line-up:. tuesday, april 17 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. define characteristics of an effective teacher ...
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Line-up:
Activity
EDU X309.16Instructional Techniques & Classroom Management in
Vocational Education
Tuesday, April 175:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Define characteristics of an Effective Teacher
Review and understand course syllabus, requirements, and procedures.
Understand the importance of proper preparation for the school year.
Requests: 1.) applying strategies to different class formats. 2) Achievement Gap
Last Week:
Develop a lesson plan for the 1st day of school.
Discuss important of Attendance Procedures.
Understand Continuum of Discipline Plans. Develop classroom policies, procedures &
routines. Review purpose & types of grades &
gradebooks
Tonight’s Objectives
Lesson Plan Attendance Procedures Discipline Plan Rules Procedures Routines Gradebook
Academic Language
Develop a Lesson Plan for the first day of school.
Objective #1
How important is the first day of school Important Procedures for the first day:
◦ How and where do you greet students?◦ Where should classroom information be posted?
Name, Room Number, Subject(s)◦ How students enter room◦ Seating Chart◦ First Assignment◦ What do you say to start class
First Day of School
With a partner design a lesson plan for the first day of school. Make sure you have an explanation for your choices.
Lesson Plan Presentations
What do you do the First Day of Class?
Why is the first day of school important? Why is attendance taking important?
Objective #1: Develop a lesson plan for the 1st day of school.
Lets Review
Discuss the Importance of Attendance Procedures.
Objective #2
It’s how you get paid! All schools have attendance procedures.
Use required procedures. Most attendance is now computerized. Use your seating chart to take roll. Yelled
out responses interrupt students completing assignments.
It’s how you get paid!
Why are Attendance Procedures Important?
Objective #2 Discuss the importance of Attendance Procedures.
Lets Review
Understand the Continuum of Discipline Plans
Develop Classroom Procedures & Routines
Objective #3 & 4
A well-managed classroom will minimize your discipline problems
If you do not have a plan, then you are planning to fail!
Discipline With A Plan
Two kinds of teachers:
◦ Reactive: teacher who doesn’t know what to do. 80% of classroom problems are caused by ineffective teachers.
◦ Proactive: has a plan and procedures in place that is organized for academic success
Discipline Plan
Teacher is in Charge Both Student and Teacher is in Charge Student is in Charge
Activity◦ You will be assigned one of the above Discipline
Plans Review Handout Pick out the main ideas Present using Elmo
Continuum of Discipline Plans
Use rules to state your specific behavior expectations, not what you want performed.
Limit rules to a maximum of 5.
Examples:◦ Sit in your assigned seat daily.◦ No food or drinks allowed in class.
Classroom Rules
Problem Solving Plan1. What’s the problem?2. What’s causing the problem? (Please list the
factors)3. What plan will you use to solve the problem?4. Signature & Date line
Classroom Rules
The number one problem in the classroom is not discipline; it is the lack of procedures & routines.
Why students do not follow procedures:1. Teacher has not thought out what happens in
the classroom.2. Students have not been taught how to follow
procedures.3. Teacher spends no time managing the classroom
with procedures.
Classroom Routines & Procedures
Discipline concerns how students behave.
Procedures concern how things are done.
Discipline has penalties and rewards.
Procedures have no penalties or rewards.
Discipline vs. Procedures
Procedure: What the teacher wants done.
Routine: What the students do automatically.
Procedures vs. Routines
Three Step Approach:1. Explain. State, explain, model and demonstrate the procedure.
2. Rehearse. Rehearse and practice the procedure under your supervision.
3. Reinforce. Reteach, rehearse, practice, and reinforce the classroom procedure until it becomes a student habit or routine.
Teaching Classroom Procedures
What 2 groups determine the continuum of discipline plans?
Why are classroom procedures important?
Objective #3: Understand the continuum of discipline plans.
Objective #4: Develop Classroom Procedures & Routines.
Lets Review
Develop procedures for the following:◦ How do you dismiss students?◦ How do you quiet class and gain students
attention?◦ How do students ask you for help?
Include: Explain, Rehearse, Reinforce
Group Activity
How to Structure Group Activities◦ Specify the group NAME.◦ Specify the group SIZE.◦ State the PURPOSE, MATERIALS, and STEPS of
the activity.◦ Teach the PROCEDURES.◦ Insist on INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY for the
work of the group.◦ Teach the EVALUATION METHODS the students
can use to determine how successfully they have worked together.
Grouping
Review Purpose & Types of Grades & Gradebooks.
Objective #5
For the effective teacher, recording what and how well students are doing is essential in assessing and helping each student reach maximum learning capacity.
Designed properly, a gradebook should let you see each students results and progress immediately.
Gradebooks
Use your school or district program or use one of these resources:◦ www.educational-software-directory.net/teacher/gr
adebook◦ www.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Educati
onal/Teachers_Help/Gradebooks/◦ www.gradebooks4teachers.com/
Electronic Grade Program
Traditional Scales
Non-traditional Scales
Grading Scales
Develop a lesson plan for the 1st day of school. Discuss important of Attendance Procedures. Understand Continuum of Discipline Plans. Develop classroom policies, procedures &
routines. Review purpose & types of grades & gradebooks
Expected Learning Outcome◦ 3. Develop a plan for establishing and maintaining an
educational environment designed to maximize student learning.
Tonight’s Objectives
Review April 17 PowerPoint Classroom Management Portfolio Due Record Keeping System Due
Ticket out of Class◦ What do you consider your strengths as a
teacher?◦ What specific areas can you improve the most as
a teacher?
Homework Assignment