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    This document discusses best practices for teaching in K-12 classrooms. It defines best practices as teaching strategies that develop students' creativity, problem-solving, passion for learning and work ethic through an integrated and balanced curriculum. Best practices motivate students through active learning methods like collaborative projects and technology integration. Exemplary classrooms that use best practices have engaged students focused on authentic tasks, with teachers differentiating instruction to meet individual needs. The document provides examples of core best practices teachers can implement, such as teaching a balanced curriculum across all subjects, integrating curriculum so students make connections, differentiating instruction, and providing active learning opportunities.

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    BEST PRACTICES:

    A Resource for Teachers

    Utilizing best practices in my classroom positively impacts students by


    providing motivation to learn and promoting success in a global world.
    (NC Teacher, 2006)

    Public Schools of North Carolina


    Department of Public Instruction: Elementary Division

    Why Are Best Practices Important?


    Thomas L. Friedman, author of The World Is Flat, refers to a twenty-first century world that
    will be very different from the one in which we were educated. To survive in a new, globally
    competitive world, today's children will need creativity, problem-solving abilities, a passion
    for learning, a dedicated work ethic and lifelong learning opportunities. Students can
    develop these abilities through instruction based on Best Practice teaching strategies.

    What Are Best Practices?


    Best practices are an inherent part of a curriculum that exemplifies the connection and
    relevance identified in educational research. They interject rigor into the curriculum by
    developing thinking and problem-solving skills through integration and active learning.
    Relationships are built through opportunities for communication and teamwork. Best
    practices are applicable to all grade levels and provide the building blocks for instruction.
    Best practices motivate, engage and prompt students to learn and achieve. Students who
    receive a balanced curriculum and possess the knowledge, skills and abilities to transfer
    and connect ideas and concepts across disciplines will be successful as measured by
    standardized tests and other indicators of student success. Four best practices for teachers
    include teaching a balanced curriculum, teaching an integrated curriculum, differentiating
    instruction to meet individual student needs and providing active learning opportunities for
    students to internalize learning.

    What Do Best Practices Look Like?


    Classrooms that exemplify best practices are easy to detect as soon as you enter the room.

    Project materials and books are numerous.


    Students are engaged and focused on their work.
    Teachers often use collaborative and/or authentic tasks that place students at the
    center of the learning process.
    Seating arrangements are clustered, varied and functional with multiinstructional areas.
    Classrooms are activity-based spaces as opposed to places to sit and get
    lectures.
    Teachers are actively engaged with different groups and students are anxious to
    enlist visitors in their various tasks or assignments.
    There is a joyful feeling of purposeful movement, industrious thinking and a vital
    and vibrant atmosphere and environment.

    What Core Best Practices Can Teachers Implement in


    Their Classrooms?
    Balance the Curriculum
    What Is a Balanced Curriculum?
    What a Balanced Curriculum Is

    Includes entire Standard Course of


    Study (SCS)

    Educates the whole child (BEP)

    Includes a challenging and common


    curriculum (CCSSO)

    Based on best knowledge of how


    children develop and learn (NASBE)

    What a Balanced Curriculum Is Not

    Planning and teaching in isolation

    An individual effort

    Teaching to the test

    Teaching ONLY English Language


    Arts and Mathematics

    One size fits all

    Prepares students for success in school


    and in life (NCLB/NCDPI)

    Teaching without assessing student


    needs

    Includes all subjects verses only those


    subjects tested (NCLRC)

    Teaching 15-minute classes to


    hundreds of students

    Promotes brain growth and


    development through an enriched
    environment (Diamond & Hopson)

    Teaching the text

    Provides a curriculum that Is rigorous,


    relevant and promotes relationships
    (NCSBE)

    Teaching the teachers favorite or


    most comfortable topic(s)

    Teaching some disciplines


    sporadically (seasons or holidays)

    Creates active participants rather than


    passive observers (Diamond & Hopson)

    Fake integration

    Allows students to use the whole brain


    (Zull)

    A program

    Only for some children

    Why Teach a Balanced Curriculum?

