Teach Fast: Focused Adaptable Structured Teaching

by Gene Tavernetti

Overview

The FAST Framework

It's Focused, Adaptable and Structured Teaching!

The FAST Framework provides a structure for delivering lessons more efficiently. These more efficient lessons are also more effective because the FAST structure is based on cognitive science that describes how human beings best learn.

This book is written to assist teachers design and deliver lessons; the what, the how, and the when to implement lesson components in a manner that promotes learning at the optimal times. Knowing "What" to do as a teacher in the classroom is not enough.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781915261557
Publisher:	Hodder Education Group
Publication date:	12/06/2022
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gene Tavernetti began his career in education in 1977. He has served as a coach, teacher, counselor, and administrator. He found his true passion when he began to work one-one as an instructional coach. It was during this work that he witnessed the immediate, direct, and positive impact he could have on teachers, administrators, and ultimately student learning.

In 2006, Dr. Tavernetti co-founded Total Educational Systems Support (TESS). Since its founding, TESS, and Gene, have trained and coached thousands of educators in teacher directed instruction emphasizing strategies for engagement, language development, and higher order thinking.

Gene continues to work with selected districts training teachers, coaches, and administrators in reality-based effective instruction.

Table of Contents

Foreword 5

Introduction 9

Chapter 1 Teaching and Learning (Structure vs Strategy) 17

Chapter 2 The Preview 41

Chapter 3 Learning Objectives 51

Chapter 4 Review 65

Chapter 5 Key Ideas 79

Chapter 6 Expert Thinking 103

Chapter 7 Guided Practice 137

Chapter 8 Closure 165

Chapter 9 Independent Practice 173

Chapter 10 Wrap Up 179

Appendix I Concept Maps and Language Frames 185

Appendix II Learning Progression (Inflexible - Flexible - Application) 197

Appendix III Classroom procedures 199

Appendix IV Declarative and procedural lessons 207

Acknowledgments 211