The document discusses approaches to classroom management and working with students who misbehave. It recommends:
1. Establishing clear expectations and rules from the beginning and enforcing them consistently while explaining any changes.
2. Understanding students by talking to them gently, identifying root causes of their behavior, and considering their background, home life, and academic performance.
3. Trying different interaction methods with chronically misbehaving students and cooperating with parents to reinforce positive behavior at school and home.
4. Working closely with other professionals like SPED teachers by sharing observations and strategies to develop appropriate IEP plans and coordinate instruction.
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Work from home may seem like an ideal setting to many, although, the reality of work from home may vary substantially. When you are working from home, work on and off-hours magically blend into one another, having a negative impact on your personal life.
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As students, we have all been in a place where we wished our teachers did things differently. Whether it was their way of teaching, grading, or even talking to students, we knew their ways hindered our learning.
Describing Teachers Harmer chapter 5 , E4IELTS Council
Describing Teachers (Harmer)
What is a teacher?
Teachers say they are like an actor, orchestral conductor, or gardener
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Managing student behaviour, especially excited or divisive students, can be a daunting task, but it is definitely rewarding. After all, student behaviour plays a big role in the overall learning experience. When students are disruptive, It is important for the teacher to act quickly and correctly. Without effective behaviour management strategies, the classroom setting wouldn't be the same at all.
CHAPTER 7Developing a Philosophy of Teaching and LearningTeacJinElias52
CHAPTER 7
Developing a Philosophy of Teaching and Learning
Teacher Interview: Heather Cyra
Heather Cyra has been a teacher at Guild Gray Elementary School for four years. Approximately 600 students attend kindergarten through fifth grade at Guild Gray. The school is located between an older, well-established neighborhood and low-rent apartment complexes. Student enrollment fluctuates at the school, and teachers may be asked to change grade levels when populations at specific grade levels decrease or increase. Ms. Cyra began teaching first grade but after one year she was moved to fifth grade. For as long as she remembers, she wanted to be a teacher. She knew that there would be challenges and rewards in teaching, but teachers make a difference in the world. She wanted to be creative and use the natural skills she possesses for helping people learn.
What do you see when you see excellence in teaching?
I see someone who is organized and has created an enjoyable, engaging environment—teachers who keep the students engaged in learning and also help everyone learn. I see excellence in teaching when I see teachers who have “fun” with their students; teachers who listen to their students and keep the students from being bored. Excellence in teaching is also surprising the students with unexpected activities, rewards, or information.
How do you know when your students are learning?
There are many ways to know that students are learning. You can often tell just by the looks on their faces that show whether they are confused or enlightened. You can tell by verbal cues from how the students respond to the questions you ask or how they contribute to class discussions. You can tell from a written assessment or merely a show of hands. If they are not responding the way I expect them to then I realize I have to reteach a concept or go back over something that may not have been explained in a way that they can understand. If you are tuned in to your students it is quite easy to tell when students have checked out by the way they look at you or don’t and by the responses they give you.
What brings you joy in teaching?
When I see how far the students I started out with grow in a year. By keeping track of their stages of development, I can see how much they have learned and how their attitudes and behavior have developed. When my students tell me at the end of the year that they don’t want to leave, I know that I have created a warm, nurturing environment. I feel like I am doing something right. It’s not entirely about what the tests say. As long as they’re learning, showing growth, and enjoying themselves in school and have enjoyed their fifth-grade experience I am happy and feel like I have done my job.
How did you develop a personal philosophy of teaching?
I constructed my philosophy one course at a time through integration of the most prominent and influential pieces of knowledge from each professor and textbook. During the course in special education my ...
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
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This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
1. WHAT IS YOUR APPROACH TO CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT?
WHAT CAN I EXPECT TO SEE WHEN I WALK INTO
YOUR CLASSROOM?
MY IDEAS ON CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
1. SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING
2. TEACHERS SHOULD BE CONSISTENT AND CLEAR
WITH EXPECTATIONS. CHANGES SHOULD BE
EXPLAINED.
3. STUDENTS SHOULD BE INVOLVED (UP TO
TEACHER’S DISCRETION) WITH CLASSROOM RULES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
4. KINDNESS AND PATIENCE MAKES A HUGE
DIFFERENCE IN WINNING STUDENTS OVER.
HOWEVER, DON’T LET STUDENTS WALK ALL OVER
YOUR ‘NICENESS’.
2. WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT A STUDENT WHO
CHRONICALLY MISBEHAVES?
Teachers should try to talk to the
student gently, understanding
where he’s coming from. Identifying
any precedents before the behavior
can help teachers understand the
root of it’s cause.
Understanding the student’s
background, home life, social life
and academic performance can
explain why a student misbehaves.
(e.g. Too tired to pay attention
because of lack of sleep.)
3. Teachers should switch around
different methods when interacting
with the student, to see which works
best (e.g. switching desks, tangible
positive reinforcers, positive praise).
Cooperating with parents to monitor
the student’s behaviour, consistently
enforcing rules, habits and patterns
can help reinforce positive behaviour
patterns at school and home.
WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT A STUDENT WHO
CHRONICALLY MISBEHAVES?
4. HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF WORKING WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS TO SUPPORT APPROPRIATE
STUDENT BEHAVIORS?
Teachers should work closely with SPED teachers and the
administration to discuss classroom and social behaviour
observations, share background knowledge to formulate an
appropriate and accurate IEP plan.
Homeroom teachers should check in with SPED teachers to see
what behaviour management strategies, content and vocabulary
lingo are used in their classes and try to coordinate and align
instruction to make it more understandable and relevant for
students.
For example,personalised posters, writing tools, lesson plans
tailored to the student’s IEP can be shared by SPED teachers so
homeroom teachers can use this for one-on-one lessons with the
student.
5. HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF WORKING WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS TO SUPPORT APPROPRIATE
STUDENT BEHAVIORS?
Teachers should be open and available for
professional development and education classes to
develop their knowledge and skills of how to meet the
needs of a diverse classroom. Time outside of the
classroom with new professionals in the teaching field
provides diversity in opinions, teaching styles and
research findings.
6. WHAT ARE YOUR QUESTIONS FOR US
REGARDING CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
EXPECTATIONS AND BEHAVIOR?
1. What are the rules for personal contact with
students? (E.g. a hug, pat on the shoulder). Is it a do
or don’t?
2. How do I reinforce certain rules that students seem
to keep forgetting? (e.g. pushing in their chairs)
3. What are some ways to explain a disruptive
student’s behaviour to the rest of the class, and help
them get on board with being helpful, kind
classmates?
4. How do I facilitate classroom activity transitions as
seamlessly and quietly as possible?