ADEPT+4

=Establishing and maintaining high expectations for learners=

“An effective teacher establishes, clearly communicates, and maintains appropriate expectations for student learning, participation, and responsibility.”
A good teacher creates realistic goals for students’ education and involvement which are conveyed effectively and constantly held up. As a future teacher, this says to me that I have to look at student’s educational experiences as a whole and create an environment where students don’t assume what is expected of them because it is clearly stated from the beginning, and never compromised.


 * Evidence:**

From the beginning of my 431B class, Dr. Johnson told the class what she expected, both verbally and through the syllabus. She not only wanted, but expected, the students to look at picture books in an analytical way and appreciate them as an art form instead of only looking at them as books for children. She expected the class to learn what went into making a picture book, and create one on their own to have a full understanding of the time required to create something worth reading. She held firm to these expectations throughout the entire semester, and brought them up frequently to remind the class what the goals of the course were.
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