New Teacher Orientation Success from the Start Strengthening Instruction through Professional Conduct and Classroom Management As you enter, please complete the “Professional Conduct or Not?” Survey 1 min Warm-up/Introductions Total: 1 min As participants enter, stand at the door and greet the participants. In the first few minutes, participants will complete the survey, “Professional Conduct or Not?” (paper copy) New teachers only will receive a copy of the text, “Why Didn’t I learn This In College?” Office of Organizational Development

Quick Connector Turn and introduce yourself to 2 people sitting near you: What is your name? What do you teach? Where do you teach? What is your teaching experience? What are you looking forward to this year? 3 min Total: 4 min Because of the large group size, give the participants 2 minutes to introduce themselves to at least 2 people near them. This may have been done already if you do Teacher Evaluation first. Office of Organizational Development

Back Channel Chat #NTObcps18 Housekeeping Paperless handouts http://newteacherinductionBCPS.pbworks.com Back Channel Chat #NTObcps18 3 min Total 7 min Direct participants to the session materials and resources on the New Teacher Induction Wiki. http://newteacherinductionbcps.pbworks.com/ Briefly explain a backchannel chat and encourage participants to use the hashtag. Office of Organizational Development

Professional Conduct or Not? Why are these statements examples of conduct that is unprofessional? What surprised you about any of the statements? Questions? 3 min Total 10 min Review the warm up responses. (All items are “no.”) Engage participants with the following suggested discussion questions: Why are these statements examples of conduct that is unprofessional? What surprised you about any of the statements? What questions do you have? Office of Organizational Development

Insert the Kahoot code displayed on the board Directions: Go to Kahoot.it Insert the Kahoot code displayed on the board Enter a nickname Kahoot Notes for presenter Go to: https://create.kahoot.it/ Log into your account Search for Kahoot titled “Professional Conduct or Not?” or use this link https://create.kahoot.it/details/77a3294d-741f-446a-beac-128bb4b8d607 Select “Play” from the menu on the left

1 min total 11 min Review the Teaching and Learning Framework. Office of Organizational Development

Danielson Framework 4a. Reflecting on Teaching 4b. Maintaining Accurate Records 4c: Communicating with Families 4d: Participating in a Professional Community 4e: Growing and Developing Professionally 4f: Showing Professionalism 2 min Total 13 min Presenter reviews the components of Domain 4 that will be addressed in today’s session. Office of Organizational Development

Objective Participants will examine various strategies to manage one’s self and one’s classroom in order to develop a plan that establishes a safe and orderly, learner-centered environment. 1 min Total 14 min Participants will have access to the PPT through the wiki, and they will be directed to save it to their own drive if they wish to take notes throughout the session. Outcome: Participants will examine various strategies to manage one’s self and one’s classroom in order to develop a plan that establishes a safe and orderly, learner-centered environment. Unpack outcome and make connection to the Teaching and Learning Framework. Office of Organizational Development

Relationship Skills… What does that mean for you? 10 min to read and star ideas in the handouts Total 24 min Show 2-page handout and star areas in which you think you have done or seen a great practice to relate to students. Pay special attention to the last page of the handout to make connections between professional conduct and building powerful relationships with students.

Share Your Successes with Relationship Building! 17 min Total 41 min Share out what you have done to maintain professionalism as you build relationships with some challenging students in your experience.

BCPS Policy and Rule 4100 Purpose: To provide guidance to employees on BCPS’ expectations concerning employee conduct and responsibilities. Important Points to Consider: Standards: Employees will exhibit professional conduct that models responsible citizenship during work hours. Dress: All employees are expected to be neatly groomed and dressed in clothing suitable for their assignment. Advising: Employees shall refrain from discussing individual school/office and/or personnel. 10 min Total 51 min Distribute Policy and Rule 4100. Allow participants to read independently. (paper copy) Explain that BCPS Policy and Rule 4100 provide specific guidance regarding BCPS employee behavior. The consequences for employee noncompliance are explained in section X.A. Review main points and important information from the BCPS Policy and Rule. Office of Organizational Development

Elevator Speech 3 min Total 54 min Summarize/Reflect on the Professional Conduct Session with an Elevator Speech Each participant has 1 minute to share a summary of the session. Office of Organizational Development

