Classroom Instruction
- Educators will utilize instructional designs that create a school
environment that promotes student achievement and engenders enthusiasm
for life-long learning. Spiritual resources
provide teachers with tools to meet the spiritual needs of
their students.
- In order to effectively deliver instruction in the classroom teachers will:
- be knowledgeable about the theories of learning
styles and will continue to be aware of the needs of learners through current
research and professional growth activities.
- help students identify their dominant learning styles and provide
opportunities to strengthen less-developed learning styles.
- employ a variety of instructional strategies to
meet the learning styles of individual students.
- Teachers will develop a community of learners by effectively balancing
major instructional strategies which include:
- experiential learning
- faith-sharing activites
- service projects
- community-based activities
- field trips
- outdoor education/expeditionary schools
- direct instruction
- interesting and engaging lectures of an age-appropriate length
- individualized instruction
- problem-based learning
- critical thinking instruction
- case studies
- extended projects
- laboratory experiences
- social learning
- cooperative learning methods
- leadership activities
- role playing
- affective education (i.e., social skills training, conflict resolution, anger management, character training)
- partnerships
- remediation and enrichment activities
- on-going assessment of individual needs
- student mentoring/tutoring
- activities and resources for exceptional students
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