Powerpoint describes how school leaders can help teachers' classroom management through coaching them in developing classroom procedures. Also includes short piece on differentiation and behavior.
Helping leaders help teachers to manage classrooms
1. Reflective Quiz
1. Does the teacher demonstrate respect for the students?
2. Are some students less respected than others?
3. To what degree does each child respect the teacher?
4. Do some students respect some teachers more than others?
5. Who talks more in your classrooms, the teachers or students?
6. Who listens more in your classrooms, the teachers or students?
7. How much class time is spent doing things that could be done
outside of class? Yellow text
signals
8. To what degree your teachers work in isolation? participation
When you are done, discuss your answers with a partner. When your pair is done,
share with an additional pair.
2. Helping Teachers
Manage Classrooms
Through Responsibilities
and Rituals
Dr. Frederick C. Buskey
4. Some observations about public school
classrooms in the United States…
International schools may not look like this
Not all US K-12 classrooms look like this
I don’t know what your classrooms look like
Basic fundamentals may still apply
7. Why do these classrooms look
fundamentally the same?
What differences would we expect to see in classrooms representing democratic
versus totalitarian forms of government?
Discuss with a partner and we will share as a group
8. Why are they similar?
Control & Planning
How do your schools and classrooms differ?
9. In order to work together and be engaged,
Students And
need teachers
to be need
able to readily
control available
their tools
own and/or
behavior… strategies.
13. …to this!
But how?
http://www.dougfields.com/posts/im-not-a-student-leader/
14. Responsible Students
Learning
Rituals/Routines •Authenticity
•How we do •Choice
things •Safety
•Teach…
•Ask… Behavior
•Re-teach •Safety
Think-Pair-Share: Does this make sense? What questions do you have?
15. Prerequisites
Respect is the building block of human
relationships
Doing is learning; listening is boring
Do in class what we cannot do at home
Isolation is the enemy of improvement*
*Based on NYC SD #1
17. What things must students be able to do
to maintain an orderly environment?
Outside the class room Inside the classroom
Post-its: Write 1 idea on a post-it. Use several post-its for each category.
Add post-its to posters; group with similar ideas.
18. What are the things kids must be able to
do to maintain an orderly environment?
Outside the class room Inside the classroom
Leave the Begin work
classroom
Hand in papers
Move through the
halls Pass out papers
Enter the Get supplies
classroom Seek help
Run errands
Work individually
Cafeteria!!!
Work in pairs
Work in groups
Fill extra time
19. Each “thing” is a ritual
In groups of three, take a “theme” of sticky notes and
create a ritual…
Title
1-4 steps to complete the ritual
Key word and graphic for each step
Acronym for the 1-4 steps (if possible)
Which week of school you would teach this
routine
20. Ritual #1: PUP-E
Coming into class…
1. Paper out
2. Under the desk (stuff)
3. Pencil in hand
4. Engaged in Bell Ringer
Taught during week one
21. Each “thing” is a ritual
In groups of three, take a “theme” of sticky notes and
create a ritual…
Title
1-4 steps to complete the ritual
Key word and graphic for each step
Acronym for the 1-4 steps (if possible)
Which week of school you would teach this
routine
24. Ask:
Never tell, always ask what
the ritual is. Point to the
poster if necessary.
Jonathan, what is the ritual for coming into class?
Alicia, what is step 2 of the group work ritual?
Asking…
2.Puts the student in
control of his/her own
actions
3.Avoids conflict
25. Re-teach
If more than three students are
not following the ritual, it needs
to be re-taught and rehearsed
26. NEVER
mix rituals and rules
1. Rituals are about learning and self-regulation
2. Rules are about safety
3. The only consequences for not following
rituals are questions and rehearsal
27. Take two…
Think on your
own
or
discuss what you
have heard with a
partner Share:
•Questions
•“Aha’s”
29. Resources
Harry Wong’s First Days of School
Amazon hyperlink
The Skillful Teacher by Jon Saphier
(thanks to Tim Long of Colegio Menor)
Amazon Hyperlink
30. Bell Work
Title
1-4 steps to complete the
List 2 advantages and
2 disadvantages to ritual
PUP-E Key word and graphic for
Think about getting each step
students engaged
immediately Acronym for the 1-4 steps
With a partner, start to
(if possible)
develop a ritual for Which week of school you
bell work following
would teach this routine?
the guidelines
33. Authenticity
What is the work of childhood?
How does your teachers contribute to that
work?
If you had no curriculum, what would you
do with your students?
students
34.
35. Will there always be war?
What causes racism?
Some Why are some people
important poor?
SS Can we trust the
government?
questions
Why should I vote?
Why should I work?
36. Take a reflective tour of your school…
What really matters?
What will your students learn that will
make a difference in their lives?
What will your students produce that will
matter?
41. Think about what your classrooms look like…
Are parts of the curriculum negotiable?
Does everyone have to do every learning
activity?
Can you add activities of varying
complexity that students can choose from?
Are there multiple ways students can show
what they have learned?
42. Think about and share…
Something important that you learned in
school…
Who taught you?
What kind of relationship did you have with that
person?
How did he/she teach you?
How did you feel?
43. Safety
1. Can you learn
without risk?
2. Do you use
grades as
weapons or
rewards?
3. What if students
fail?