ED 612 - Instructional Practices & Assessment

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An introduction to basic lesson planning skills needed to provide a variety of teaching methods, media, materials and resources essential for supporting effective teaching practices in the classroom. Students will also be introduced to methods of assessment in order to meet the varying challenges of accountability, standards based instruction, and state mandated testing. Students will identify school curriculum and testing trends, issues, and materials to support classroom instruction. The Georgia Professional Standards will be reviewed as a basis for public school instruction. Further, students will be guided in the preparation and presentation of a comprehensive lesson plan following the guidelines established by the Brenau Evaluation and Assessment of Student Teachers.