Basic Understandings _the teacher UNIT A Basic Understandings _the teacher A Team Effort by L. Block, O. Turrubiates, B. Garza, K. Cavazos, G. Perez & Y. Cavazos

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What You Need To Succeed On The First Day Of School Chapter 1 What You Need To Succeed On The First Day Of School

The Key Idea Your Success during the school year will be determined by what you do on the first days of school.

The Most Important thing to establish in the first week of school is… CONSISTENCY!

“ The highest stake of all is our ability to help children realize their fullest potential” _ Samuel J. Meisels

The Four Stages of Teaching Fantasy Survival Mastery Impact Many teacher make it through the first phase and EFFECTIVE teachers reach the fourth.

Fantasy The teacher believes that to be successful that they need to relate and be a friend to the student They rarely talk about assessments and entertain with activities.

Survival In this stage the teacher has not developed instructional skills. The teacher gives them busy work and student learning are not their goals.

Mastery The teacher knows how to manage the classroom and has expectations of their students. At this stage, they use effective practices and student achievement is their MASTERY GOAL.

Impact Effective teachers make an impact is student’s lives To make an impact on your students use effective teaching practices. When reach this stage you return to fantasy stage because you fulfill your dream of making a difference in the lives of students.

IMPACT Teachers universally say they go into teaching to make a difference. You more than make a difference. You ARE the difference.

What Is An Effective Teacher? Chapter 2 What Is An Effective Teacher?

The Key Idea The beginning teacher must become proficient in the three characteristics of an effective teacher.

Positive Expectations Classroom Management Lesson Mastery Positive Expectations There are 3 characteristics of an effective teacher and they apply to all teachers

The 3 Characteristics of an Effective Teacher Has Positive expectations for the student success. Is and Extremely good classroom manager. Knows how to design lessons for student mastery. Everyone of us is both a student and a teacher. We are at our best when we teach ourselves what we need to learn.

Positive Expectations Having Positive Expectations simply means the teacher believes in the learner and the learner can learn It is essential that the teacher exhibit positive expectations toward ALL students

Classroom Management Classroom management consists of the practices and procedures that a teacher uses to maintain an environment in which instruction and learning can occur.

Lesson Mastery Mastery refers to how well a student can demonstrate that a concept has been comprehended, or perform a skill at a level of proficiency, as determined by the teacher.

Effective Classroom! Well-Ordered Environment + Positive Academic Expectations = Effective Classroom!

How You Can Be A Happy First-year Teacher Chapter 3 How You Can Be A Happy First-year Teacher

The Key Idea The beginning teacher must perform the full complement of skills while learning those skills.

Here’s the biggest secret to success: Steal Borrow Beg

Student teaching will not have prepared you The First Year Of Teaching Can Be Frightening Teacher education will not have prepared you. Student teaching will not have prepared you. The district may not have prepared you. Yet, you will be expected to perform immediately.

If you want positive results from your professional career, know that your collegiate are your best resource. Work in collegial manner with your colleagues. Associate with and learn from positive mentors and coaches. Join a professional organization. Continue to learn through classes, workshops, conferences, professional meetings, books, journals, CDs, DVDs, the internet, advanced degrees.

Inside Every Great Teacher There Is An Even Better One Waiting To Come Out

The Effective Teacher Works cooperatively and learns from colleges. Seeks out a colleague who serves as a role model. Goes to professional meetings to learn. Has a goal of striving for excellence.

How To Close The Student Achievement Gap Chapter 4 How To Close The Student Achievement Gap

The Key Idea The effectiveness of the teacher determines the level of student achievement.

There's one difference : the ineffective teacher is simply not doing what the effective teacher is doing.

Ineffective teachers Effective teachers Look for busy work Survivors Whiners Expected for others to tell them what to do Innovative planners Exceptional classroom managers Adept critical thinkers Competent problem solvers Think, adapt, & implement Problem solvers

What teachers do is a miracle We accept all children from every imaginable situation and care for them, nurture them, and teach them.

The Effective Teacher Uses effective practices focused on student achievement Is an innovative planner and exceptional classroom manager. Is an adept critical thinker competent problem solver. Represent the greatest asset of a school.

Effective teachers steal from the best and learn from the rest

Why You Should Use Prove , Research-based Practices Chapter 5 Why You Should Use Prove , Research-based Practices

The Key Idea Effective teachers use proven, research based practices that are employed by thousands of other teachers.

It May Be Dangerous To Teach As You Were Taught.

Effective teachers do what the research tells us is most effective Effective teachers do what the research tells us is most effective. Effective teachers use proven, research-based practices. Why would you do otherwise?

This Model of Teaching Has NO Research to Support It Assign chapters to read. Answer the questions at the back of the chapter or on the worksheet. Deliver a lecture and have students take notes Show a video or do an activity. Construct a test based on a number of points. Control the assignment of grades.

The Four Beliefs Of An Effective Teacher It is the teacher who makes a difference in the classroom. By far the most important factor in school learning is the ability of the teacher. There is an extensive body of research and knowledge about teaching that must be known by the teacher. The teacher must be a decision maker, able to translate the research and body of knowledge about teaching into increased student learning _ After Madeline Hunter

Educational Research That Applies To Every Teacher John P. Rickards discovered two things: The most ineffective place to print questions is at the end of a textbook chapter. It is ineffective to give a student all the questions for an assignment at one time, and then ask the student to answer all the questions and to turn them in all at one time.

The Successful Teacher Must Know And Practice The Three Characteristics Of An Effective Teacher.