The following are additional tools to support the integration of the skills that matter in your instruction.
- Action Plan Template—This template provides a structure for setting goals and identifying the action steps needed for integrating the skills that matter.
- Central Skills Integration Analysis Tool—This tool can be used to support the analysis of a lesson plan, project, task or activity to determine if or how the central skills can be incorporated into what is being taught and practiced.
- Guide for Adapting TSTM Lesson Plans for ESL—This tool provides guidance and recommendations for adapting each of the TSTM lessons to meet your ESL students’ needs.
- Integrating TSTM Into Your Existing Curriculum Teaching Practice Tool—This tool can be used to support the integration of TSTM into your teaching practice.
- Lesson Planning Tool—This template provides the TSTM structure for lesson planning.
- Nine Skills Infographic—This infographic defines the Nine Skills and includes a fillable, student friendly version of the document that can be used in the classroom.
- Observing, Analyzing, and Developing Integrated and Contextualized Learning in Action—These questions can be used when observing a lesson that uses integrated and contextualized learning to provide useful feedback to the teacher on their use of the approach. A teacher also may wish to consider these questions as they apply this approach to their existing lessons.
- Observing, Analyzing, and Developing Problem-Based Learning in Action—These questions can be used when observing a lesson that uses problem-based learning to provide useful feedback to the teacher on their use of the approach. A teacher also may wish to consider these questions as they apply this approach to their existing lessons.
- Observing, Analyzing, and Developing Project-Based Learning in Action—These questions can be used when observing a lesson that uses project-based learning to provide useful feedback to the teacher on their use of the approach. A teacher also may wish to consider these questions as they apply this approach to their existing lessons.
- Unit Overview Tool—This template provides the TSTM structure for unit planning.