Teacher

Templates

Student Inventory: Establishing a positive relationship with students is crucial to effective classroom management. A sense of community can be cultivated by fostering genuine connections in educational settings, boosting productivity, rapport, and overall learning outcomes. Ultimately, students tend to be more receptive to instruction from educators they connect with.

Communication and Attendance Quick Log: The educator template offered here is designed to cater to busy classrooms. Our "Communication and Attendance Quick Log" provides simple and efficient text attributes that help document attendance, communication, and student productivity easily, quickly, and manageably. This log is designed to be individual-focused, supporting educators using data-driven instruction in their practice.

Formal Lesson Plan: Here at The Good Teacher, we believe that a successful lesson is achieved through building strong relationships with students, keeping them engaged throughout the class, and maintaining consistency. To accomplish this, we recommend following a structured lesson plan that includes a warm-up activity to tap into prior knowledge and capture students' interest, a mini-lesson to prepare them and spark their curiosity, activities that allow them to put their learning into practice, an exit assessment to evaluate their progress, and closure that ties everything together.

Communication Logs:

Curriculum Mapping: Our Curriculum Map Template is designed to meet the needs of educators. Unlike other curriculum maps, ours aims to provide clear organization, key vocabulary, and content for easy implementation. Although dense curriculum maps contain a wealth of applicable information, our curriculum map templates aim to be a tangible resource for reusability each year. A GOOD Tip: Annotate and modify the document throughout each year!

Monthly Planning Calendar: Not looking for a bulky plan book? Print one calendar per month as you start lesson planning for the month. The Monthly Planning Calendar is a terrific template for the busy teacher looking to keep her/himself organized. As a GOOD tip, start by jotting down assessments first, followed by quick topics and activities to help students master content.

Course Syllabus and Expectations: A GOOD tip: check with your school for district-wide policies and expectations.

Meet the Teacher Anticipatory Set: Anticipatory sets/guides are terrific strategies that prepare English Language Learners and Students with Special Needs for the content. Students complete a “before set” to answer questions before the reading or activity. This serves to set the tone and provide powerful context. Students innately remember what to look for during the reading or activity following the “before set.” Students then engage in the activity, reading, video clip, etc., and complete the “after set” questions. One should see academic gains in the “after set” since students were prepared and aware of essential items to look out for. The “after set” can be graded, but please do not assign a grade to the “before set” as students have not learned the material yet. A fun way to introduce and practice anticipatory sets is through a “Meet the Teacher” activity. Please use the following link to guide you, create a copy, and make your own presentation. You may poll the students in whole group instruction or use our Anticipatory Set Template (1) or Anticipatory Set Template (2).

Lab Planner: Designed with the science teacher in mind.

Co-Teaching Questionnaire: The purpose of this design is to facilitate a proactive approach to identifying roles for the lead and co-teacher, ensuring that they are both working in alignment with their strengths and preferences.

Flipped Classroom: The Flipped Classroom model assigns students high-quality homework to better prepare them for in-class applications. This comprehensive approach incorporates readings, videos, simulations, research, and recorded lectures to achieve optimal learning outcomes. To fully implement a Flipped Classroom, providing students with learning material that promotes quality learning is crucial. Assigning a video alone won't suffice. Instead, the video should contain quality questions and tasks and be easily accessible for all students. Students can learn the material individually for homework, giving them more time in class for application, experimentation, and projects.

If you are interested in a Flipped Classroom approach, try using our templates below for a good start.