Four Influencers in Education
Teacher Communities
The School
The External Environment
The Classroom
Parental engagement
Economic conditions
Values supported by the community
Curriculum standards
Achievement expectations
Programmatic requirements
Policy directives
Service agencies that serve children
School leaders: Principals
Helping to create a vision that encourages staff and students to reach goals and practice on-going learning
Providing teachers with resources they need to teach to their full potential
Leadership outside of the role of the principal
Extra curricular activities
Physical school structure
Physical safety
Messages received from those in authority
Participation in professional learning
Working conditions
Work load
Class size
Resources available
High quality instruction and teaching practices
Range of assessments used
Formative
Summative
Creating learning goals/targets
Formative feedback
Creating classroom expectations and following through
Maintaining student engagement through a variety of learning experiences
Creating an inclusive, respectful, diverse environment within the classroom
Diverse perspectives and ideas are welcomed
Supporting well-being and self-worth
Teacher-student connections
Using a variety of teaching methods
Teaching to the different learning styles in the classroom
Providing a variety of opportunities to demonstrate learning and understanding
Students are challenged
Teacher beliefs, values, perspectives
Learn about different teaching strategies
Collaborate on practices and pedagogies