    Standard Course of Study (As Required by NCGA/SBE)


    Fundamentally complete program of education ( BEP)
    Globalization - 21st Century Skills
    Superior and competitive education Beyond Sound and Basic (Governors Ed.
    First Task Force)
    Life skills (CCSSO)
    Connections (Jensen)
    Brain development (Diamond & Hopson)
    Multiple intelligences (Gardner)
    Meets the needs of all children
    The 3 Rs - rigor, relevance and relationships (NCSBE)

    Implementing a Balanced Curriculum


    Helps Students:
    Find relevance in and connections with what they are learning;
    Develop a love of learning and become lifelong learners;
    Understand themselves and those around them;
    Demonstrate talents they bring with them to school and
    Develop new, necessary skills and abilities to be successful in school and in life.

    Integrate the Curriculum


    What Is an Integrated Curriculum?
    The practice of integrating curriculum involves students in the unit development process. It
    affords them the opportunity to identify topics, develop questions, plan inquiry, divide tasks,
    research information and share the learning process and content. Technology resources are
    also embedded into daily practices of the classroom.

    Why Teach an Integrated Curriculum?

    Allows teachers time to teach their NSSCS objectives.


    Empowers students to take ownership of their learning.
    Supports brain-based research and
    Focuses on both ideas and content.

    Implementing Integration Strategies Helps Students:

    See the connectivity and interaction among disciplines;


    Choose appropriate activities;
    Examine organizational patterns;
    Develop research skills;
    Attack multi-levels of activity and challenge;
    Assume authentic responsibility;
    Engage in active learning;
    Work collaboratively with others and
    Refine their technology skills.

    Differentiate the Curriculum


    What Is a Differentiated Curriculum?
    A differentiated curriculum is one where teachers adapt the curriculum in different ways to
    meet the needs of all their students. The content taught, the process used, the product
    expected, or the physical factors of the environment created may be modified to help
    students achieve success. Task choices and flexible grouping may be used to
    accommodate background knowledge and interests of small groups or individual students.

    Why Differentiate Curriculum in the Classroom?

    Provides access to opportunities for a rigorous curriculum based on the NCSCS.


    Provides opportunities for individual acceleration and remediation.
    Nurtures self-esteem and respect.
    Increases motivation through exploring individual interests and
    Builds relationships with students by knowing their strengths.

    Differentiating Curriculum Helps Students:

    Master core concepts of the curriculum;


    Utilize their strengths, learning styles, and background knowledge;
    Set individual learning goals and
    Develop their personal skills and projects.

    Provide Active Learning Opportunities


    What Is Active Learning?
    Active learning is a process in which the students are engaged in hands-on activities rather
    than passively receiving knowledge. Students interact with others to construct meaning from
    new ideas and concepts based on their background knowledge. Active learning is fastpaced, fun and personally engaging because students have the opportunity to try things out,
    use their senses, ask questions and discuss with others. Assignments are designed to draw
    upon the skills and knowledge that students have or must acquire. Cooperative learning,
    problem solving, and project- based learning are active learning strategies.

    Why Utilize Active Learning in the Classroom?

    Draws upon the pre-existing knowledge that students already have.


    Is essential for idea manipulation.
    Enhances understanding through cooperative learning and
    Augments learning through technology tools.

    Implementing Active Learning Strategies Helps Students:

    Engage in higher-order thinking tasks as analysis, synthesis and evaluation;


    Study ideas, solve problems and apply what they have learned;
    Construct hypotheses and make decisions;
    Provide meaning and organization to experiences;
    Work collaboratively with others;
    Connect real-life work between school and what will take place in the rest of their
    lives and
    Address cultural influences and individual learning styles.

    Resources
    Daniels, H., & Bizar, M. (1998). Methods that Matter: Six Structures for Best Practice
    Classrooms. York, ME: Stenhouse.
    Friedman, T., (2005). The World Is Flat. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
    Jacobs, H. editor, (2004). Getting Results with Curriculum Mapping. Alexandria, VA:
    ASCD.
    Public Schools of North Carolina (2003). The Balanced Curriculum: A Guiding
    Document for Scheduling and Implementation of the NC Standard Course of Study at
    the Elementary Level. http://ncpublicschools.org/curriculum .
    Silberman, M. (1996). Active Learning: 101 Strategies to teach any Subject. Des
    Moines, IA: Prentice-Hall.
    Tomlinson, C. (2003). Differentiation in Practice: A Resource Guide for Differentiating
    Curriculum. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
    Zemelman, S., Daniels, H., & Hyde, A. (1998). Best Practice: New Standards for
    Teaching and Learning in America's Schools 2nd Edition. Portsmouth, NH:
    Heinemann.

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