Teacher effectiveness, not surprisingly, starts with teachers themselves. Teaching is a skill that we all have to some extent and while degrees and certifications can help provide thresholds for competency, those credentials will never replace providing teachers support, an encouraging environment, and the right sources of motivation to continually improve at their job. As Dan Pink, author of Drive, has stated, “Some skeptics insist that innovation is expensive. In the long run, innovation is cheap. Mediocrity is expensive[.]”

Safal Builds Teacher Effectiveness

Safal Partners is very aware of the demands of NCLB and RTTT. At the same time, we know that those plans are sometimes very distant from the work done in the actual classroom. There is no gene for teaching. That means that every teacher can be made better. Safal believes the perfect tool to get ahead in the education challenge is the very teachers in your classrooms today!

To maximize effectiveness, Safal can provide:

• Standards for effective teaching: By defining different models of effective teaching, teachers can contrast their current performance and style with the ideal to look for the quick wins in improvement.
• Innovative approaches to pedagogy: Embracing Interactive/Constructionist/Gaming methods of teaching, with or without technology. The key differentiator with Safal is that we not only show you the tools, but also teach you how to motivate students to drive the experience themselves.
• Data driven instruction: Teachers are masters of adaptive learning and every class is an example of adaptive, multi-faceted teaching in practice. But, when a class reaches 20, 25, or even 30+ students, how can an instructor find the time to monitor the progress of all the students AND provide the feedback necessary to strengthen or enrich the learning process?
• Collaboration techniques: One of the keys to growing is using the best that our colleagues have to offer. Safal Partners provides methodologies and tools to help teachers engage with each other and pass on what works.
• In class technology training: Even the most disadvantaged students sometimes have cell phones. At Safal, we look at classroom technology by meeting you where your technology is.
• Mentoring frameworks: With a good mentoring framework, both the mentor and the mentee grow from the experience. As we have seen with students, the best way to learn is to teach.
• Compensation programs: There is more to compensation than an extra $1,000 at the end of a year. Providing opportunity, privilege, and recognition will motive the highly trained professionals in schools by giving them Autonomy, Mastery and reassurance that their work is meaningful.
• Career pathways: As teachers grow in their profession it becomes natural for them to want to share their insights and districts need to take full advantage of their generosity. Safal Partners can create true career pathways within your district or even within an individual school that allow teachers to give extra support to new hires, share their success strategies and continue to help them grow. Our model provides variety and growth for teachers while encouraging them to return to the classroom to keep delivering quality learning experiences.