Elementary – Lunch Total 64 min Secondary – 10 minute break Office of Organizational Development

1 min Total 65 min Revisit the Teaching and Learning Framework. We will now be looking at Classroom Environment. Office of Organizational Development

Danielson Framework 2a. Creating an Environment of Respect and Rapport 2b. Establishing a Culture for Learning 2c: Managing Classroom Procedures 2d: Managing Student Behavior 2e: Organizing Physical Space 2 min Total 67 min Presenter reviews the components of Domain 2 that will be addressed in today’s session. Office of Organizational Development

2 min Total 69 min Making the shift to learner centered environments means that the learner takes responsibility for his or her learning. We are attempting to model that for you here today as we meet our outcome. Office of Organizational Development

What’s the connection? 3 min Total 72 min With an elbow partner, participants will discuss the connections between the BCPS Teaching and Learning Framework and learner-centered environments. Group share/discussion. Office of Organizational Development

Today’s Objectives Participants will examine various strategies to manage one’s self and one’s classroom in order to develop a plan that establishes a safe and orderly, learner-centered environment. 1 min Total 73 min Participants will unpack objective by answering what we plan to accomplish and why it is pertinent to learning. Office of Organizational Development

Learning Pathways newteacherinductionBCPS.pbworks.com Directions: Complete the self-assessment. Based on the assessment results, choose the station that you would like to visit first. If you are unable to complete all stations, you may access all station materials at any time through the wiki. 6 min to explain and set up – 50 min to complete stations Total 129 min Complete the self-assessment (paper handout) to identify strengths and needs in order to determine which stations you will visit and how long you will stay at each. If you are not able to complete all stations, the wiki (newteacherinductionbcps.pbworks.com) contains any materials you might need to finish each station or to refer back as necessary. Station 1: Creating an Environment of Respect and Rapport Station 2: Establishing a Culture for Learning Station 3: Managing Classroom Procedures Station 4: Managing Student Behavior Station 5: Organizing Physical Space Participants with previous teaching experience will access materials through the wiki page named “Professional Conduct and Classroom Management Resources and Materials” and may want to consider stations 2, 4, and 5. 4 gives a look at BCPS policies, and 2 and 5 give a look at new initiatives. Participants with no previous teaching experience will access materials through the wiki page named, “Professional Conduct and Classroom Management Resources and Materials for NEW Teachers.” There will be a total of about 50 minutes for stations. If a participant wants to visit each station that would limit the time at each station to 10 minutes. Facilitator will designate areas in the room for each station so that participants may find colleagues with whom to discuss and reflect. NOTE: Facilitator may want to have participants stop about halfway through allotted station time to share with someone else what they have learned so far. This might give the participants a movement break and reinvigorate them to continue their customized learning. 18 a: Station 1 Creating and Environment of Respect and Rapport -Watch TED Talks Video, “Rita Pierson, Every Kid Needs a Champion” -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52CNEc2CFMc -Respond to the following on the Padlet appropriate for your grade level or content. -We create an environment of respect and rapport by building relationships with and among students. Identify and describe ways to build these relationships with and among students. Padlet Links: Elementary Primary Elementary Intermediate Middle School High School Special Area New teachers only will be directed to information in the text, “The First Days of School.” 18 b: Station 2 Establishing a Culture for Learning 1. Read the following quotes. During instruction, an important challenge of a teacher’s skills occurs when students offer an idea, or a response to a teacher’s question, that is inadequate. How the teacher responds -- and how other students are permitted to respond -- sets the tone for how students are treated and therefore how they feel about themselves, both as people and as learners. Danielson, 65 High Impact Teaching Behaviors What we do as educators does matter in the lives of students: in both what we say to students and what we do not say to students. Highly effective teaching is the sum of all of the little details that are all correlated to behaviors.   2. Reflect on the following with an elbow partner. What is the most important behavior I exhibit that helps build a positive culture in my classroom? 3. Examine “High Impact Teaching (HIT) Behaviors 8-16” handout. 4. Watch and analyze the participant video. Look for HIT Behaviors or the lack thereof and the impact it has on students. Use the handout for note taking. 5. Reflect on how you will apply what you have learned to your own teaching practice. 6. New teachers only will be directed to information in the text, “The First Days of School.” 18c Station 3: Managing Classroom Procedures 1. Read the “Wong Resource” pp.174-176 and/or watch the Youtube video, “3 Step Approach for Teaching Procedures.” https://youtu.be/otHAuh8hNWQ 2. Contribute to the chart paper gallery of ideas by writing procedures for each of the following situations: Entering/Leaving the Classroom/Bathroom Quieting the Class Passing Out/Collecting Student Work/Make-up Work Responding/Asking Questions Student Collaboration/Group Work/Independent Work 3. Take a gallery walk to gather ideas (perhaps take a photo). 4. Reflect on the following: What is one strategy for establishing routines/procedures that you will implement in your classroom? 5. New teachers only will be directed to information in the text, “The First Days of School” in place of number 1. 18 d Station4: Managing Student Behavior 1. Review district expectations. Go to www.bcps.org; hover over Students tab and click on Student Handbook. Review the Student Code of Conduct, beginning on page 13. You may also want to review pages 14-19. 2. Review PBIS School expectations. Go to www.pbis.org; hover over School button and click on SWPBIS for Beginners and read the page down to resources to get an overall idea of what PBIS is all about. 3. Become familiar with information about Restorative Justice through this link http://www.edutopia.org/blog/restorative-justice-resources-matt-davis 4. Review Google Document containing techniques for classroom management. http://tinyurl.com/lx6t2pf 5. Develop a plan to involve students in creating classroom rules that align with district and school expectations. 6. Share ideas with a critical friend and get feedback. 18e Station 5: Organizing Physical Space 1. Complete Traditional Classroom vs. Modern Classroom visual. Then, flip paper over to see a visual of a modern classroom. 2. Use some of the following resources to construct knowledge about the modern classroom. Watch “21st Century Learning Environments” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIKly3WnFzE Read Teacher as Architect, Chapter 1 Watch Foundations 3 #2 Society’s Needs and the new Ask. (on wiki) Use the Learning tab and click on Learner-Centered Environments on http://lighthouse.bcps.org/ to view some photos. Watch a 6th grade teacher work through shifting her classroom to a learner centered environment. https://youtu.be/zoNew0jCZos 3. Design your own classroom using http://classroom.4teachers.org/ Keep in mind, how your room arrangement will support... student collaboration and 21st century learning a safe and orderly learning environment differentiation to meet diverse learning needs class routines/procedures behavior management culture for learning Station 1: Creating an Environment of Respect and Rapport Station 2: Establishing a Culture for Learning Station 3: Managing Classroom Procedures Station 4: Managing Student Behavior Station 5: Organizing Physical Space Office of Organizational Development

