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