Teach Like A Champion: 49 Techniques That Put Students On The Path To College Link to all TLAC Techniques!! Why TLAC techniques are needed? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1CMvuFLfxc

OBJECTIVES: Participants will be able to: Know how to use Teach Like a Champion (TLAC) strategies to build strong systems and routines for learning. Understand the key TLAC strategies that can be incorporated to ensure a safe environment where student achievement and learning are valued by both teachers and students. Do: Create a plan for building trust, creating a strong classroom culture, and setting high expectations for student behavior.

Creating a Strong Classroom Culture (Teach 7) Technique 28: Entry Routine – Make a habit out of what efficient, productive and scholarly after a greeting and as students take their seats and class begins. Technique 29: Do Now – A short activity that you have written on the board or is waiting at their desks. Technique 30: Tight Transitions – Having quick and routine transitions which students can execute without extensive narration from the teacher. (Clip 13) Technique 31: Binder Control – Having a required format for organizing papers within a binder.

Creating a Strong Classroom Culture Technique 32: SLANT – Sit up, Listen, Ask/Answer a question, Nod your head, Track the speaker http://youtu.be/GsFOcMOQJuQ Technique 33: On Your Mark – Show students how to be prepared and expect them to be so everyday. Technique 34: Seat Signals – Develop a set of signals for common needs. Technique 35: Props – Public praise for students who demonstrate excellence or exemplify virtues.

Setting and Maintaining High Behavioral Expectations Technique 36: 100 Percent – Full compliance of highest behavioral expectations (Clips 14, 15, & 16) http://youtu.be/EC0ltKOwF_A Technique 37: What to Do – Give directions to students in a way that provides clear, easy and useful guidance Technique 38: Strong Voice – Economy of Language, Do Not Talk Over, Do Not Engage, Square Up/Stand Still, Quiet Power (Clip 17) Technique 39: Do It Again – Practice helps students improve and it is often the best consequence. (Clip 18)

Setting and Maintaining High Behavioral Expectations Technique 40: Sweat the Details – Plan your environment so it seems an orderly and organized place at all times. Technique 41: Threshold – Set expectations from the minute students enter the door to the minute they exit. Technique 42: No Warnings – Develop a scaled system of incrementally larger consequences that you can deliver reliably, fairly, and without hesitation.

Building Character & Trust Technique 43: Positive Framing – Make corrections consistently and positively. (Clip 19) Technique 44: Precise Praise – Do not trivialize praise. Make it specific and genuine. Technique 45: Warm/Strict – You must be caring, funny, warm, concerned, and nurturing as well as strict, relentless and sometimes inflexible. http://youtu.be/R3SR3JdyrXI Technique 46: The J-Factor – Finding joy in the work of learning. (Clips 20 & 21)

Building Character & Trust Technique 47: Emotional Constancy – Take personal emotions out of a situation and remain calm. Technique 48: Explain Everything – Make clear the rationale behind decisions made in students’ best interest and the way adults think on behalf of students. Technique 49: Normalize Error – Getting it wrong and then getting it right is one of the fundamental processes for schooling. Respond to both as completely normal.

Normalize Errors

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