Sunday, February 24, 2013

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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Sunday, February 10, 2013

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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