What's your teaching style?

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  You're assigning a new group project, do you let students choose their own groups?

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    No
• 2.
  Group work plays an essential role in your classroom.

  • A.
    Absolutely true
  • B.
    True most of the time
  • C.
    Not very true
  • D.
    Not true at all
• 3.
  You meet one on one with your students to create goals.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Yes, but we make goals as a class
  • C.
    No
• 4.
  You use flexible seating in your classroom.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    No
  • C.
    Not yet, but I would like to.
• 5.
  Mistakes are celebrated in your classroom.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    No
• 6.
  Most of your lessons include you lecturing at the front of the room.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    No
  • C.
    It's about half and half
• 7.
  How important are student relationships to you?

  • A.
    Extremely important
  • B.
    Somewhat important
  • C.
    Neither here nor there
  • D.
    Not very important
• 8.
  Your students are comfortable speaking in front of the classroom to their peers.

  • A.
    Yes!
  • B.
    We're working on it
  • C.
    They have a difficult time
• 9.
  When it comes to classroom rules, which best describes your classroom.

  • A.
    I let my students choose their own classroom rules.
  • B.
    I have a set of classroom rules, but students are encouraged to add their own rules each year.
  • C.
    I've used the same set of classroom rules for my entire teaching career.
• 10.
  How confident are you in your classroom engagement?

  • A.
    Totally confident!  I know my students are always 100% engaged.
  • B.
    Pretty confident.  I would say almost all of them are engaged.
  • C.
    Ehhhh, it's a tough group and we need some help in this area.
  • D.
    Not engaged at all! Help!

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  The Coordinator

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  The Coordinator. This teaching style includes group work in almost every part of the day. Students rely less on the teacher for answers and more on the teacher for guidance. There's never a dull moment. Every time someone walks through your classroom door your students are having a rich, meaningful academic discussion. The time you spend in front of the classroom is minimal. Student-led learning is a major component of this teaching style. To increase the student engagement in your classroom, it's important to play on student strengths. When students feel confident about the classroom work they are more likely to give the effort needed to succeed.
• 2.
  The Director

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  The Director. Starting at the beginning of the year, you schedule time to meet with each student one-on-one. Students feel like their voice is heard and they have a say in their classroom environment. As the leader of the classroom, you feel as though students should be able to make decisions for themselves that will affect not only them, but their peers. This provides some kind of understanding of community and how our decisions effect others. To increase the student engagement in your classroom, it's important to play on student strengths. When students feel confident about the classroom work they are more likely to give the effort needed to succeed.
• 3.
  The Promoter

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  The Promoter. Flexible seating is your jam and your classroom has a warm and welcoming vibe. Your students love when they do their weekly or monthly goal writing and look forward to working towards it. Mistakes are made, and when they're made in your classroom, they are celebrated. Your most important objective is helping students see their potential. To increase the student engagement in your classroom, it's important to play on student strengths. When students feel confident about the classroom work they are more likely to give the effort needed to succeed.
• 4.
  The Boss

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  The Boss. You like things old school! You've used the same classroom rules for the majority of your teaching career and your students know it like the back of their hands. Your behavior management approach is straight forward and students always know what to expect. Although you do some small group work, most of your teaching is done lecture-style at the front of the class. To increase the student engagement in your classroom, it's important to play on student strengths. When students feel confident about the classroom work they are more likely to give the effort needed to succeed. Using collaborative learning like group activities and projects, has been proven to increase student engagement.