Hi Nicole: All very good attributes that describe student centered teachers. How it's done is multifacited. The real key is the shift from being institutional or curriculum based to student-based in focus, attention, and effort. Are we there to teach our curriculum, or are we there to assure the student learns? That's the difference. Of course we have to follow the course objectives, but how we do that defines the amount of "shift" a teacher is able to modify for the student to become the center of focus. Regards, Barry