UbD and DI Chapter 4

It is important that we as teachers recognize that learning has more to do with the ability to organize and use skills than the retention of data. It is important that I recognize that I am directly responsible for the success or failure of a learner. Teachers should see themselves as catalysts for powerful and engaged learning. We do this by identifying to ourselves, and our class, clear goals of what students should know. We should strive to know everything about all of our students. It is important for teachers to establish high expectations for how smooth a classroom should run and we should have a large repertoire of instructional methods.