2. “The highest result of education is tolerance”

3. Timetable Close

4. Senior Dept
New Teachers Meeting
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Tomorrow
MMR

5. Bill Gates Education Most important base on which a nation is built
US Education
What makes a great teacher
NOT salary [inverse]
Not years of service [inverse]
Not degrees or learning [flat]
Not number of students in the class
Just “something”
Clone it? - Doug Lemov

6. Great Teaching
Managing behaviour in the class room

9. The teacher in control

10. Changes In five years Technology
“Always on” generation Peer pressure 24/7
Parenting / Maids / City Mall / Sophie
Higher expectations
Teachers losing respect
Valid reasons

11. Important Points : 0
You will be videoed, recorded, photographed

12. Important Points : 1
NEVER insult the parents!

13. Important Points : 2 NEVER over react Vital
You are wronged – You wrong – everything cancels out
{con}

14. Important Points : 3 ALWAYS respect your students
Treat them with the HIGHEST honour
Greet them at the door
Martin Luther
Tell them what you expect.
Respect : TEACH it.
Stop the lesson to teach it

15. Important Points : 4
BEFORE you lose it, leave

16. Important Points : 5
In a GREAT classroom: no punishments, no rewards

17. Important Points : 6 Organise Books / Tables / Classrooms Spend time
Use homework time usefully

18. Important Points : 7
“Agree” punishments

19. Important Points : 8
Deal with it outside the classroom

20. Important Points : 9
Never underestimate the power of the word “sorry”.
Rooted deep in the biblical/salvation story

21. Starting Point : 1
A teacher cannot teach until the class is able to learn

22. Starting Point : 2
MOST students are fed up of time wasters and disrespectful students

23. Starting Point : 3
MOST students want to learn and they want YOU to provide a learning environment

24. Starting Point : 4
Never seek to be loved, seek to be respected

25. Starting Point : 5
Expect the best behaviour from your students

26. Starting Point : 6
Expect the best behaviour from your students

27. Starting Point : 7 This is not MAGIC! Takes time Hard work
BUT will get results
Drilling to perfection
Excellence is expected

29. 7 techniques

30. Difficult to start
But HUGE payback

31. One : 100%
There’s one suitable percentage of students following a direction given in your classroom.
Draconian?

32. Raise your hands
Be quiet
75% - continue? NO
100% before moving on
“Excellence is the habit”
2 variables?
Even within one variable there are many different states

33. How? Three main methods 1 : Least Invasive form of intervention
2 : Universal expectation
3 : Emphasize compliance you can see

34. 1 : Least Invasive form of intervention
Escalating
A : Nonverbal : use you eyes, hands
B : Positive group correction : You should be tracking the speaker
C : Anonymous individual correction : : We need two more
D : Private individual correction : Near, quiet, name
E : Public correction : Names used : Fadi, I need your eyes on me. Thank you!

35. 2 : Universal expectation
We all need this because this is the way we learn
These are our standards in this class

36. 3 : Emphasize compliance you can see
A : Eyes/pencils
B : Ask and look : Be vigilant
C : Do not accept less than 100%

37. Most Difficult
Most Important

38. Two : What to do Defiance vs. Incompetence Detect the difference
Detail
Positive instruction, NOT negative : “Cut it out”
Pay attention. How? Eyes on the speaker.
KEY clear instructions

39. Four points
A : Specific : Pay attention vs. eyes on me
B : Concrete : Things to do : Face me vs. pay attention
C : Sequential : In order : Turn your chair around, put your legs under your table, pull your chair in, sit up and look at me. [Chloe]
D : Observable. Seeing what they do.
Really all one

40. Defiance vs. Incompetence
Detect the difference
Incompetence : Teach
Defiance : Consequence
Do not confuse one for the other
Incompetence : Rephrase instruction

41. Three : Strong voice

42. May not be natural
BUT five basic things Strong Voice teachers have
A : Economy of Language. Do not use lots of words : sign of weakness. Clear. Crisp.
B : Do NOT talk over. Every student silent. Refuse to continue until silence. Start and Stop. Multiple times.
C : Do not engage. Make a request. Follow that through.
David and Margaret – foot on chair. Distraction. Do not engage.
D : Square Up /Stand Still : Posture is important. Eye contact. Stop moving. Face.
E : Quiet power : Losing control, babbling. Drop your voice. Slow down.

43. Four : Do It Again Practice makes perfect
Failure to do a basic task, do it again : line up, come in quietly

44. Seven reasons
1 : Shortens feedback loop : learn quicker
2 : Standard of excellence : acceptable but not perfect : good to great
3 : No admin follow up : no papers
4 : Group accountability
5 : Ends with success
6 : Logical consequences : walk in again and again!
7 : Reusable

46. Walking round the room, back and forward

47. NOTES :
1 : Start again IMMEDIATELY there is a problem
2 : Walking to Music, ELR, PE …

48. Five : Sweat the details
EVERYTHING is important
Preparation
Planning
Experiment : rubbish = more rubbish

49. If you teach in a messy classroom you are implying that is OK.
VERY important
If you teach in a messy classroom you are implying that is OK.
It is NOT OK.

53. Six : Threshold The MOMENT they enter Tone set
Depends how your class functions
Difficult in Senior as we enter to students
Junior?

54. TWO key points
1 : Brief personal check in : Good morning Mr. Shmeit, how was the game last night. Great result! [Go to the back of the line. Not what I expect]
2 : Reinforce your classroom expectations : As soon as you sit down, please get your homework out. I will be taking it in first thing.

55. Seven : No warnings
WHAT?!

56. Against everything we have used so far!
Reasons?
1 : Not allowing poor behaviour to pass without consequences.
2 : Giving a warning is not taking action.
3 : Warnings state that it is OK to do it twice but the third time there will be trouble. [most kids will do it twice!]

57. Be careful : Incompetence vs. Defiance
Getting it wrong could be a disaster
IF incompetence, redirect
If defiance : consequence

58. Consequences
Scaled. Rising.
Senior : Conduct marks
Junior : Conduct marks, others?

59. Finally All great teaching is about great relationships.
It is NOT about being loved.