Dimension 2.2 Learning Centers/Stations

"The Teacher:

• Displays extensive content knowledge of all the subjects she or he teaches and closely related subjects.
• Integrates learning objectives with other disciplines, content areas and real-world experience.
• Consistently anticipates possible student misunderstandings and proactively develops teaching techniques to mitigate concerns.
• Consistently provides opportunities for students to use different types of thinking (e.g., analytical, practical, creative and research-based).
• Sequences instruction that allows students to understand how the lesson fits within the structure of the discipline, the state standards, related content and within real-world scenarios."

• Are learning stations and the activities within them consistent with academic standards?
• Are the students allowed a platform where they ask each other questions and rely on the collective expertise in the room to solve problems?
• Does each instructional group contain a mix students who possess diverse strengths that can be harnessed for instructional success?
• Do students proceed through activities in individual stations logically?
• Are stations arranged in a logical sequence?