Standard Two: Creating an environment that engages all students

2.3 Promoting social development and group responsibility

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Description of Practice

Experienced Practice that Exemplifies the Standard

Students work independently and collaboratively and maintain a classroom community in which they respect each other's differences, assume leadership, and are responsible for themselves and their peers.

Maturing Beginning Practice

Students respect each other's differences and work independently and collaboratively, taking responsibility for themselves and their peers.

Developing Beginning Practice

Students respect each other's differences most of the time and work together moderately well. The teacher provides limited opportunities for students to assume responsibility.

Practice Not Consistent With Standard Expectations

Students' social development, selfesteem, and diversity are not supported, and students have no sense of responsibility for each other.

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What the classroom looks like

• Multiple viewpoints
• Rules/procedures
• Community involvement
• Teacher provides opportunities for students to exercise leadership
• Teacher modeling
• School Duties
• Monitors
• Teacher fosters student self-esteem

Teacher's Instructional Methods

• Group projects
• Student Council
• Buddy Systems
• Centers
• Cooperative Groups
• Forums

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As teachers develop, they may ask, "How do I . . ." or "Why do I . . ."

• help all students accept and respect different experiences, ideas, backgrounds, feelings, and points of view?
• group students to promote social development and learning?
• facilitate the development of each student's self esteem?
• create opportunities for all students to communicate and work with one another?
• teach leadership skills and provide opportunities for all students to use them?
• use classroom rules to support all students in assuming responsibility for themselves and one another?
• create opportunities for all students to become self-directed learners?