Competency 5 - Classroom Climate

Front 1

Uses knowledge of the unique characteristics and needs of students at different developmental levels to establish a positive, productive classroom environment (eg: encourages cooperation and sharing among younger students; provides middle-level students with opportunities to collaborate with peers; encourages older students' respect for the community and the people in it.

Back 1

Provide climate of support and inquiry.
Promote active engagement/ lifelong pursuit of learning.
Promote ownership of and membership in functioning school and community.

Front 2

Establishes a classroom climate that emphasizes collaboration and supportive interactions, respect for diversity and individual differences, and active engagement in learning by all students.

Back 2

Collaborative learning:
Clarify procedures and requirements
Set Goals/ purposes
Monitor/intervene when necessary.

Front 3

Analyzes ways in which teacher-student interactions and interactions among students impact classroom climate and student learning and development.

Back 3

Foster interactions with productive group work - use student experts.

Front 4

Presents instruction in ways that communicate the teacher's enthusiasm for learning

Back 4

Allow no single-gender groups.

Front 5

Uses a variety of means to convey high expectations for all students.

Back 5

High Expectations
Provide flexible grouping/ avoid labels
Express confidence in students' abilities
Help reluctant learners set/ achieve goals.

Front 6

Knows characteristics of physical spaces that are safe and productive for learning, recognizes the benefits and limitations of various arrangements of furniture in the classroom, and applies strategies for organizing the physical environment to ensure physical accessibility and facilitate learning in variuos instructional contexts.
Creates a safe, nurturing, and inclusive classroom environment that addresses students' emotional needs and respects students' rights and dignity

Back 6

Promote positive social / emotional atmosphere.
give students multiple chances for success.
Teacher models problem-solving behaviors.
Provide climate of trust and respect/use of student names.