Teaching Skills

Murphree

Transferable skills of classroom teachers.

Teachers have skills you need

Teachers write

Write the newsletter or blog post

Create a quick poster Send an e-mail, memo,

letter Create a presentation on

the spot Write sample questions Write a report

When was the last time you needed someone to:

Teachers Collaborate

Create themed units across subjects

Invite experts to share Twitter across continents Share strategies Discuss theories Share success and failure

The days of the schoolmarm are over, today teachers:

Teachers are leaders

Mentoring 30 to 180 students everyday

Monitoring progress Assessing learning Budgeting resources Planning in detail Meeting expectations Keeping records

How many managers are responsible for:

Teachers are public speakers

Speaks everyday 5 days a week

Motivates the bored teen Can say the same thing 8

times in 8 different ways Can hold your attention for

6 straight hours Can present to supervisors,

colleagues, and children Presets for visual, auditory,

and tactile learners.

What speaker do you know who:

Teachers Plan

Plan to meet state standards Incorporating different

learning styles Adjusting for multiple

intelligences Differentiation for

variations in ability Dropping the plan to

capitalize on teachable moments

When was the last time you planned a six hour day down to the very last minute:

Teachers Evaluate

Each lesson each period of each day needs to be evaluated even when you've taught it a hundred times

A student cannot wait until the end of the chapter to figure out he isn't getting it

Interpreting results – each concept will have several sub skills

Progress is monitored on a daily basis towards end of year goals

NCLB requires one test a year, but teachers evaluate their teaching several times a day.

Teachers assess needs

Create target goals Set priorities Design models Design the process Estimate cost Estimate time Write a grant

Summer is 10 months away, how will you get there?

Teachers interact with everyone

Resolve conflicts Establish

communications Motivate Negotiate Answer questions Troubleshoot problems

Personal Professional Academic

How many people are required to:

Teachers are part of Web 2.0

Skype Web conference Word-Open Office-

Google Docs Second Life Twitter Blogs Joomla

Classrooms without budgets beta test everything

Creativity

Try reteaching the same concept three times without boring the students who got it the first time.

Try keeping a student's attention the first day the temperature rises above 60F

Try teaching children to share 3 computers for 30 students

We have been asked to do so much for so long with so little we are now qualified to do anything with

nothing.

Teachers have the skills you need to change the world