We strive to create a classroom environment where our students feel comfortable, safe, and invested, which encourages and builds confidence in their learning!
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Some of the things we utilize/do to encourage our students to "buy into" our course are:
High expectations
High content/different delivery
Lab-based and activity-based hands-on learning
Agenda/Homework on board
Birthday Calendar/Announcements
Frequent assessment feedback
Smarties: exams
Highlighters (reading strategies)
Homework passes/Bathroom passes
Post work/projects on boards/ceilings
Stickers/stamps
Student exemplars
Holidays/Seasonal Clings/Decorations
Survival Packets/Rules of the Road
Hall Passes: Crab/Elephant/Turtle
Mutliple assessments
Secrets to Success:
Appeal to multiple learning styles and intelligences
Know yourself: look to yourself/your methods, rather than blame students
Move outside your comfort zone
Assess students through multiple means: projects, written assignments, discussions, labs, tests and quizzes
Persistence
Self-Reflection
Keep detailed lesson plans with suggestions and comments for the future
Learn from experienced teachers and others who interact with students
Build a community outside your classroom
Save student work from year to year
Preparation…Preparation…Preparation!
Work as a team with other teachers when possible; share duties
Connect class content to students’ lives, cultures, and experiences
Create a file to save all the positive things from students, parents, and administrators.
Some of the things we utilize/do to encourage our students to "buy into" our course are:
Secrets to Success: