Write! Who are YOU as a teacher? 1.How were you taught? Lecture? Games? Practice? 2.What were YOUR favorite things to do in the classroom? 3.What are your learning preferences? 4.Where are you during class? Front of the room? Seated? 5.Define how you teach.

Interactive Classroom Teri Tosspon

Think-Pair-Share 1.Make a list of student behaviors you don’t want to see in your classroom. 2.Compare with a partner 3.I will call on you to report to the group: what behaviors would you like to prevent. Teacher poses question, observation or challenge

Classroom issues Distractions Texting Sleeping Talking (to each other, on the phone) Being tardy to class, coming back late from break Problem Behaviors Bad attitude Disrespect of teacher/ self/others

Solutions 1.Relationship building – phone calls, s, websites to share info – RESPECT the students. 2.Engaging the students in valuable learning tasks – Interactive classroom strategies – Vary your teaching styles!

Assertive Suggestive Collaborative Facilitative Teacher’s experience Learner’s experience Teaching Styles ©2004 Community Faculty Development Center

Assertive teaching style Teacher’s experience Learner’s experience Teacher’s experience Learner’s experience Assertive Suggestive Collaborative Facilitative ©2004 Community Faculty Development Center

Facilitative teaching style Teacher’s experience Learner’s experience Assertive Suggestive Collaborative Facilitative ©2004 Community Faculty Development Center

Teacher’s experience Learner’s experience Assertive Suggestive Collaborative Facilitative Suggestive teaching style ©2004 Community Faculty Development Center

1.Built in Needs Assessment 2.Activating Prior Knowledge 3.Demonstrating the problem solving steps 4.Keeps learner awake Benefits of Suggestive Questions

Teacher’s experience Learner’s experience Assertive Suggestive Collaborative Facilitative Collaborative teaching style ©2004 Community Faculty Development Center

Name some mechanisms by which you get osteo? [Suggestive/Activating Prior Knowledge] Why did this patient get osteo? [Collaborative] Now why do you think he got osteo? Where do kids usually get osteo? Why? [Suggestive] Assertive Did you see how I thought that thru? [Explicit] Utilizing Suggestive & Collaborative

1Joint effort between the teacher and learner. 2Built in Needs Assessment 3Deals with thinking skills. Similarities between Suggestive and Collaborative Styles ©2004 Community Faculty Development Center

Student working harder Students structuring responses Teacher’s experience Learner’s experience Suggestive Collaborative Teacher working harder Teacher structuring responses Contrasts between Suggestive and Collaborative Styles ©2004 Community Faculty Development Center

“Verbal Teaching Styles” are value-neutral. No one style is unqualifiedly better or worse than another. Each “Teaching Style” has its own advantages and usefulness. The Key is flexibility. Summary of Teaching Styles ©2004 Community Faculty Development Center

Budgeting Instructional Time 4 blocks of 50 minutes each Sample lesson plan – 5 min reviewing past material (yes, only 5) – 10 minutes introducing concepts – 30 minute activity USING the concepts/terminology – 5 minute debrief – check for understanding. – 10 minute break Other options? 1hr intro/practice 2hr Use/activity 1 hr debrief, test/assess understanding Objectives!!! Never lose sight of what the student must know and how they can show you what they know.

Basic Tenets 1.Make ‘em USE their knowledge. Don’t “keep ‘em busy” 2.Only give assignments you’ve done/tested yourself – if you can’t do it they can’t. 3.Its not about getting through material, its about getting the material through.

Activity Options Group Work Project based learning. Give them REAL tasks from their field/Problems to solve. Require write- up/presentation Jigsaw Choose an activity from the MI list handout Research it Adapt it to your field/ one specific class (make it USEABLE for you!) Explain it to the group. Techniques for Active Learning Exercises for Individual Students Questions and Answers Immediate Feedback Critical Thinking Motivators Share/Pair Cooperative Learning Exercises

Games in the classroom Vocabulary Games Pictionary “20 questions”, tell the truth Password Wheel of Fortune Fact Response Games Family Feud Jeopardy $25,000 Pyramid Millionaire Match game Answering questions/Multiple answers games Relay races Baseball Football Soccer

Parting Words Be Positive, Passionate, Personable and Prepared! Plan – write a lesson-plan script if you want! Be flexible – come with a full tool box. Reflect on your teaching - if something isn’t working, change it! Even during the class.

Resources Games/Resources om/Teaching_Games om/Teaching_Games Teaching Strategies Glossary of Instructional Strategies Glossary of Instructional Strategies Collaborative learning Active Classrooms- CSULA Classroom Management Teaching with Love & Logic by Jim Fay and David Funk Teaching with Love & Logic How to Be an Effective and Successful Teacher by Harry K. Wong How to Be an Effective and Successful Teacher Keep in mind Objectives = what do you NEED them to learn, and how are they showing you they learned it.