Preparing For A Successful Year 1st Year Teachers

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ActivityRead: How Do You Know You Are A Teacher?

Preparing for a Preparing for a Successful YearSuccessful Year

““Education is not the filling of a pail, but the Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”lighting of a fire.”

--William Butler Yeats--William Butler Yeats

Classroom ManagementClassroom Management

Procedures = Effective Management

Procedures and RoutinesProcedures and Routines

Procedure: What the teacher wants doneRoutine: What the students do automatically

The number one problem in the classroom is not discipline; it is

the lack of procedures and routines.

**Do not call a procedure a rule

Main Reasons Why Students Main Reasons Why Students Do Not Follow ProceduresDo Not Follow Procedures

• Don’t know them

• Have not been taught

• Have not practiced them

Procedures Are Necessary for an Procedures Are Necessary for an Effective Classroom for Several Effective Classroom for Several

ReasonsReasons• Classroom procedures are statements of students

expectations necessary to participate successfully in classroom activities, to learn, and to function effectively in the school environment.

• Classroom procedures tell a students how things operate in a classroom, thus reducing discipline problems.

• Classroom procedures increase on-task time and reduce classroom disruptions.

• Classroom procedures allow many different activities to take place efficiently during the school day, often several at the same time, with a minimum of wasted time and confusion.

Pair/Share: Talk to a neighbor and tell them which reason is important to you.

There Must be a Procedure or Set of There Must be a Procedure or Set of Procedures, for EverythingProcedures, for Everything

What will students be expected to do:• When entering your classroom (Web activity)• When the bell rings *(prompts on board, work on desk,

journaling/problems, group projects, project list, other)• When their pencil breaks• When they have late work* (airplane story)• When they correct homework• When they need supplies• When they finish their work early• When they have a question• When they need to use the restroom• When they are absent * (assignment books/planners, list on board, file

folder for each class period, classroom assignment notebook, others)• When they exit your class• When another adult or student walks in the room

Making Procedures Become Making Procedures Become RoutinesRoutines

• Explain you procedures• Rehearse• Reinforce

Teach ItPractice It

Quiz It (Numbered Heads Together)

Live It(Be consistent with procedures)

Classroom OrganizationClassroom Organization

Be Prepared

What to do Before School What to do Before School BeginsBegins

• Use checklists to prepare (Handouts)

• Have your procedures written down– Make list of procedures– Write out your first day script (Handouts)

Handouts• Read: To Do List - Wong• Read: First Day of School Script - Wong

Other Ways to Prepare for Other Ways to Prepare for the start of the School Yearthe start of the School Year

• Talk with your mentor teacher- look at their lesson plans (See Handout- Mentor Check List)

• Talk with students last years teachers- end of year goals, special needs of students …

• Talk with the teachers in the grade above you- their expectations of students entering their classrooms

Seven Things Students Seven Things Students Want to KnowWant to Know

1. Am I in the right room?2. Where am I supposed to sit?3. What are the rules in this room?4. What will I be doing this year?5. How will I be graded?6. Who is the teacher as a person?7. Will the teacher treat me as a human being?

The First DayThe First Dayss of School of School

• Use a check list to ensure you are prepared

• Introduce Yourself

• Teach procedure for taking roll, lunch count, …

• Conduct a room tour

First DayFirst Dayss of School of School• Get to know your students & let your students get

to know you

– Getting to know you web activity• First day to introduce yourself• Second day as team building activity• Third day as writing activity

Class Building Activity: Find someone who has the same music taste as you.

First DayFirst Dayss of School of School• Classroom Expectations Activity (team builder)

– Teacher’s expectations of students– Students’ expectations of teacher– Make poster and post on door

• Create your classroom climate– Clam – Organized– Prepared– Positive - reinforce positive behavior (“I like the way

you…)– Inviting – Consistent – Teamwork

Expectations ActivityExpectations ActivityTeacher’s Expectation

1. Be respectful of others2. Be responsible3. Do your best4. Be prepared for class5. Ask Questions

(only have 3-5 expectations)

What will your expectations be?

Class Expectations for the Class Expectations for the TeacherTeacher

1. Be Fair2. Make Learning Fun3. Be Helpful4. Be Organized5. Have Trustworthiness6. Treat Everyone Nice7. Do My Job8. Have a Good Attitude9. Be Supportive10.Explain Things Well

Why Didn’t I Learn This in Why Didn’t I Learn This in College?College?

1. A Good Place to Learn2. Framing the Learning & Questioning3. Learning is NOT a Spectator Sport4. Surprise! You’re a Reading Teacher!5. Assessment 1016. Beginning with the “Ends” in Mind: The Year,

The Unit, & The Lesson7. Organizational Systems for you, the Learners, &

Classroom8. Parents as Partners9. Tools

WebsitesWebsitesASSIST for beginning teachers (

http://assist.educ.msu.edu/ASSIST

Teacher.net (Wong) (http://teachers.net)

Laura’s Protopage (Teaching Resources)(www.protopage.com/lchambless)

St. Clair RESASt. Clair RESA

Laura A. ChamblessAssistant DirectorK-8 Math and Science St. Clair RESA499 Range Rd.Marysville, MI 48040810-455-4005(office)chambless.laura@sccresa.orgwww.protopage.com/lchambless

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