the keys to student achievement and classroom success
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This presentation suggests several strategies for improving student achievement and classroom management.TRANSCRIPT
Instructional Process
Data-Driven Decisions
Classroom Management
Instructional Strategies
Effective Assessment
Planning
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Bell Ringer Anticipatory
Set Teacher Input
Check for Understanding
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Student Exploration
Closure
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The Instructional
Process
Beginning Middle End
Pre Test Learning Contracts Post Test
Admit Ticket WebQuests Exit Ticket
Poll RAFT Big Idea Board
Anticipation Guide
Active Viewing Guide
Survey
Prediction Guide Concept Mapping Minute Paper
Content Trailers Learning Centers Think-Pair-Share
Interactive Lecture
Foldables Journaling
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A framework for making the curriculum accessible to all
students; reducing barriers to curriculum
• Students differ in how they gather facts and categorize what they see, hear, and read. (The “what” of learning)
• Students differ in how they organize and express ideas. (The “how” of learning)
• Students differ in motivation and engagement levels. They are challenged differently and have differing levels of excitement and interest. (The “why” of learning)
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Multiple Means of
Representation (acquiring information)
Multiple Means of
Expression (show what they know)
Multiple Means of
Engagement (motivate, challenge)
Textbooks or trade books
Text-Digital text; graphic organizers
Choice of content and tools- print,
audio, web
Audio Books Auditory-MP3 files; recordings
Adjustable levels of challenge- reading
level; goals
Multimedia- podcasts, digital
movies, and presentations
Visual- video (Photostory 3)
images
Glogster
Choice of rewards
Formal
High-Stakes
Informal
Strategies- individual conferences, pre tests, admit/exit tickets, concept
mapping, minute papers, task-oriented interviews, questioning techniques, inventories, and rubrics.
Assessment
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Classroom Observations
Student Work Samples
Informal Assessments
Formal Assessments
Edusoft Demographics
and Attendance
Make intelligent decisions regarding instruction and interventions
Data Driven
Decision Making
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• Factor in learning styles and strategies to differentiate instruction
• Consider assessment strategies and ways to determine student learning
• Anticipate any behavior issues and incorporate strategies to address them during instruction
• Plan a closure for each day.
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Veto
State of the Classroom Address
Delineate
Ratify
Authority
• Influence- be the positive example your students need
• Navigate- charter the path your classes will take this year
• Respect- expect it and give it • Intuition- use your instincts to head off potential
problems. • Communication- develop this skill in your
students by example • Connection- establish a positive relationship
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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People will Follow You - John C. Maxwell
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Classroom Management
Strategies
In Class TOR
Assigned Seating
Keep Logs
(Tardiness, Sleeping, etc)
Participation Rubric/Grade
Showcase Students with
Positive Behaviors
Timed Assignments
(Bell Ringer)
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• Require students to be in seats before the tardy bell
• Time bell ringers and factor in participation grades
• Institute a tardy sign-in system for tracking
• Alert parents of students who are notoriously tardy
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• Document notorious offenders on board or chart
• Use participation grade system
• Contact parents as frequently as possible
• Use an in-class TOR system for students who refuse to work but cause disruption-- isolate the student from regular classroom activities with grade penalty.
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• Assigned Seating (Change it up occasionally without warning)
• Use a student desk or table to make a teacher station in the midst of the students
• Be organized, structured, and prepared each class period. Students know when teachers do not have it together and they capitalize on it.
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• Be unpredictable in your teacher input strategies
• Use novelty
• Make real world connections
• Incorporate technology Connections
• Personalize/Involve the affective domain
• Involve kinesthetic activities
• Model/demonstrate/showcase
• Assess frequently
• Motivate, encourage, and inspire
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• Timers
• Count downs
• Noise-maker to gain students’ attention
• Random Name pickers
• Random Number Generators
• Online Calendar
• Recognition chart
• Logs