instructional strategies
A relationship among a group of students that requires a positive independence, with each student accountable for a specific task. Students work cooperatively with a vested interest in each other's learning.
Peer
Tutoring
A process by which a competent student, with teacher guidance, helps one or more students at the same grade level learn a skill or concept.
Team
Teaching
Two teachers working together in a classroom to present information in a specific subject area. Team teaching can take many different forms, but the main characteristic is two teachers collaboratively presenting information.
Differentiated
Instruction
Creating multiple paths of learning so that students of different abilities and levels experience learning in appropriate and positive ways. Differentiated instruction addresses the individual needs of all students.
Looping
Classroom
Classroom consisting of students who go from one year to the next with the same peers and teacher. Looping is usually a two-year process.
Teaming
Two or more teachers work as a team and
meet regularly to plan and monitor students'
academic progress.
