Standard VII: Uses Active Student Learning Strategies

STANDARD STATEMENT VII: The effective teacher consistently uses a variety of active learning strategies to develop students’ thinking, problem-solving and learning skills.

Performance Criteria for Standard VII: The extent to which the teacher:

1. Involves students in setting goals and standards, selecting tasks, planning, implementing and evaluating to produce quality performance and quality products.


2. Helps students to question, problem-solve, access resources, use information to reach meaningful conclusions and develop responsibility for their own learning.


3. Provides challenging learning experiences which develop higher order thinking skills.


4. Varies instructional roles (e.g., instructor, facilitator, coach, co-learner, audience) in relation to the content and purpose of instruction and students’ needs.


5. Engages students in active, hands-on, creative, open-ended, problem-based learning experiences.


6. Provides opportunities for students to apply and practice what is learned.


7. Uses the school's current technologies as tools for teaching and learning.