CREDE Standards For Effective Teaching

1. Students and teachers working together.
2. Developing literacy and language skills across the curriculum.
3. Connecting schools to students lives.
4. Engaging students with challenging lessons.
5. Emphasizing dialogue over lecture.

Dr. Roland Tharp, from The Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE), presented five researched based standards shown above that teachers should implement into their classroom instruction to meet the needs of English Language Learners.

I read an article entitled Delicate Balance by Jon Nordmeyer earlier this week. Nordmeyer (2008) stated, “ESL teachers are essential in helping ELLs to face the twin challenges of achieving in content areas and developing academic English proficiency. Teachers, administrators, and policy makers are beginning to realize, however, that ESL specialists cannot do this job alone and that everyone's roles and responsibilities must shift.” As teachers, our goal should be to provide engaging and challenging educational opportunities for all students. CREDE strategies can help us become effective educators to meet the diverse needs of our students.