Plan for intentional use of instructional strategies that support status and equity

Incorporate multiple modes of instruction to support all learners

Utilize the Implementation Progress Tool to reflect on student learning and instructional strategies

The most common type of teacher to student discourse is IRE.  The teacher Initiates a question, the student Responds, and the teacher Evaluates the response. This type of discourse is the most widely used discourse technique but valuable only in a limited number of situations such as T: "Can someone tell me when the test is" S: "Tuesday" T: "Correct".  However, in most cases IRE is not very effective at getting students to think or for that matter motivating them to try. There is too much risk and it gives failure a bad rap. In addition, it positions the teacher as the only one in the room that can be correct.  Talk Moves are a better choice.