Contains information on how to tune up your teaching style and actively involve students in learning.

1. CHAMPS:
PBIS in the
Classroom
Implement Effective
Instructional
Practices

2. Often behavior problems are directly related to
ineffective instructional practices
Key elements to consider:
1. Teaching & Presentation Style
2. Actively involve students in lessons
3. Have clear objectives and evaluate student progress.
4. Ensure high rates of student success.
5. Provide students with immediate feedback.
Task 6:
Implement Effective Instructional Practices
CHAMPS Ch. 1, Task 6, pg. 44
DSC Ch. 2, Task 5-6, pg. 53

3. Tune up your teaching style
 Be energetic, interesting, and enthusiastic
 Be clear about the learning outcomes and
purpose
 Relate new tasks to previously learned tasks
 Rally enthusiasm & energy
(especially when the task is challenging)

4. Actively involve students
 Increase Opportunities to Respond
• Maximizes student responses
• Increases on-task behavior
• Reduces problem behavior
• Promotes academic achievement
 Check for understanding multiple times
• 4-6 responses within 1 min. for new material
• 8-12 for review material
• Wait time = 5 seconds

5. Actively involve students
Strategies to increase Opportunities to Respond
 Choral response
 Individual response / Cold call
 Response cards / clickers
 Exit tickets
 Guided notes
 And….

6. Actively involve students
Turn & Talks

7. Actively involve students
Response Boards

8. Actively involve students
Quick Writes

9. Actively involve students
Hand Signals

10. Actively involve students
Kahoot

11. Other effective practices
• Have clear objectives
• Ensure high rates of success
 Adjust task difficulty
 Modify length of assignment/time on task
 Vary type of tasks
 Increase instruction/practice
• Provide frequent and immediate feedback