Webinar: What are High-Leverage Teaching Practices and Why are They Important?
Date: Thursday, March 25th at 4 PM EST, 3 pm CST
Author read in FR/ITAL 505
In this one-hour interactive presentation, participants will have an overview of what is meant by core professional knowledge and will be introduced to the concept of high-leverage teaching practices. A brief overview of specific high-leverage teaching practices will be given that encompass all grade levels and languages. Included in this presentation are, for example, practices that establish language learning in context, support the exploration of cultural products, practices, and perspectives, focus on language form in a dialogic context, use the target language in meaningful and comprehensible way, and provide guidance for feedback to students’ oral participation. Tools to help teachers monitor specific high-leverage practices will be provided. Teachers will also be provided with information on a two-volume series to consult for a deeper understanding of high leverage teaching practices, how they are enacted in classroom instruction, and how they may be adapted for particular teaching contexts.
