Cant erbury Teachers Tracery

Teachers at Canterbury School live out the purpose, mission, and philosophy of the school in both word and deed. In
addition, they embrace the schools motto: To Learn, to Love, to Serve: to Live. While we will always fall short of these
noble aspirations, we can move towards them by striving to exhibit certain characteristics.

Teachers at Cant erbury School pract i ce good pedagogy by:

1. using content knowledge and research, discipline-specific standards, and DRSLs to define curricular goals,
scope, and sequence.
A. demonstrating knowledge of content and pedagogy
B. setting instructional outcomes
C. demonstrating knowledge of content and pedagogy
D. setting instructional outcomes
2. identifying student needs (academic, physical, social, and emotional) and utilizing appropriately differentiated
intervention strategies to meet them.
A. demonstrating knowledge of students
B. organizing the physical space
3. designing engaging instruction at developmentally appropriate levels, incorporating 21
st
century skills
(creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking), and utilizing variously appropriate 21
st

century tools.
A. demonstrating knowledge of resources
B. designing coherent instruction
4. delivering engaging instruction at developmentally appropriate levels, incorporating 21
st
century skills
(creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking), and utilizing variously appropriate 21
st

century tools.
A. communicating with students
B. using questioning and discussion techniques
C. engaging students in learning
5. creating, utilizing, and documenting formative assessments (formal and informal) to inform instructional
processes and summative assessments (formal and informal) to describe student learning.
A. designing student assessments
B. using assessments in instruction
C. demonstrating flexibility and responsiveness
6. maintaining documentation of student progress and communicating with students, parents, and colleagues
consistently and effectively.
A. student completion of assignments
B. communicating with families
C. showing professionalism
7. setting high expectations for themselves and their students and clearly communicating and consistently
maintaining those expectations.
A. creating an environment of respect and rapport
B. establishing a culture for learning
C. managing classroom procedures
D. managing student behavior
8. engaging in professional reflection and collaborating with colleagues as a member of local and global
professional learning communities.
A. reflecting about teaching
B. participating in the professional community
C. growing and developing professionally