Scaffolding – Management One

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Expert Tips: Management Considerations for Scaffolding

Overview: Use the following tips to reflect on the management considerations for your assignment including Scaffolding. As you work through the activities, think about additions, edits or changes you can make to improve your assignment. 

Remember that effective teachers:

• Know:  How do you want your classroom to feel, look and sound?
• Teach: What strategies will you use to explain, model and communicate your expectations and procedures?
• Reinforce: What strategies will you use to support students in following the expectations and procedures?
• Enforce: What consequences will you implement when students are unsuccessful in meeting the expectations and procedures? 

Scaffolding Management Considerations 

Top Three Tips Video

Take a look at this short video outlining the top three management tips for successfully implementing Scaffolding.  

Scaffolding Management Considerations

Interview Questions

Answer the following interview questions to guide your thinking on the best management considerations for using Scaffolding:

1. What Scaffolds will you need to offer according to student data?
   • How will you group them?
   • What type of written support will you offer?
2. How will you remove the Scaffolds before the assessment?
3. What are your expectations and procedures for your students to use Anchors?
   • How will you communicate and teach them to your students?
   • Where/how will they be posted?
   • Do you feel as though these expectations will guide students when 1) they have a question, 2) get stuck 3) finish early?  If so, how?
4. In what way will you hold students accountable for their work and behavior?
5. How will you provide feedback for your students? 
6. If a student(s) is unable to follow the expectations and procedures, what consequences do you plan to implement? When will you implement them?