How will you design an environment so that learning

takes place?

Let’s Review

Topic #9: Build it and they will learnTopic #9: Build it and they will learn

Don’t Laugh at Me

“The first stage of curriculum development, is creating a curriculum of care”

…Harold Brathwaite

Review: TeRRiFiCC

Design an environmentthat supports

character education

Design an environmentthat supports

character education

Week #7

What can you do?What can your students do?

Design an anti-bullying

environment

Design an anti-bullying

environment

WHY?

Who or What is to Blame?Go to

http://todaysmeet.com/BullyingMatters

And join the conversation

10 Warning Signs:1. Lack of Interest in School. Self isolation from

family and/or friends.2. Seeing self as always the victim.3. Persistent disregard for rules.4. Cruelty to pets or other animals.5. Artwork or writing that is bleak, violent or that

depicts isolation or anger.6. Talking constantly about weapons or violence. Talk

about bringing weapons to school. Bringing a weapon to school.

7. Obsession with violent games/television8. Depression or mood swings. Misplaced or

unwarranted jealousy.9. History of bullying.10. Involvement/interest in gangs.

10 Things a Teacher Can Do

1. Learn about bullying and violence2. Democratic classroom. Zero tolerance for

name-calling, put-downs and taunting.3. Know the warning signs.4. Anti-violence student activities.5. Have a school emergency plan.6. Firm, fair and consistent school rules.7. Report to principal ALL violent incidences (physical and

verbal)8. Teach conflict resolution/anger management skills.9. Incorporate prevention of violence into your lessons.10. Encourage students to report suspicious activities/ behavior.

Bullying is a “Learned Behavior”,which means it can be “unlearned”

1. No weapons at school.2. Report crimes to authorities.3. Report suspicious or worrisome

behavior.4. Learn how to manage anger.5. Settle disputes peaceably.6. Teen advisory council.7. Be a peer counselor.8. Mentor new students9. Participate in a watch patrol.10. Have a school peace pledge/rally

10 Things Students Can Do

Remember: A Misbehaving Child is a Discouraged Child

Review: Brain Foods

Design an environment where both YOU and YOUR students

are emotionally and physcially healthy

Design an environment where both YOU and YOUR students

are emotionally and physcially healthy

Week #8

The Top 10 Best Brain Foods

Top 10 Brain Foods: Blueberries (tapping on head)

Nuts nuts nuts (tapping on shoulders)Fish (for the flesh)

Brocolli (in the belly)Yogurt (for the waist)

Banana banana banana (rotating hips)Olive oil (on your thighs)

Brown Bread (tapping the knees)Spinach on the shin

Squishy tomatoes (with our feet)

Work Hard

Play Harder!

ATTITUDE is 100%

Review: Myth or Reality

Design an environment that

meets the needs of young adolescents

Design an environment that

meets the needs of young adolescents

Week #2

Review: The Brain....

Design an environment that honors how the

brain learns best

Design an environment that honors how the

brain learns best

Week #3

BRAIN

Review: The Learning Pyramid

Design an environment

centered on the best ways to learn

Design an environment

centered on the best ways to learn

Week #4

Review: Cracking the Code

Design an environment where students have voice

and choice

Design an environment where students have voice

and choice

Week #5

Review: Acronyms

Design an environment where

learning is engaging

Design an environment where

learning is engaging

Week #6

20 Instructional StrategiesTo Engage the LearnerGraphic Organizers

Writing and ReflectionBrainstormingField TripsDebatesVisualsMovementHumor and CelebrationMusic, Rhythm, Rhyme & RapCooperative Learning

Problem Based LearningRole play/Drama/CharadesSummarizing and NotemakingTechnologyVisualizationGamesStorytellingManipulatives/ModelsMnemonic Devices/AcronymsDrawing and Artwork

By Marcia Tate

• CALM

• SIDES

• TEAMS

• WinWin

• TeRRiFiCC

• BRAIN

• CASE

• Consider, Act, Lessen, Manage

• Strategic instructional design to engage students

• Together Achieves More Success

• Working interactively, winning independently

• Trust, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship

• BRAIN: Building safe environments, Recognizing and honoring diversity, Assessment, Instructional strategies, Numerous curriculum approaches

• CASE: Copy & Steal Everything

Our Teacher Tips

Add to your Toolbox

Review:Classroom Management Role Plays

Design an environment where RELATIONSHIPS are

key to learning

Design an environment where RELATIONSHIPS are

key to learning

“Kids don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care”

Charles Sposato

The Rest of the Story: One more trip to the Galloway Vault

• Forgiveness: Aboriginal Culture (The Talking Circle, The Healing Center, Sweatlodge)

• Revisit: Itinerant Case• Revisit: Classroom Management Role-plays• Housekeeping:

-Hand in Course Participation/Hand back blogs -Hand out: Take home “synthesis paper” -Review: 40 Generic Principles of Classroom Management/Classroom Management Resources (Google Site /Shelfari Book Reviews)/Classroom Management Mantras/Course Learning Outcomes-Final Exam (Wednesday, Nov. 6th, 10:00 to 12:00 p.m.), Room 2301

• Brent’s Best Practices: 3 Best “In Class” Practices/3 Best “Whole School” Practices

• The Final Word: Believe in yourself and your power to teach/Jordan• Seeing: Dalton Sherman “Do you believe in me?”• Wise Words

Make a choice• #1. I was hired to teach, not to make kids behave

• #2. You can be friendly with kids, but you can’t be friends

•  #3. Minimize student misbehavior by maximizing student learning

•  #4. Manage your class, don’t discipline it

•  #5. Don’t let them see you smile until Christmas

• #6. Catch ‘em being good

Build it and they will learn

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

“Artful teaching is a love triangle between the students, the teacher, and the content

…Carol Ann Tomlinson

“Fairness is everyone getting what they need in school”

…Martha Kaufeldt

“All kids in our society are at risk…Dr. Martin Brokenleg

“We have school-induced ADHD because schools aren’t brain compatible with the brains of today’s children” …Dr. David Sousa

“What is best for the best should be best for the rest”

…Dr. Roger Taylor

“Kids learn by what they do, not by what they are told”

…Pat Wolfe

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

….Art Costa

There are no ‘bad’ kids, just kids with ‘bad’ problems”

…Harold Brathwaite

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

…Roland Barth