Teaching Matrix:

What I believe is important as a teacher

Community:
Role of the Teacher:
Interdisciplinary:
- All students need to feel
-Guide students to new
-Skills that can be taught in
like they have a voice in my understandings through
one class can be reviewed
classroom
inquiry
in others to keep material
-I need to create a safe
-Make sure that peer
fresh
space where everyone feels relationships and
-Applying knowledge to
their ideas and experiences interactions are positive
more than one area can
are valued
-Keep the parents involved increase understanding
- All religions and cultures
in their students classroom
-It makes it
need to be accounted for,
behavior and work
multidisciplinary when you
becoming aware of students -Give all students the same can apply a math topic to
backgrounds is vital so I
respect
arts (visual), or music
know what topics may be
-Model the behaviors and
(auditory) etc
more sensitive than others
work ethic I expect of my
class
Classroom Management:
Assessment:
Professional Development:
- Desk set- up must
-Should cover the material
-Teachers must be reflective
accommodate needs of
we have previously learned of their work in order to
students; closer for visually -Should not always be
improve upon lessons,
impaired, groups based on
graded, learning is about
student interactions and
skill level
acquiring knowledge not
assessment.
-Be able to express purpose teaching to a test
-I need to be able to connect
and classroom expectations -Should not always be pen
with my fellow teachers in
in a clear and meaningful
and paper, other ways to
order to create a team
way
assess information than by
within the grade level, in
-Make classroom rules and testing. Assessment should this way there is a feeling of
consequences as a class so
be meaningful and
support among employees
they gain a sense of agency authentic, have them do the -Flexibility is super
and responsibility
skill instead of just rote
importance to embrace,
-Know the limits of my
restatement of how a task
when something does not
class, can they handle
would be done.
go as planned I need to be
partners? groups? only
able to reassess and come
individual work?
up with a new plan on the
spot
Differentiation:
Curriculum Content:
Family Involvement:
-People come at all skill
-Plan in advance in order to -Staying connected is vital
levels and with different
organize material in a way
-Parents and teachers must
needs so I need to be able to that encourages building of be a team, if parents feel
create lessons with
connections and review
threatened or as if you are
scaffolded graphic
-While some districts rely
not supportive of their child
organizers and ones that
heavily on rote material I
it will only make my job
require less aid and more
must be able to incorporate more challenging
practice for higher learners
technology, and other
-Encourage them to email
-I will also have ESL
resources in order to
me with questions, keep an

students so I need to be able

to provide materials with
mixed language, some with
more ESL elements
depending on the student
level of English
comprehension.

promote deeper learning

-Know more than one way
of doing a task, like math,
some methods may click
better than others with
different students

open flow of
communication, they want
to be involved in their
childs life
-This positive relationship
makes it easier if a student
has problems down the road