Felicia Saffold

Journey to a HOT (Higher Order Thinking) Classroom Felicia Saffold

As her numerous awards for teaching excellence attest, Dr. Felicia Saffold is passionate about teaching. Her personal journey as a middle school teacher, instructional coach, and teacher educator, has led her to achieve the highest levels of expertise in teaching and learning with the mission to help others reach that goal. In Journey to a HOT (Higher Order Thinking) Classroom, Saffold shares experiences and practices which help teachers become better planners and more effective teachers for today's diverse student body. Journey to a HOT Classroom is the go-to resource for any teacher interested in developing or enhancing his or her instructional strategies. Working from a Date Night analogy, the HOT Classroom takes educators on a journey including helpful takeaways which consider the needs of traditional and non-traditional students and deliver engaging alternatives for the development of a higher order thinking classroom. Saffold uses the HOT Classroom to help teachers FOCUS and MOVE students into a positive learning environment featuring creative teaching and an interactive classroom where students take the lead in learning. Journey to a HOT (Higher Order Thinking) Classroom promises: -Techniques to make learning relevant to your students -The context, rationale, and support needed for a quality lesson plan -A fresh approach which incorporates teacher expectations, student diversity, and learning standards -The keys needed to develop active learners with higher order thinking skills who have the ability to succeed in today's global environment