“Educators implement effective planning, instruction, assessment and reporting practices to create respectful, inclusive environments for student learning and development.”
This is the work a teacher puts day in and day out. The ability to create a lesson that is not only engaging for the students, educational, relevant to the subject, and follows the BC curriculum.
This might sound like a lot, and it is! There also has to be a balance of where the students are academically and cognitively. We have to understand what it is that is important and have some highs and some lows. We also have to understand that not all lessons are going to work, and we put HOURS into them. But there are also some that we come up with on the flash and they are extremely successful for their understanding and academic growth. There is also the work that we do to include all kids with different abilities and needs for education. We try to create a lesson that will include as many of the students in the classroom, but all classrooms need differentiated teaching. This can be a challenge for us when imparting the lesson we worked so hard to prepare.
All of this work in this standard is done outside of the classroom. This might mean hours before or after school, during our prep (when we have one), and sometimes even our lunch hours. The time we spend developing the lessons is all outside of instruction. The time with the students in the classroom is for instruction only. This is because we want to give the students time to absorb what we are presenting and be able to help them grow while we have them with us.
I hope this is a sliver of what happens outside of the classroom and the amount of preparation that it takes to create a day with the students. 🙂