What the student should learn *** Objective
Incremental steps under the teachers guidance to a solution to a problem *** Direct
approach to a lesson
Students receive the procedure and complete at their own pace *** Student directed
lesson
Structure *** Key to well planned instruction
Establish rules and boundaries *** Key to class control
Present understandable memorable lessons *** Key to content expertise
Be flexible *** Key to teaching techniques
The how of teaching *** Pedagogy
Be a lifelong learner and work with peers *** Key to continuing to learn
Provide consistency in resources, lesson plans, etc. *** Key to organization
Protects the teacher *** Key to maintaining records
Push the kids realistically *** Key to maintaining expectations for students
See the profession as beyond the classroom *** Key to modeling professionalism
Not everyone or every class period is the same *** Key to using creativity and
individuality
It motivates the kids *** Key to displays and promotes student work
It affects all at school *** Key to positive attitude
You are never alone and procedures *** Key to demonstrating calm in crisis
Support the rules *** Key to remaining loyal
Forgive the kids and see them as individuals *** Key to caring for students
Create a home *** Key to creating a welcoming environment
, Progressive discipline model *** PDM
Introductory engagement activity *** IEA
Don't always leave. Don't regret something *** Bad students
Power struggle *** Class is not a
Utilize all the time to prevent problems *** Well planned lessons
Require less student control effort *** Student centered lessons
Maximize instruction and minimize problems *** Classroom configuration
Slow and correct *** Reacting to a problem
Assessment at the end of the instruction *** Summative Assessment
assessment during the course of instruction rather than after it is completed ***
Formative Assessment
Visibility, support for events/issues, and membership *** 3 sources of community
support
Receive feedback *** Parents will help more if they
Appropriate, immediate, decisive *** Discipline aid
Determine time needed, write assessment, teach skills, review for assessment, give
assessment, evaluate effectiveness, redesign and repeat *** Designing a curriculum
Easy to turn into test questions *** Objectives
Local curriculum guide *** Required reading for all new teachers
Instruction *** Assessments inform
Nature of students, difficulty of material, and curricular goals *** Pace of instruction
depends on
Meet the needs of the students *** Rule 1 for teachers
It isn't about how much you teach but how much they remember *** Rule 2 for
teachers