The Effective Teacher Flashcards
What are the 5 characteristics of an effective teacher?
- Has a clear, specific plan for introducing students to classroom rules, procedures and routines
- Works with the whole class initially
- Spends extra time during the first days of school introducing and teaching specific procedures and discussing class rules
- Uses simple enjoyable tasks as first activities
- Responds immediately to stop any misbehaviour
A smooth-running classroom is based on the teacher’s ability to teach ______
Procedures
The number one problem in the classroom is not ______, it is the lack of ______ and ______.
- discipline
- procedures and routines
A vast majority of the behaviour problems in the classroom are caused by the failure of students to ______ _____ and ______.
follow procedures and routines
What are the 3 main reasons why students do not follow procedures?
- The teacher has not thought out what happens in the classroom
- The students have not been taught how to follow procedures
- The teacher spends no time managing the classroom with procedures
What are the 3 steps to teaching procedures?
- Teach (the procedure)
- Rehearse (the procedure)
- Reinforce (the procedure)
When are students at all grade levels more invested in and respectful of classroom rules?
When they help construct the rules
What are the 10 characteristics of effective classroom rules?
Jointly established
Positive
Reasonable
Clearly defined
Observable
Succinct
Few in numbers
Enforceable
Enforced
Constantly evaluated
What is this?
1. The teacher launches the process with a broad vision, a statement of the kind of learning community the rules must help create.
2. The process involves conversation in which students have a voice. The students discuss how suggested rules would influence behaviour.
3. Once agreed upon the rules are posted and referred to often as the basis for actions in the classroom.
Collaborative rule making
