Anticipation guide: High expectations

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  1. All students can learn and come to school motivated to do so.
  2. Teachers react differently to students who do not meet their expectations.
  3. Most students are encouraged by challenges.
  4. Students’ academic performance depends on how well the teacher is prepared to teach them.
  5. Differential treatment can impact a student’s IQ.
  6. Most students see their future achievement fixed; they don’t believe they can change their future.
  7. A student’s seat assignment can communicate expectations.
  8. Simply having a relationship that conveys high expectations can develop self-efficacy.
  9. A student’s academic growth is highly dependent on the quality of schooling rather than on demographic factors.
  10. Pre-service teachers should be required to have training that outlines the risks of inequitable expectations and provides suggestions for changing negative perceptions.
  11. Typically, experienced teachers offer a deeper degree of challenge and an increased depth of processing for their students.
  12. Teachers should be held accountable for measured student achievement.
  13. Expectations are the internal belief systems of the adults in schools.
  14. There are measurable and observable indicators of schools having high expectations.
  15. Teachers learn specific skills to maintain high expectations for typically low-expectancy students.