Keeping Your Sanity in Tact and Your Heart Open in the Midst Of Everyday Life

Why was the math book so sad?

Because it was full of problems

Column A – Tactile Learners (aka Kinesthetic Learners)

Learning Styles Self Assessment

Column B – Auditory Learners

Column C – Visual Learners

Why is it important for you, as a teacher, to know what type of learner you are?

How can you use this particular informal learning assessment in your class?

Let’s Talk About It…

Video - Rude Elementary Students

Let’s See It…

Watch The Behavior

What does a classroom look like when there are no management strategies used by the teacher?

What does a classroom look like when there are management strategies used by the teacher?

Let’s Talk About It…

Why is it important to develop effective classroom skills as a teacher?

Definition of Classroom Management

An intra-classroom management style of instruction that reflects the ability of the individual teacher to formally and informally teach students while creating a positive learning environment that allows students to develop self-discipline techniques they can utilize throughout their lives.

Definition of Classroom Management

An intra-classroom management style of instruction that reflects the ability of the individual teacher to formally and informally teach students while creating a positive learning environment that allows students to develop self-discipline techniques they can utilize throughout their lives.

Definition of Classroom Management

An intra-classroom management style of instruction that reflects the ability of the individual teacher to formally and informally teach students while creating a positive learning environment that allows students to develop self-discipline techniques they can utilize throughout their lives.

Within the walls of the room method teaching

officially

unofficially

control skills

use

Classroom Management Goals

1. To stop potential problems before they start.

2. To learn how to deal effectively with misbehavior when it does occur.

3. To have an efficient learning environment which meets student, teacher and school needs.

4. To never be afraid to attempt new things within the classroom and to ask for feedback of these new strategies

5. To never give up on myself and my students.

Preventative Strategies

1. Establish a relationship with student by treating them as a valuable human being with inherent worth.

2. Making school need fulfilling

3. Inviting cooperation within the classroom.

Strategies for Responding to Misbehavior

1. Use logical and age-appropriate consequences.

2. Creative responses.

3. Focus on future behavior, not past behaviors.

Now You Try With Your Group …

Handout: Methods for Being Prepared as a Teacher

We’ll do the first one together

Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners

Auditory Learners

Visual Learners

What Did I Use Today?

Let’s Think About What We Discovered…

Individual Work

Bonus Round

What Did We Talk About Today?

What type of learners we are & why this is important for us to know

What a class looks like when the teacher plans and doesn’t plan

Goals of Classroom Management

Ways to prevent problems before they happen

Strategies to use after problems occur

Before We Take A Break…

Exit Ticket –Please answer the following questions on the sheet provided and turn in.

What did I learn? What part did I find the most interesting? Least interesting? What will I use in my classroom?