NWMS MISSION STATEMENT: These things we do, so ALL may LEAD.
| IN OUR CLASSROOMSYOU WILL ALWAYS SEE: |
IN OUR CLASSROOMSYOU MIGHT SEE: |
IN OUR CLASSROOMSYOU WILL NEVER SEE: |
- A safe environment
- Student leadership & commitment to the 7 Habits
- Grace being mutually extended by teachers and students
- Begin with the end in mind statements
- High student engagement
- Inclusiveness
- Teachers working to meet student needs
- Process praise & feedback
- Structure with variety to meet personalized learning needs
- Research-based strategies
- Collaborative/cooperative learning
- Positive growth mindsets
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- Student-led instruction
- Small group or one-on-one instruction
- Student choices
- Teachers modeling whole group instruction
- Teachers activating learning through differentiated direct instruction
- Teachers coaching through redirection
- Students and teachers “failing forward” or “productively struggling”
- Technology integrated into lessons
- Station learning
- Co-teaching
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- Busy work
- Unprepared/disengaged students
- Forgotten students
- Unsafe conditions or unethical behaviors
- Teachers treating students without dignity and respect
- Monotonous teaching (teachers will never only use 1 instructional strategy per class period)
- Fixed mindset teachers
- Teachers failing to transform student learning opportunities
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