Teacher Effectiveness: Creating and Maintaining Positive and Effective Learning Environments

Teacher Effectiveness

Creating and Maintaining Positive and Effective Learning Environments

• Course Type: Self-Paced, Fully-Facilitated
• Course Length: 10 Hours
• Course Access: Participants have 45 days from the date of enrollment to complete the course

Creating and Maintaining Positive and Effective Learning Environments equips educators with practical strategies to foster inclusive, supportive, and effective learning spaces, aligning with influential teacher evaluation frameworks such as the Danielson Framework for Teaching, Marzano Teacher Evaluation Model, and TAP System for Teacher and Student Advancement. Participants will explore methods for:

• Building a supportive community of learners
• Supporting diverse student populations and multilingual learners
• Fostering cultural competence, responsiveness, and culturally sustaining practices
• Managing student behavior and promoting positive conflict resolution
• Encouraging student agency and ownership of classroom spaces
• Organizing classroom environments that are safe, accessible, and conducive to learning

Through reflective activities and practical application, educators will refine their skills to foster motivation, curiosity, perseverance, and a growth mindset in students. By course completion, participants will be equipped to create purposeful, affirming, and dynamic classrooms that support all learners.

Course Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Explore strategies for building a community of learners and supporting diverse student populations, including multilingual students.
• Distinguish between cultural competence, cultural responsiveness, and culturally sustaining pedagogy.
• Describe strategies for teaching positive conflict resolution and fostering student agency.
• Evaluate and improve your ability to create effective, respectful, and affirming learning environments.
• Learn strategies to foster a culture of learning, motivation, curiosity, perseverance, and a growth mindset.
• Discuss methods for creating a purposeful environment and managing student behavior, including proactive and responsive strategies.
• Define and apply concepts of productive struggle and just-in-time scaffolding.
• Understand the role of teacher talk and how it influences student engagement and behavior.
• Explore principles for organizing and arranging classroom spaces to be safe, accessible, and conducive to learning.
• Assess and enhance the safety, accessibility, and organization of your physical and virtual classroom spaces.
• Reflect on and improve your teaching practice by analyzing classroom messages and ensuring they empower students and support positive behavior.