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Teacher as Instructor: Teacher as Instructor: Lessons Learned (sometimes the Lessons Learned (sometimes the hard way) hard way) By Ed Fox By Ed Fox

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  • 1. Teacher as Instructor:Lessons Learned (sometimes the hard way) By Ed Fox

2. Post daily outline 3. Post daily outline

  • Example,
  • Go over HW
  • Types of verbs
  • Practice sheet
  • Quiz
  • Tonights HW

4. Post daily outline

  • Daily outline
  • Classroom Procedures
  • Timing
  • Control
  • Tonights HW

5. Classroom Procedures:the mundane, yet important things thatll keep your class running smoothly so you can teach.

  • Need-to-know basis
  • Seating chart

6. Classroom Procedures

  • Seating chart
  • Desk arrangement

7. Classroom Procedures

  • Seating chart
  • Desk arrangement
  • When they enter classroom

8. Classroom Procedures

  • Seating chart
  • Desk arrangement
  • When they enter classroom
  • Going to the bathroom

9. Classroom Procedures

  • Seating chart
  • Desk arrangement
  • When they enter classroom
  • Going to the bathroom
  • Pen v. Pencil

10. Classroom Procedures

  • Seating chart
  • Desk arrangement
  • When they enter classroom
  • Going to the bathroom
  • Pen v. Pencil
  • What materials to bring every day

11. Classroom Procedures

  • Seating chart
  • Desk arrangement
  • When they enter classroom
  • Going to the bathroom
  • Pen v. Pencil
  • What materials to bring every day
  • Sharpening pencils

12. Classroom Procedures

  • Seating chart
  • Desk arrangement
  • When they enter classroom
  • Going to the bathroom
  • Pen v. Pencil
  • What materials to bring every day
  • Sharpening pencils
  • Posting procedures

13. Classroom Procedures

  • Seating chart
  • Desk arrangement
  • When they enter classroom
  • Going to the bathroom
  • Pen v. Pencil
  • What materials to bring every day
  • Sharpening pencils
  • Posting procedures
  • Leaving the classroom

14. Timing and Structure:what to teach and when to teach it. 15. Timing and Structure

  • Ask the vets

16. Timing and Structure

  • Ask the vets
  • Textbooks and workbooks

17. Timing and Structure

  • Ask the vets
  • Textbooks and workbooks
  • On-line teacher sites

18. Timing and Structure

  • Ask the vets
  • Textbooks and workbooks
  • On-line teacher sites
  • Curriculum maps

19. Teaching the material

  • Teach to different learning styles

20. Teaching the material

  • Teach to different learning styles
  • Repeat, re-teach, and review

21. Teaching the material

  • Teach to different learning styles
  • Repeat, re-teach, and review
  • Learning Pyramid retention rates of various teaching techniques

22. Learning Pyramid retention rates of various teaching techniques

  • Lecture = 5%
  • Reading = 10%
  • Audio-Visual = 20%
  • Demonstration = 30%
  • Discussion Group = 50%
  • Practice by doing = 75%
  • Teach others/Immediate use of learning = 90%
  • National Training Laboratories, Bethel, ME.

23.

  • Be aware of brain development

24. YouTube 25. Blogs Google Docs 26. Timing:the toughest thing ever.

  • How do you fill every minute of every class period every day?
  • How long should you teach a unit before giving a test?

27. Control(a.k.a. Classroom Management)

  • Giving directions

28. Control(a.k.a. Classroom Management)

  • Giving directions
  • **Rule of 3s**!

29. Control(a.k.a. Classroom Management)

  • Giving directions
  • Rule of 3s
  • Handling bad student behavior

30. Handling bad student behavior

  • The most important rule for you

31. Handling bad student behavior

  • The most important rule for you
  • Some techniques

32. Some techniques:Hey, these things work! 33. Some techniques

  • Grow a scary goatee

34. Some techniques

  • Grow a scary goatee
  • The Look

35. Some techniques

  • Grow a scary goatee
  • The Look
  • Quick name call (use with The Look)

36. Some techniques

  • Grow a scary goatee
  • The Look
  • Quick name call (use with The Look)
  • Proximity

37. Some techniques

  • Grow a scary goatee
  • The Look
  • Quick name call (use with The Look)
  • Proximity
  • The Whisper

38. Some techniques

  • Grow a scary goatee
  • The Look
  • Quick name call (use with The Look)
  • Proximity
  • The Whisper
  • The Quick In-the-Hall Conference

39. Some techniques

  • Grow a scary goatee
  • The Look
  • Quick name call (use with The Look)
  • Proximity
  • The Whisper
  • The Quick In-the-Hall Conference
  • The note (email) home

40.

