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Investment

Teaching StyleKeep in mind your teaching style

Academic Impact ModelHandout 1

Investment

33 Basic Investor ProfilesShowmanRelationship BuilderTough-Love

Academic Impact Model in ActionHandout 2DestructiveApathetic or UnrulyCompliant and on-taskInterested and hard-workingPassionate, urgent, and joyful

5Key Idea 1When a teacher invests students they are:PassionateUrgentJoyfulCaringOn a mission to achieve

Key Idea 2To have a life changing impact on students they must feel:InvestedEmpowered

Key Idea 3Investing students:Is challengingTakes timeSignificantly impacts their life

Power of Investment

Discuss:These are two examples of tracking systems created by two different teachers about literary elements. On the left, as the TCs students mastered each element they earned a piece to complete their sundae. Each student had a copy of their sundae and added as they mastered each element. At the end of the unit, with the Mentor Teacher and Administrators permission, they had an ice cream party with the toppings students earned. On the right, you will see how a teacher tracked students understanding of literary elements based on their reading the book Bridge to Terabithia. As students mastered different elements, they added a piece to their bridge. 9Power of Investment

Discuss:The left displays a homework chart. This TC was having a difficult time getting students to turn in their homework. Along with her Mentor Teacher, they came up with an idea to create a visual tracking system to invest students in turning in their homework. Each time they brought their homework, students were able to color the chart. Students were motivated by the chance to color their squares. Investment does not have to cost lost of money!The right hand side shows a class progress towards mastering sight words. The teacher documented how many words the class mastered. As they mastered those words, they were added to the word wall for students to constantly reference. 10Power of Investment

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Power of Investment

13Key Idea 4To truly invest students, you must:Build relationships with studentsLeverage tracking informationCommunicate with students familiesStrategically plan and execute strategies to build investment

ExpectationsVisual tracking systemRecords of student achievementDaily lesson planning binderPresentation of student achievement data at end of semester

15ConsiderationsTo protect student privacy use:Identifying numbersInitialsStudent created objects only they can identify (i.e. color coded rocket ships)Avoid using student names on visual tracking systems

16Closing and Next Steps"I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or de-humanized."Dr. Hiam Ginott

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