Text Box: Education in the State of California is going through a transition. All students, including continuation students, are being required to learn an ever increasing amount of information. Like it or not, continuation schools are being held to these increasing standards. Our students must pass the CAHSEE, our schools are held to API and AYP, and our students are judged based on their CAT-6 scores. Beyond academic testing requirements, the standards for entry level employment are increasing. In such a climate, we must prepare our students for ever increasing demands of State testing and of workplace entrance requirements. In order to align our curriculum with State Standards and prepare our students for testing and the increasing demands in the workplace, we must improve the quality of classroom instruction. The key to improving instruction lies in offering students a variety of instructional strategies and many different ways to receive and internalize information. The following is a list of ways offered by continuation teachers to provide a varied instructional system in the classroom. Individualized instruction Small Group Instruction Whole group instruction, followed by individualized assistance Graphic Organizers-Teaches organization - Double Bubble - Venn-Diagrams - Double Flow Map - Mnemonics - Tree Maps Text Box: Variety Is The Key To Improving Instruction & Learning Text Box: Page # Text Box: Volume 18, Issue 2

Strategies That Work

̃ Use computer for research,

       PowerPoint, Word Processing

̃ Group projects

̃ Teach note-taking strategies

̃ Set standards for binder

       organization; Check for compliance

̃ Group discussions to encourage communication & thinking skills

̃ Portfolios

̃ Oral presentations to other students, teachers, community members

̃ Power Point presentations-Done by teacher and by students

̃ Use of different colors in note-taking,  presentations

̃ Direct teaching of Vocabulary

̃ Learning vocabulary that is useful and related to subject matter

̃ Reciprocal Teaching-Especially good for reading remediation

̃ Have students research & discuss current events

̃ Summarizing ideas orally

       and in writing

̃ Writing down the steps used in

       solving a math problem

̃ Don’t feel compelled to cover the entire textbook

̃ Differentiate instruction for             students of different skill levels

̃ Authentic assessment

̃ Student led parent conferences

̃ Be flexible in your demands

       and expectations

̃ Involve students in setting goals, writing tests, and other issues related to the classroom instruction

̃ Teacher should move around,

       keeping in contact with students

̃ Set high standards for achievement.  Students will rise to meet them

̃ Offer challenging, advanced classes

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