  • Its always easier to start tough

41. Honor Code 42. Honor Code

  • Read it

43. Honor Code

  • Read it
  • Dont handle violations yourself

44. Honor Code

  • Read it
  • Dont handle violations yourself
  • Know where they should go and the procedure for handling them

45. Honor Code

  • Read it
  • Dont handle violations yourself
  • Know where they should go and the procedure for handling them
  • Dont ignore them if you see them

46. Honor Code

  • Read it
  • Dont handle violations yourself
  • Know where they should go and the procedure for handling them
  • Dont ignore them if you see them
  • Try not to put your students in a precarious honor position.Make directions clear.

47. Honor Code

  • Read it
  • Dont handle violations yourself
  • Know where they should go and the procedure for handling them
  • Dont ignore them if you see them
  • Try not to put your students in a precarious honor position.Make directions clear.
  • You can go years without seeing one

48. Extra Credit 49. Calling on males vs. females 50. You know more 51. Any questions? 52. Tonights HW 53. The End 54. 55. Teacher As Evaluator: More Lessons Learned

  • By Ed Fox

56. Todays outline

  • HW discussion
  • Other HW considerations
  • Test questions
  • Grading / Grade Book
  • Honor code
  • Miscellaneous useful stuff

57. A useable homework discussion technique 58. Homework

  • Why give it?

59. Homework

  • Why give it?
  • Grading it

60. Homework

  • Why give it?
  • Grading it
  • Work together?Make it clear.

61. Homework

  • Why give it?
  • Grading it
  • Work together?Make it clear.
  • How do they know what the assignment is?

62. Homework

  • Why give it?
  • Grading it
  • Work together?Make it clear.
  • How do they know what the assignment is?
  • Accept late work?Any school policy?

63. Homework

  • Why give it?
  • Grading it
  • Work together?Make it clear.
  • How do they know what the assignment is?
  • Accept late work?Any school policy?
  • Absences

64. Writing test questions 65. Blooms Taxonomy

  • Knowledge
  • Comprehension
  • Application
  • Analysis
  • Synthesis
  • Evaluation

66. Knowledge: recalling info

  • PbS is the chemical formula for _______.
  • The chemical formula for galena is _____.
  • PbS is the chemical formula for
  • a) pyriteb) galenac) fluorite
  • Other Question Cues:
  • List, define, tell, label, tabulate, name, who, when, where, identify.

67. Comprehension: grasping meaning

  • Describe the differences between pyrite and galena.Or (even better)
  • Describe 3 differences between pyrite and galena.
  • Other Question Cues;
  • Summarize, interpret, predict, contrast, associate, estimate, diferentiate.

68. Application

  • Demonstrate how MacGyver would use a ruler, gunpowder, galena, and asparagus to get out of jail.
  • Other Question Cues:
  • Apply, complete, illustrate, show, solve, examine, relate, modify, discover.

69. Analysis: seeing patterns

  • Explain why these minerals are grouped togetherpyrite, chalcopyrite, and galena.
  • Other Question Cues:
  • Analyze, separate, order, connect, select, compare, divide, infer, arrange.

70. Synthesis: using old ideas to create new ones.

  • How would the world be different if Germany had won World War I?
  • Other Question Cues:
  • Combine, integrate, modify, rearrange, invent, design, rewrite, prepare, formulate, substitute.

71. Evaluation:assessing value of theories and recognizing subjectivity.

  • Explain to a non-believer why global warming is actually happening, and why it is a serious problem for everyone.
  • Other Question Cues:
  • Assess, decide, rank, grade, judge, conclude, summarize, convince, recommend, support.

72. Other test-question-writing considerations 73. Other test-question-writing considerations

  • Explain subduction.

74. Other test-question-writing considerations

  • Explain subduction.
  • Explain subduction and give examples of where its happening today.

75. Other test-question-writing considerations

  • Explain subduction.
  • Explain subduction and give examples of where its happening today.
  • Explain how plates move during subduction.Give examples of where subduction is happening today.

76. Other test-question-writing considerations

  • Explain subduction.
  • Explain subduction and give examples of where its happening today.
  • Explain how plates move during subduction.Give examples of where subduction is happening today.
  • Explain how plates move during subduction.Give 3 examples of where subduction is happening today.

77. Testing Problems

  • Student takes forever

78. Testing Problems

  • Student takes forever
  • Student absent

79. Testing Problems

  • Student takes forever
  • Student absent
  • Everyone fails

80. Testing Problems

  • Student takes forever
  • Student absent
  • Everyone fails
  • Students finish way early

81. Testing Problems

  • Student takes forever
  • Student absent
  • Everyone fails
  • Students finish way early
  • Cheating prevention

82. Testing Problems

  • Student takes forever
  • Student absent
  • Everyone fails
  • Students finish way early
  • Cheating prevention
  • Test days

83. Testing Problems

  • Student takes forever
  • Student absent
  • Everyone fails
  • Students finish way early
  • Cheating prevention
  • Test days
  • Horaces Compromise of tests

84. Grading:Things to Contemplate

  • Quiz/Test ratio

85. Grading:Things to Contemplate

  • Quiz/Test ratio
  • How much does HW count?

86. Grading:Things to Contemplate

  • Quiz/Test ratio
  • How much does HW count?
  • Grade class participation?

87. Grading:Things to Contemplate

  • Quiz/Test ratio
  • How much does HW count?
  • Grade class participation?
  • Responsibility grade

88. Grading:Things to Contemplate

  • Quiz/Test ratio
  • How much does HW count?
  • Grade class participation?
  • Responsibility grade
  • Progress Reports

89. Items to include in your grade book

  • Names

90. Items to include in your grade book

  • Names
  • Advisors

91. Items to include in your grade book

  • Names
  • Advisors
  • Type of graded assignment

92. Items to include in your grade book

  • Names
  • Advisors
  • Type of graded assignment
  • Date of assignment

93. Items to include in your grade book

  • Names
  • Advisors
  • Type of graded assignment
  • Date of assignment
  • Value of assignment

94. Items to include in your grade book

  • Names
  • Advisors
  • Type of graded assignment
  • Date of assignment
  • Value of assignment
  • Attendance / lateness

95. Retirement and Flex money 96. Miscellany

  • Handouts

97. Miscellany

  • Handouts
  • Cover other classes when asked

98. Miscellany

  • Handouts
  • Cover other classes when asked
  • Lost and Found

99. Miscellany

  • Handouts
  • Cover other classes when asked
  • Lost and Found
  • Stay current

100. Miscellany

  • Handouts
  • Cover other classes when asked
  • Lost and Found
  • Stay current
  • Keep nice notes

101. Miscellany

  • Handouts
  • Cover other classes when asked
  • Lost and Found
  • Stay current
  • Keep nice notes
  • Thank your teachers

102. Miscellany

  • Handouts
  • Cover other classes when asked
  • Lost and Found
  • Stay current
  • Keep nice notes
  • Thank your teachers
  • YouTube

103. 104. 105. Miscellany

  • Handouts
  • Cover other classes when asked
  • Lost and Found
  • Stay current
  • Keep nice notes
  • Thank your teachers
  • YouTube
  • Facebook and MySpace

106. More Miscellany

  • Sleep
  • Tutoring/house-sitting

107. More Miscellany

  • Sleep
  • Tutoring/house-sitting
  • Xerox etiquette (3-holed and colored paper)

108. More Miscellany

  • Sleep
  • Tutoring/house-sitting
  • Xerox etiquette (3-holed and colored paper)
  • In Winter, wash hands frequently

109. More Miscellany

  • Sleep
  • Tutoring/house-sitting
  • Xerox etiquette (3-holed and colored paper)
  • In Winter, wash hands frequently
  • Case of the Mondays

110. More Miscellany

  • Sleep
  • Tutoring/house-sitting
  • Xerox etiquette(3-holed and colored paper)
  • In Winter, wash hands frequently
  • Siblings/Look-alikes
  • Maintenance folks
  • Case of the Mondays
  • And the most important thing

111.

  • Khaki + Water = Cessation of All Learning For the Day If Not the Year

112.

  • Khaki + Water = Cessation of All Learning For the Day If Not the Year
  • And check your zipper

113.

  • Khaki + Water = Cessation of All Learning For the Day If Not the Year
  • And check your zipper
  • And for toilet paper

114. The End