Teaching Effectively cheat sheet

Make routine procedures, work requirements, and assignments clear

Make academic work and student behaviors expectations clear
Establish clear participation structures
Establish, explain, and post rules
Consistently enforce the rules with quick, firm, consistent, and clear responses to
infractions
Be enthusiastic and smiley
Be fair and honest with students
Respect students needs and rights
Care for the students
Avoid disruptions
Keep students actively engaged with challenging learning activities
Use technology
Provide frequent academic feedback
Encourage collaboration, cooperation, responsibility, self-control, and
participation
Facilitate good communication, guide conversations, and ask questions
Involve students
Monitor work in progress
Provide explanations and examples
Have students practice as much as possible
Make classes interesting
Develop students critical thinking skills
Be flexible
Adapt teaching methods to students with disabilities
Make sure to prevent racial, ethnic, sexual stereotypes or prejudices
Establish and maintain a good teacher-student relationship