Standard 7: Uses active student learning strategies

STANDARD STATEMENT VII: The effective teacher consistently uses a variety of active learning strategies to develop students’ thinking, problem-solving and learning skills.

Performance Criteria for Standard VII: The extent to which the teacher:

• Involves students in setting goals and standards, selecting tasks, planning, implementing and evaluating to produce quality performance and quality products.
  
  
• Helps students to question, problem-solve, access resources, use information to reach meaningful conclusions and develop responsibility for their own learning.
  
  
• Provides challenging learning experiences which develop higher order thinking skills.
  
  
• Varies instructional roles (e.g., instructor, facilitator, coach, co-learner, audience) in relation to the content and purpose of instruction and students’ needs.
  
  
• Engages students in active, hands-on, creative, open-ended, problem-based learning experiences.
  
  
• Provides opportunities for students to apply and practice what is learned.
  
  
• Uses the school's current technologies as tools for teaching and learning.