5 min Total 134 min Give participants an opportunity to share out “biggest learnings” and take a moment to review the Quick Start Guide For a New Teacher

Today’s Objectives Participants will examine various strategies to manage one’s self and one’s classroom in order to develop a plan that establishes a safe and orderly, learner-centered environment. 5 min Total 139 min Return to the objective and use some sort of summarizing strategy to wrap up the day. Perhaps something that encourages the teacher to walk away with some next steps. Participants may use the last page of the Quick Start Guide to record reflections. Office of Organizational Development

Resources Baltimore County Board of Education. Policy and Rule 4100. Howard, Lynn F. Ready for Anything - Supporting New Teachers for Success. Englewood, CO: Advanced Learning Press, 2006. Jones, Fredric H. Positive Classroom Discipline. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987. Lemov, Doug, Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass, 2010. Office of Organizational Development

Resources Orange, Carolyn. 44 Smart Strategies for Avoiding Classroom Mistakes. Thousand Oaks, CA: A Sage Publications, CO, 2005. Paterson, Kathy. 55 Teaching Dilemmas. Ontario, Canada: Pembroke Publishers, 2005. Rutherford, Paula, Why Didn’t I Learn This in College?. Alexandria, VA: Just Ask Publications, 2002. Staff of Canter & Associates, eds. First-Class Teacher: Success Strategies for New Teachers. Santa Monica, CA: Canter and Associates, Inc., 1998. Wong, Harry K. and Rosemary T. Wong. The First Days of School. Mountain View, CA: Harry K. Wong Publications, Inc., 2005. Office of Organizational Development