activating prior knowledge Teachers will know how to introduce lessons in a way that links the information to the students’ backgrounds, and engages and focuses students on the lesson The teachers in Middletown NY are already focusing on the implementation of the lesson planning and delivery framework outlined by Jane Pollock in Improving Student Learning One Teacher at a Time. Coaching sessions are designed to explore and introduce classroom strategies and activities that will make each step more accessible to English language learners. The SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) provided guidance for best practice. Activating Prior Knowledge In order to make the classroom environment best suit learners’ needs, Pollock explains: “The learning environment needs to provide a setting that incorporates stability and familiarity. It should be able to satisfy the mind’s enormous curiosity and hunger for
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