3.  Professor of Education at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University  Doctorate in Education Psychology from University of Texas, Austin  Developed COMP: Creating Conditions for Learning  Written over _____ chapters, articles and books on teacher education, including ___ _____________!  2 best selling textbooks for teacher ed.  Interested in the _______ ___________ of classrooms and how these contexts influence what students have an opportunity to learn and how learning gets defined by the participants.  She is also interested in understanding the developmental process of learning to teach and how experienced teachers (__________) can influence this process. She and her colleagues have been studying this process through interviews and journals written by interns as they become certified teachers.

4.  Taught in Nashville, TN for 16 years › suburban, inner city and private school classrooms  PhD in _______________ and human ___________________ at Vanderbilt  Interested in secondary science education  3 years research assistant professor of Special Ed › classroom management, effective teaching mainstreamed students  10 years Research Assistant Professor of Education › COMP -Creating Conditions for Learning  Developed workshop curricula  Director of Educational Program for the VaNTH (Vanderbilt-Northwestern-University of Texas-Harvard/MIT Health Sciences)  Workshops for Biomedical Engineering

5.  Theory base on 12 studies done in regular and special education resource settings (K-12), which spanned15 years, over _______ __________of observation in 581 classrooms in 100 schools.  The studies identified the differences in teacher management practices that correlated with student outcomes of task engagement, ___________ behavior, _____________ attitude, and achievement.  The studies were then compiled into a manual, which was then taught to teachers, implemented and put into practice.

6.  A systematic, research-based, common- sense approach to effective classroom management that increases academic achievement and reduces discipline problems and office referrals.  This led to the creation of __ __ __ __

7.  Classroom Organization and Management Program (COMP) Classroom Organization and Management Program (COMP)  Conduct teacher workshops year-round throughout the US, helping teachers learn to create smoothly running ___________ _____________ in their classrooms.  By creating the conditions for learning, teachers can ultimately foster student achievement and reduce discipline problems.  COMP is developed by and based on the research of Dr. Carolyn M. Evertson.Dr. Carolyn M. Evertson  Since 1989, the program has served over __________ teachers and administrators in ___ states and American territories.  This web site gives COMP Trainers, COMP teachers, and other professional educators a place to solicit and discuss information about how classrooms work.

9.  Use time as ________________ as possible  Implement group strategies with high levels of involvement and low levels of misbehavior  Choose lesson formats and academic tasks conducive to high student engagement  Prevent problems by ____________ a system at the beginning of the school year

10.  Teachers who have implemented this program have seen fewer students who interrupted and called out, who were inattentive, ____________, and unengaged  Teachers have found that students were engaged, completing assignments, successful in classroom lessons, and ________ students achievement

11.  Students of teachers who have __________________ in COMP realize greater gains in academic achievement as measured by standardized tests that students of teachers who have not participated in programs  Teachers who have participated in COMP workshops show changed classroom practices that result in classroom environments more conducive to students’ learning  Students of post workshop teachers show a significant decrease in inappropriate and disruptive behavior and a significant increase in academic _______________

12.  Evertson, C.M. Classroom Organization & Management Program. 2004. Retrieved  October 21, 2007 from, www.comp.org.www.comp.org  Evertson, C.M. & Harris, A.H. What We Know About Managing Classrooms. Retrieved  October 21, 2007 from http://mailer.fsu.edu/~slynn/evertsonharris1995.html. http://mailer.fsu.edu/~slynn/evertsonharris1995.html  Picture of Evertson, C.M retrieved October 21, 2007 from  http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/images/people/evertson.j pg. http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/images/people/evertson.j pg  Picture of Harris, A.H. retrieved October 21, 2007 from  http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/images/people/Harris A.jpg. http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/images/people/Harris A.jpg