Effective instructional strategies

When looking at effective instruction, two places that shed good light on what should be taking place in the classroom is Hattie's effect size and Marzanos 9 Strategies for effective teaching and learning. For all the debate about what is best practice, both of these sources give us good research based models to help us understand what should be taking place in the classroom on a daily basis.

Let's focus this week on effective instructional strategies. Come to coffee with colleagues to hear from your fellow teachers how they put theses strategies into practice.

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Classroom Management

Teachers must have strong classroom management to be effective.  This week, the conversation will be driven by teachers as we consider the importance of strong classroom management.

A few questions to consider:
How do you command the classroom?
How do you establish procedures?
What are your classroom expectations?
What are your core values relating to student behaviors?
What are the non-negotiables in your classroom?
How do you establish high expectations for student behavior?
Where does effective classroom management take place?
When do you involve a parent?
When do you involve others? Counselors? Administrators?

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Coffee with Colleagues
Friday morning-7:00 am

High Expectations

Fremont's Mission

The mission of Fremont Public Schools is to produce creative, adaptable, productive citizens committed to life-long learning. 

Further, it is the goal of the Fremont Public Schools to provide an educational program that will produce productive citizens prepared to successfully compete in the twenty-first century global society.

Developing High Expectations of Learning
How do we create an environment of high expectations?  Let's take a look at each section of this mission.  In doing so, let's define each and then look at what we need and what we must do for students to meet these goals.

• Creative
• Adaptable
• Productive Citizens
• Life Long Learner
• Productive Citizens
• 21st Century Global Society 

Culture of High Expectations
What actions must we take to create high expectations of all students?

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High Expectations: Behavior

How do we establish an environment with high expectations for behavior?

Establishing a framework for High Expectations
Some questions to consider:

1) How do you communicate high expectations?

2) Does your team:

• Define what we want for behavior from students.
• Define positive and negative consequences for students.
• Develop a common language.
• Teach positive behaviors in a proactive way.

Timeline for High Expectations Conversation

January 7-January 18:
Please find resources over the course of the next 2 weeks and share on twitter.  Don't forget to use the hashtag #58connect.

January 18th-Coffee with Colleagues

Behavior Programs

Listed below are some behavior programs.

• Boys Town 
• PBiS 
• Love and Logic
• Living Above the Line (from Brent's Blog)

• 10/90
• See it, Own it, Solve it, Do it

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