How to be a skillfull Teacher?

We define skillful teaching to include anything a teacher does that impacts the probability of intended learning. Thus it includes a wide array of skills such as communicating their belief in students’ capabilities, motivating and engaging students, demonstrating cultural proficiency, planning engaging lessons, making concepts and skills accessible, and continuously assessing student understanding. It also includes quite a range of activities beyond interactive classroom behaviors, such as analyzing data, designing reteaching, involving families, and being a good colleague and team member. Becoming a skillful teacher is a life’s work. Here’s the good news: there is a common core of research-based professional knowledge about every dimension of good teaching. That knowledge base is accessible and practical. It is not a list of behaviors or do’s and don’ts on best practices. Rather, the knowledge base defines areas of performance – all those functions teachers carry out – and offers a rich repertoire of strategies and moves for each area. The art of teaching is in continuously expanding one’s repertoire and skillfully matching which tool or strategy best fits a given situation.