1. CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION A VIABLE PATHWAY TO SUCCESS IN COLLEGE AND CAREERS August 23-24, 2010 Students You Will Meet… Eileen Brusek-Kaczmarek http://www.lsnc.net/equity/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pd_4_students.jpg

2. 1 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Recognize the importance of knowing your individual students Develop strategies to build community Understand how teacher behaviors affect student behaviors Create an effective behavior management plan Workshop Objectives

3. 2 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Equity of voice Active Listening Respect for All Perspectives Safety and Confidentiality Norms for Working Together

4. 3 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Those who violate rules? Those who have given up? Those who are manipulative? Those who withhold communication? Those who are alienated? Those who have special needs? Which Students Challenge You The Most? http://www.fotosearch.com/PSK139/1574r-02074a / Handout/ carousel

5. 4 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION The vast majority of any school population is made of up Good Kids. DONT : Use the Good Kids as examples of proper behavior when disciplining another student Pair them in group work with students who are discipline problems in the hope the Good Kid will manage the behavior of his/her peer The Good Kids

6. 5 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION The most important action an effective teacher takes at the beginning of the year is creating a climate for learning." -- Mary Beth Blegan, former U.S. Department of Education teacher-in-residence The Learning Environment

7. 6 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Building Community Handouts/ round robin/report out Knowing others : I know these people and they know me. Acceptance, inclusion and respect : I feel included and accepted. People respect me, and I respect them. Group Identity : Im a member of this group. We need each other and want each other to succeed. Cooperative learning : I can help others and they will help me. Problem solving and conflict resolution : We can solve problems that arise between us.

8. 7 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Teacher Behavior Makes a Difference http://motivationalcartoons.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/BoldBehavior.jpg Whole group chart/ handout

9. 8 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Communicate high expectations Provide opportunity for involvement Give and receive respect Model courtesy Focus on positive (praise, reinforcement, success) Practice equity Use humor Be ethnically and culturally aware/sensitive An Effective Teacher Will

10. 9 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Effective teachers know that to become engaged, students must have some feelings of ownershipof the class or the taskand personal powera belief that what they do will make a difference. (Dodd 1995) http://tawnykira.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/choice.jpg Turn/talkhandout

11. 10 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Incentives Using positive words vs. destructive words popcorn out/chart Principles of Effective Behavior Management http://www.newyorker.com/images/2008/12/15/p233/081215_r18037_p233.jpg

12. 11 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Are clear and specific Have a range of options (hierarchy) Teach rather than punish Are natural and/or logical Are related to the rule Are used consistently by the teacher handout/ think/share pair Effective Consequences

13. 12 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Use of profanity Talking without permission or interrupting teacher Leaving seat without permission Sleeping in class Being disrespectful of other students/teacher Defacing books or materials

14. 13 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct Log the dates and types of contacts with parents Be aware of any Behavior Intervention Plan that might be in place for Special Education students Do not: Place students in hall unattended Hit or touch students Use profanity toward students Work with a student without another student or staff member present Classroom Management: Legal Issue

15. 14 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Enlist the help of colleagues Enlist the help of parents Student Referrals Getting Students the Help They Need http://www.anxietydisordersontario.ca/images/gettinghelp.jpg

16. 15 CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Reflection and Action http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/01690/148_thinking_person2.gif