"The good teacher unconditionally accepts students as they are, and expects them to become all they can be".

***Holly Holland

"The good teacher unconditionally accepts students as they are, and expects them to become all they can be".

***Holly Holland

Students are part of the

TEAMS in our schools

Students are part of the

TEAMS in our schools

TEAMSTogether Everyone

Achieves MoreSuccess

How do we involve students in helping us to manage the learning

environment?How do we build a community of

learning?How do we give our students a voice?

How do we involve students in helping us to manage the learning

environment?How do we build a community of

learning?How do we give our students a voice?

Learning Outcomes

• I will acquire ideas to help build COMMUNITY into my classroom?

• I will be able to design aspects of “TEAMS and SIDES” into my lesson plans ?

• I will be able to give my students a VOICE in my classroom?

Feedback is KingWhat does it look like when you are learning your

best?

• Group work/small discussions/Q & A *****************• Hands on/Active & Interactive learning *************• Lecture/Taking notes/Memorization ******• Videos/Visuals ****• Quiet time/alone **• Reading/Textbook **• Variety of teaching styles **

What is holding you back from learning your best?

• Personal life/Not enough time *******• Nothing, everything is good *****• Students talking at tables while instructing is teaching ****• The tight timeline/compressed schedule ***• Heavy workload **• Group dynamics **• Not knowing what will be on the exam **• Anxiety **

Feedback is KingWhat can the instructor do to improve learning?

• Nothing – things are good ************• More notes ***• Class time for assignments ***• Share more personal experiences ***• Clarify important topics/subject matter/specific examples **• Talk to students about their distracting behavior **• Show exemplars **

What can I do to improve my learning?• Improve my time management/organization **********• Participate more in class/ask questions *********• Makes notes/review notes ********• Read more books/Keep up with reading *******• Keep focused/stay on task ***• Take stress breaks/time for myself/Relax ****

Feedback is KingThings to Keep in this Course

• Class activities/variety of instruction *************• Class atmosphere ***********• Class discussions *************• Brain breaks ***********• Chapter presentations *********• Teacher tips/Real life experiences/stories ********• Collaborative learning/Table groups *******• Class assignments/learning tasks *******• Class website/Technology/Powerpoints *******• Music/Videos *******• Food *****• Flex days **• Clear expectations **

Things to Change in this Course• Submit assignments online *****• Nothing *****• More notes/notesheets ****• Mix up groups/seating arrangements ****• Class starting time (starting at 12:10) ***• Tell us what we need to know (e.g. final exam) **• Make presentations longer **• Less assignments ***• More direction (for assignments) **• Show examples of assignments **• Presentation topics **• 30 minute brain break

Things to Drop in this Course• Nothing *********• Final Exam ****• Philosophy Assignment (make smaller, more weighting) ***• Twitter **• Symbaloo **

The Final Exam• 75 multiple choice questions (from

textbook and class activities)• 1 Case Study (Short Answer – 5

marks)• 1 Take-home Synthesis Paper

(Re-submission of Philosophy assignment-20 marks)

TOTAL = 100 MARKS (30%)

Managing the

Learning Environme

nt

What ideas do you have to build COMMUNITY into your classroom?

How will you design “TEAMS and SIDES” into your lesson plans ?

How will you give your students a VOICE in the classroom?

A “Better”Model

New Model

TEAMS

Old

Model

SIDES

Managing the

Learning Environme

nt

What ideas do you have to build COMMUNITY into your classroom?

How will you design “TEAMS and SIDES” into your lesson plans ?

How will you give your students a VOICE in the classroom?

How will you give your students a voice?

Managing the

Learning Environme

nt

What ideas do you have to build COMMUNITY into your classroom?

How will you design “TEAMS and SIDES” into your lesson plans ?

How will you give your students a VOICE in the classroom?

The Freedom Writers

The Freedom Writers Website:

Turn and Talk for 2

• How will you design “TEAMS and SIDES” into your lesson plans ?

• How will you give your students a VOICE in the classroom?

• What ideas do you have to build COMMUNITY into your classroom?

Classroom Expectations:

Making Classroom

Rules

Choices:

Positive/Negative

Consequences

Choices:Integrated Themes, Projects

Classroom

Meetings

Classroom Jobs

Advisory

StudentGovernment

SchoolAnnouncements

Peer Mediation

PeerSupport

StudentPerformances

Clubs and Sports

Student Reps on School Board/School Council

“If we want to have engaged brains in the classroom, we have to have an interactive environment” … Spencer Kagan

“Fairness is everyone getting what they need in school” …Martha Kaufeldt

“Artful teaching is a love triangle between the students, the teacher, and the content ***Carol Ann Tomlinson

“Are we training kids to write tests for life, or are we training kids for the tests of life” ***Art Costa

“The primary purpose of assessment is to inform teaching and learning

***Faye Brownlie

“The more content is manipulated, the more likely it is understood and remembered." ***Janet Allen

“’At risk’ students are those who leave school before or after graduation with little possibility of continuing learning”

…Roland Barth

The most powerful single influence on student achievement is

feedback. ***John Hattie

"The ability to creatively handle change will be the most sought after skill in the new millennium."

***Alvin Toffler

“Teachers must make every effort to know the learners in order to meet their diverse needs”

***Gayle Gregory

It Takes a Whole Village to Raise a Whole Child

I Will Believe(as recorded by Monte Selby:

www.monteselby.com

Chorus: I will believe, every child I teach is a flame of hope, burning brilliantly. A strong heart and mind, seeking out

my hand, It’s within my reach. This I believe.

In the middle of each town, in the heart of every schoolBehind a desk in a classroom, is a single child for whomThis moment is the difference, where the road is mapped and plannedAs childhood waves goodbye, not yet a woman or a man.

Repeat Chorus:

I am here by choice, right where I want to beThe challenge is great, to inspire and leadBut how proudly they achieve. How profoundly they understand.How their laughing spirit soars, and I promise again.

Repeat Chorus: