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Welcome toNew Teacher
Academy!
2012-2013ESU #2
Diane Beninato [email protected] Barks [email protected]
Rick Williams [email protected]
Please help yourself to breakfast!
WELCOME!New Teacher Academy
8:30-3:30 Aug. 8th Introductions:
- license plate activity
Objective
Participants will improve knowledge and skills in the
areas of: Classroom Management, Assessment, Lesson Design, Instruction,
Technology, and Professional Responsibilities.
New Teacher AcademyStrands
Lesson Design Instruction Assessment/
Grading Professional
Responsibilities Technology Classroom
Management Additional areas
My expectations:
To create sticky notes:
Make 2 copies of template
Attach sticky note to template, add tape!
Run through copier
Great for lists, procedures, rules, etc.
My expectations:
Pre-Assessment
Break!!
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown-timer/
Write down 2-3 big ideas on processing sheet!
Classroom Management:
Organizing for Instruction
Classroom Management:
Organizing for Instruction
Organizing the Physical Space
Establishing Classroom Rules
Establishing Routines &
Procedures
Classroom Management:
Organizing for Instruction
Physical SpaceDesignate areas for specific activities
Close proximity
Students should face you
Students can easily share answers
Classroom Management:
Organizing for Instruction
Physical SpaceOrganize materials for easy access
Teacher can monitor responses and provide valuable feedback
See all parts of the room and all students
Post materials that support instructional efforts
Classroom Management:Organizing for Instructions
Establishing Classroom Rules
Mrs. Mutner liked to go over a few of her rules on the first day of class
Classroom Management:Organizing for Instructions
Establishing Classroom RulesWhat we expect = what we get
Few rules, rather than many
Positive in nature
Short and simple
Define desired behaviors
More than making a poster – consistent expectations
Classroom Management:
Organizing for Instruction
Establishing Routines and Procedures
Classroom Management:
Organizing for Instruction
Establishing Routines and Procedures
“Predictability predicts ability”
Possible Results activity
Checklist
Rules introduced the first day. Routines introduced as they are needed.
Don’t commit “assumicide”
Looks like / Sounds like
Time to look through handouts
Classroom Management:
Organizing for Instruction
“Be Prepared.”
“YOU are the one who enhances the climate in your classroom every day – through your smile, your body language, your polite words, your kind acts, your enthusiasm for teaching, and your dedication to your students. In all these ways, YOU make your classroom climate both orderly and positive.”
Anita Archer
Explicit Instruction
After a week students will have forgotten 80-90% of content from a lesson.
One way to increase retention is to review material.
Activity: At the end of each section write down 2-3 main ideas or concepts. Put them on the ‘Big Ideas’ Goggle Doc.
http://bit.ly/RqB1Pb
Lunch!
Beach Ball Toss When you catch the Beach Ball tell:
- Your name - Where you are from or where you went to college - What you are going to be teaching and where
Blue: If you could travel anywhere in the world where would it be and why?
Red: If you could have lunch with one person, living, dead, or animated who would it be and why?
Yellow: What is your all time favorite book or movie and why?
White: What item would be your “must have” if you were stranded on a desert island and why?
Green: If you could have one super hero power what would it be and why?
Orange: If you could make one wish come true what would it be and why?
Classroom Management:
Community
All About Me crossword –
Word list:
Julia Tekamah
worm realtor
exercise science
Scout The Help
Millard UNL
Blake
Getting to know your students
First day of school activities
Fact or Fiction
Create a set of 3-4 statements about you (or content).
One is fiction, the rest are fact.
Try to guess the fiction!
Give it a try! Create a card with two facts and one fiction about you. When I say go find someone else and try to guess their fiction item!
7 Things A Student
Wants To Know1. Am I in the right room?
2. Where am I supposed to sit?
3. What are the rules in this classroom?
4. How will I be graded?
5. What will I be doing this year?
6. Who is the teacher as a person?
7. Will the teacher treat me as a human being?
Activity: Complete planning sheet
After a week students will have forgotten 80-90% of content from a lesson.
One way to increase retention is to review material.
Activity: At the end of each section write down 2-3 main ideas or concepts. Put them on the Google Doc.
Break:
Walk About
10 min. walk to talk through this question with someone.
What do I feel confident about going into my first day of school and what do I need to do yet?
Parent Involvement
What research says…
Newsletters
Online / paper
Tell me about your child…
Make a positive interaction first
Professional Responsibilities
Written Communication
Substitute Teacher Folder!
Open House
Organization hints
Stages of a teachers first year
Nebraska Teacher Standards
Big Rocks Lesson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpau5YXk46Y
Exit Pass
Head: An idea I had
Heart: A Feeling I Experienced
Sole: A Step I Will Take
Dates for N.T.A
Aug. 8, 9
Sept. 14
Nov. 12
Jan. 24
March 7
All sessions will run from 8:30 – 3:30
Don’t forget to register for each session you will be attending!
“Children are born with wings. Teachers help them fly.”