Begins class promptly and in a well-organized way.Provides the significance/importance of information to be learned. Provides clear explanations. Holds attention and respect of students….practices effective classroom management.
Provides clearspecific expectations for assignments.
Provides frequent and immediate feedback to students on their performance.
Praises student answers and uses probing questions to clarify/elaborate answers.
Provides many concretereal-lifepractical examples.
Draws inferences from examples/models….and uses analogies.
Creates a class environment which is comfortable for students….allows students to speak freely.
Teaches at an appropriately fast pacestopping to check student understanding and engagement.
Communicates at the level of all students in class.