What is it? Demonstrating flexibility and responsiveness is what makes up the heart of component 3E. Basically this component calls educators to prepare more content than lessons call for in order to make game-time adjustments easy. It urges teachers to use with-it-ness in their classrooms to predict student behavior and to capitalize on every possible learning moment.
Why do we need it? Effective teaching requires the use of this component. It is essential for teachers to be able to change their plans and answer student questions without hesitation. True learning cannot take place if a teacher is too rigid with their lesson. Often times this happens and a teacher will push through to the end of a unit no matter the amount of confused students that are left behind. This is not a good use of valuable learning time. On the other end of the spectrum some teachers can become so focused on the time that they will not allow for student questions as that may "cut into" the teaching time. What is missing in that scenario is the failure to see that answering and clarifying student's questions is helping the learning process not hindering it. Component 3E is immensely important because it serves as a reminder for educators regarding the expectations held upon us.
What are the elements? Component 3E is comprised of three elements. The first element centers on lesson adjustment. It is key that teachers are able to make adjustments to their lessons whether those adjustments are big or small. This element requires educators to reflect on their knowledge base in order to have alternative strategies ready to go for students. The next element focuses on response to students. What this means is that sometimes during a lesson an opportunity will arise where truly impactful teaching can occur and it is a teachers job to take advantage of those moments. The final element in this component targets persistence. Every student at one point of another will experience confusion and difficulty, however it is our job to provide alternative methods for students to learn from. Being a teacher of impact means never giving up on a student and always persisting through the frustration and into the learning.
What does implementation look like? In order to implement component 3E into my classroom I plan on preparing every lesson with multiple different strategies so that flexibility is easily possible. For example, when teaching children how to add I will have several different algorithms in my arsenal ready to teach to students who do not understand the standard way. Another good way to make flexibility natural and easy is to have several different definitions ready for key words. That way, when explaining to students, the teacher can change the words/phrasing of definitions if certain students are not grasping the concept in its original context. I will use formative assessments throughout my lessons in order gauge student knowledge of content and then I will make necessary adjustment to the lessons. For example, I can use tools like Kahoot and Quizizz.
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