Classroom Management Instruction: Teaching Strategies Deb Gribskov deb.gribskov@kelsosd.org

I will….. …examine the management strategy of “setting the tone” …discuss strategies to create student status and engage them in learning … examine the strategies around proximity and mobility … explore a fun way to create a READING BASED introductions to learning

Setting the Tone….procedures for classroom performance FOCUSED LEARNING: What are some of the strategies/approaches he uses to “set the tone” and “engage” his students?

Setting the Stage – Facilitating Academic Discourse FOCUSED LEARNING: How does he “value them” and “engage” them? I look right at them, I see them coming down the hall I greet them at the door and give them an activity so focus on lesson from moment enter I encourage them to talk to one another . Learning as a social endeavor

A Look at Some General Approahces Jim Fay Fred Jones

Effective Instruction Principle One: Start where your students are. Use the social and cultural capital students bring with them to the classroom to help them acquire the intellectual capital of the classroom. Cognitive Empathy: Seek to understand what your students bring to the classroom with them each day Understand and respect cultural capital

Effective Instruction Principle Two: Know where they are going: Define a vision for what students will look like at the end of their time with you and clearly communicate this to students. Back-Map: Plan with the end in mind Communicate high expectations for all students Be specific about what mastery is Provide samples of the type of work you expect

Effective Instruction Principle Three: Expect them to get there. Expectations are not based on who the students are; they are based on who the students will be by the time you are finished with them. • Confront the brutal facts • Maintain unwavering faith

Effective Instruction Principle Four: Explain to them how they will get there: Use scaffolding to demystify the academic process. Show students HOW to study for your course Model effective practice Acceleration Remediation Graphic Organizers Intervention Cycles

Effective Instruction Principle Five: Measure progress and give feedback Use assessments as feedback to help your students adjust performance so that they can make better progress towards their goal. Use a variety of assessment techniques Use assessment results to adjust the course to better meet student needs Provide formative assessments to measure progress towards mastery Specific, growth-oriented feedback Timely feedback Grade Tracking Sheets

Effective Instruction Principle Six: Take the quickest, most direct route. Focus on quality versus quantity. Only assign work that will advance student learning No busy work Fewer homework assignments and worksheets Distributed practice versus full-length performance every time Creative use of time

Effective Instruction Principle Seven: Never work harder than your students. Understand and effectively distribute your work and the students’ work. Analytic Rubrics Your work versus their work Cooperative Learning (pairs and triads) Create a classroom community focused on learning Study Groups

HOMEWORK Read the article provided # 1 Article Read Read the article provided Login and go to this week’s discussion. Describe your article (briefly) and give one thing you learned or that was re-affirmed for you Return to the discussion board to read and comment on two other students’ work. # 2 Visual Explain three (3) items on this visual as they relate to your classroom management.

BE WORKING ON YOUR INSTRUCTION STRATEGIES HOMEWORK # 3 coomicmaster.org Just for FUN http://www.comicmaster.org.uk/ BE WORKING ON YOUR INSTRUCTION STRATEGIES