Five Standards for Effective Teaching – How to Succeed with All Learners, Grades K–8

AN IDEAL MODEL FOR DIFFERENTIATING TEACHING FOR INCLUSIVE INSTRUCTION IN ANY CLASSROOM.

Five Standards for Effective Teaching offers teachers of grades K-8 a system to support effective teaching, especially teaching through dialogue. Focusing on five essential pedagogy standards, the book describes teachers' implementations, 'best practice' strategies, and scores of classroom activities. From research conducted by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE), the five standards emphasize fundamentals underlaying effective teaching that lead to learning. They are:

• Teacher and students producing together
• Developing language and literacy
• Connecting learning to students' worlds
• Teaching complex thinking for academic competence
• Teaching every student through Instructional Conversation

PRAISE FOR FIVE STANDARDS FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING

"A must-have book for all bilingual, classroom, and ELL teachers, teacher educators, and professional developers! It is concise, complete, and filled with clearly stated, easily understood, excellent ideas and examples that I wish I had when I began my career as a classroom teacher of ELL and diverse students." --VIRGINIA HAASE, bilingual and classroom ELL teacher, Elementary School District #62, Plainfield School, Des Plaines, Illinois

"Five Standards for Effective Teaching is packed with the essentials of excellent teaching, from how to arrange the physical environment, group students for maximum learning, manage multiple small groups, create a community of learners, lead dialogue that results in new understandings, and more, all in five standards for effective teaching. These research-based standards cross grade level, subject area, and student population and are illustrated with vivid, real-life examples." --ELLEN MCINTYRE, associate professor, Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education, University of Louisville, Kentucky