Williams Teacher Education Program 

"Preparing Professional Educators to be Effective Communicators Who Integrate and Care."

DIRECTED STUDENT TEACHING

HANDBOOK

Domain A - Organizing Content Knowledge for Student Learning

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A1: Becoming familiar with relevant aspects of students’ background knowledge and experiences

A2: Articulating clear learning goals for the lesson that are appropriate for the students 

A3: Demonstrating an understanding of the connections between the content that was learned previously, the current content, and the content that remains to be learned in the future

A4: Creating or selecting teaching methods, learning activities, and instructional materials or other resources that are appropriate for the students and that are aligned with the goals of the lesson

A5: Creating or selecting evaluation strategies that are appropriate for the students and that are aligned with the goals of the lesson

Domain B - Creating an Environment for Student Learning    

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B1: Creating a climate that promotes fairness

B2: Establishing and maintaining rapport with students 

B3: Communicating challenging learning expectations to each student

B4: Establishing and maintaining consistent standards of classroom behavior

B5: Making the physical environment as safe and conducive to learning as possible

Domain C - Teaching for Student Learning

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C1: Making learning goals and instructional procedures clear to students

C2: Making content comprehensible to students 

C3: Encouraging students to extend their thinking

C4: Monitoring students’ understanding of content through a variety of means, providing feedback to students to assist learning, and adjusting learning activities as the situation demands

C5: Using instructional time effectively

Domain D - Teacher Professionalism

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D1: Reflecting on the extent to which the learning goals were met

D2: Demonstrating a sense of efficacy 

D3: Building professional relationships with colleagues to share teaching insights and to coordinate learning activities for students

D4: Communicating with parents or guardians about student learning