1. David Newby ACTFL-ECML project: Using the ACTFL/NCATE (CAEP) Teacher Standards and EPOSTL descriptors of teacher competences to define excellence in language teaching (ACTOSTL) ACTOSTL

2. Research question of ACTOSTL Aim The central aim of the project is to determine what student and initial teachers consider to be good practices in foreign language teaching. Process Student teachers observed lessons and noted ‘indicators of good practice’. Content 22 descriptors taken from the EPOSTL D. Newby2

3. Observation Shhe A. ACTFL/CAEP Standard 3 (Planning) 1. The teacher structures the lesson plan in a coherent and varied sequence of content. a. b. c. d. D. Newby3

4. Lesson plan: -the teacher has a clear lesson plan for him/herself (2) -the teacher has a plan for a longer period of time (fall /semester) (2) -changes in the lesson plan may occur during the lesson without it being disrupting (2) -the teacher followed the curriculum -lesson divided into sequences / segments (3) -length of activities taken into account in the lesson plan (4) -sticking to the schedule … D. Newby4