Does My Teacher Notice Me?: Transformative Practices That Affirm and Accelerate All Learners

"Noticing, a critical component of teaching expertise, has been overlooked and under-discussed. Teachers with a high level of noticing expertise promote student learning and engagement more effectively. Therefore, a better understanding of noticing is necessary for improving teaching and learning. This book defines the characteristics and components of teacher noticing and provides guidance for teachers seeking to go from good to great and become expert noticers. It sheds light on the skills, knowledge, and dispositions it takes to be an expert noticer. What is happening during those high-quality, in-the-moment adaptations in the lesson? The discipline of teacher noticing is a collection of techniques for preparing to notice in the moment and reflecting on recent instruction to refine for future teaching experiences. Understanding the following components of expert noticing will help answer this question: -Going from a novice to an expert noticer -Checking for understanding thinking -Anticipating student thinking and being proactive and responsive -Scaffolding -Feedback -Advancing beyond the learning objective This book aims to help teachers adopt compassion toward their students, a different way of being present with them, and a different way of having more meaningful conversations that lead their students to successful learning experiences. Teaching this way can yield the deepest sense of fulfillment"--