CW Magazine-Winter Edition November 2014 | Page 51

Far from Proficient
(Follow-up professional development
and coaching is critical.)

Neither teachers nor students can
explain the learning intention.

Neither teacher nor students
have success criteria prior to
instruction.

The hook is not evident.

Input is evident, but neither
modeling nor checking for
understanding is evident.

Direct Instruction breaks
down teaching into a series of
steps. The research
demonstrates the step-bystep sequencing and
breakdown of academic
content significantly benefits
students understanding. This
step-by-step strategy shows
students how a thinking
process can lead to accurate
solutions

Guided practice is not evident.

No evidence of closure is
present.

No evidence of repeate