Was That a Good Lesson?

I have a wonderful student teacher this semester.  Seeing her experiences in her student-teaching classes inspired this satirical post…

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HOW TO TELL IF YOUR LESSON WAS A SUCCESS (From the point of view of a teacher-education professor)

Check all that apply

____ 1.  Did your lesson have an anticipatory set?

____ 2.  Did your lesson provide specific adaptations to deal with learners of all types of modalities and intelligences?

____ 3.  Did your lesson include a differentiation component to deal with all sorts of readiness levels and student interests?

____ 4.  Did your students’ posttest results show significant, measurable improvement from your students’ pretest results?  Were these improvements consistent across all gender, racial, and socioeconomic groups?

____ 5.  Did your lesson perfectly align with one or, ideally, with multiple grade level standards you are required to teach?

KEY:

If you said yes to all 5 of these questions, your lesson was a smashing success!

If you said yes to 4 of these questions, your lesson was a qualified success.

If you said yes to 2 or 3 of these questions, your lesson was not a success, but you’re getting there.

If you said yes to 0 or 1 of these questions, your lesson was a miserable failure.  Can we interest you in kinesiology, perhaps?

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HOW TO TELL IF YOUR LESSON WAS A SUCCESS (From the point of view of the rest of us)

1.  How many kids asked to use the restroom during your lesson?

KEY:

0-1: Your lesson was a smashing success!

2-3:  Your lesson was a qualified success.

4-5:  Your lesson was not a success, but you’re getting there.

6 or more:  Your lesson was a miserable failure.  Can we interest you in an administrative role, perhaps?