Excellence in Professional Practice: What works and what doesn't...

Hattie's work identified five major dimensions of excellent teachers. Expert teachers

• can identify essential representations of their subject,
• can guide learning through classroom interactions,
• can monitor learning and provide feedback,
• can attend to affective attributes, and
• can influence student outcomes

It would be interesting to use these five dimensions within a learning lab setting where visiting instructors would observe your instruction and look for these specific dimensions.  It would also be interesting to observe other teachers and look for evidence of these dimensions within their teaching.  Either way, we would be learning and would be more aware of our teaching and the aspects of excellent teaching. 

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Within the IES What Works Clearinghouse, I was interested in the research behind children with disabilities and their language competencies.  The intervention that I read about was Phonological Awareness Training.  The research is showing a larger improvement index than other methods.  I appreciated the Find What Works link, what a quick and efficient way to locate strategies, that are researched based, to immediately implement within an IEP, within a classroom, or to suggest to parents.  I will use this tool again!