TEACHER

EFFECTIVENESS
BY THE BRITISH COUNCIL

TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS IS GENERALLY FOCUSED ON

STUDENT OUTCOMES AND THE TEACHER BEHAVIOURS
AND CLASSROOM PROCESSES THAT PROMOTE BETTER
STUDENT OUTCOMES..

EFFECTIVE TEACHERS:

­make effective use of class time and create a positive

learning environment

ARE ORGANIZED AND

are clear about instructional goals

­communicate to their students what is expected of them, and
why
­address higher- as well as lower-level cognitive objectives

KEEP IN MIND TO

­teach students meta-cognitive strategies and give them

opportunities to master them
­monitor students' understanding by offering regular
appropriate feedback
­are knowledgeable about their students, adapting instruction
to their needs

TIPS FOR EVALUATION

By creating assessment processes that demonstrate student competence and by offering alternative tasks,
methods and tools for assessing the same outcomes, teachers can provide for reliability in their assessment
of student learning.

• the task or product - what you want students to do. For example, tasks,
activities, portfolios, projects, tests, presentations, standardised external
exams. By using a variety of assessment tasks you can provide a range of
evidence of student learning. The more information gathered, the clearer is
the picture of a student’s learning profile. Evidence needs to be gathered and
recorded from a variety of sources.
• the method of evaluating - how you will observe learning through the task.
For example, through observing a presentation, questioning a student,
monitoring students on task, getting students to self-reflect or peer assess.
• the tools that enable you to record and mark evidence of learning. For
example, scoring keys, rubrics, rating scales, checklists and continua provide
different means of making statements about student work in relation to the
learning outcomes.