A school needs to consciously shape its culture to be a place where it’s safe to care about the quality of your work, where it’s cool to care.
What if being normal in school, fitting in, means caring about your work and treating others with respect?
Journal Prompt
10 minutes to silently think and write
Describe a time that you really felt like you learned something profound outside of school?
How did the learning happen?
Group Discussion (Part 1)
Describe a time that you really felt like you learned something profound outside of school?
How did the learning happen?
Classroom Management
and Discipline
Many teachers struggle to develop intentional management systems and instruction strategies; many fall back on systems and strategies from their own past even if those strategies didn’t work particularly well.
A school needs to consciously shape its culture to be a place where it’s safe to care about the quality of your work, where it’s cool to care.
What if being normal in school, fitting in, means caring about your work and treating others with respect?
It starts with us.
Group Discussion (Part 2)
What are the best strategies of classroom management?
When it comes to student attention. The best defense is a good offense.
Plan a packed schedule with engaging, challenging, social activity.
Don't brush problems under the rug and expect them to go away.
Always use affirmative, concrete, and transparent language to communicate to students.
