Teaching Students of the 2020s - Table of Contents
About the Author
Preface
Foreward
Chapter 1
Teacher and Student Expectations
• Expect success
• Showing Your Expectations
• Should you hypnotize your students?
• Reinforcing Classroom Success
• Never give students a negative role to play
• 5 Ways to Use Positive Expectations to help students build a constructive self-image
• Using Student Suggestibility and Positive Roles to Improve Behavioral and Academic Outcomes
• Case Study: Shelby
Chapter 2
The Safe Classroom
• Creating a Safe Classroom
• Start a safe class – A Game
• Simple Classroom Rules/Guidelines
• Grouping for Instruction – The Low Group
• 6 Alternatives to Low Groups
• An Excuse to Be Tough
• Reward Systems
• Long-term Projects
• Avoid Creating an Unsafe Class
• Movement
Chapter 3
The Safe Student
• Stressed Students
• Bullying
• Certainty of Success/Success Therapy
• Response to a Wrong Answer
• Busting Someone
• Five Guidelines for Seating/Moving Students
• Getting Help for Severely Stressed kids
• Stealth reinforcement
• How to be an unpopular teacher
• Five quick ways to make your classroom feel safe
Chapter 4
Motivation Strategies
• Managing Level of Concern
• Novelty and Routine
• Using soft competition in your class
• Instead of Punishment
• “Teacher, why do we need to do this?”
• Raising productivity during independent work periods
• Wait Time/Popsicle Sticks
• Why Students Don’t Raise Their Hands
Chapter 5
Motivating Activities
• Authentic Projects
• Awards/External Rewards
• Ink Pad and Stamp
• Three Reasons to Give Awards
• The Trouble with Awards
• Time Limits
•The Power of Mini Lessons
Chapter 6
Effective Daily Practices
• Calling the Class to Attention
• Keeping Your Class’s Attention: Your Voice
• The Question – A Call to Engagement
• Asking Questions in an effective way
• Modeling Techniques• Your Feet Can Influence Your Effectiveness
• The Doorway Greeting
• The Power Spot
• The Roam
• Magic Words
• Using Command Words to Activate Students’ Brains
• Getting Help
Maintaining a Managed Class
• What If Your Class is Out of Control?
• Signals
• Re-Teach Signals
• Direction Following Protocols
• Follow Through
• Soft to Hard Corrections
• Follow Your Own Rules
• Maintaining Control
• Limiting or Removing Distractions
• How-to-Know-When-You-Are-Done Limit
• Getting the Most Out of Your Questions
• Teacher-Made Papers
Chapter 8
Everyday Teaching Strategies
• Winning Power Struggles
• Making Classroom Demonstrations Work
• Boosting Quantity: Team Brainstorming
• Critical Learning Opportunities
• Critical Times Before Holidays
• Teacher Model Mrs. Park: 4 Paths to Management
• Opening and Closing Class
• Five Guidelines for Using Videos Effectively
• Five Must-Do Activities for the First Week of School
• Working With Young Children
• Using Post-Its on a Continuum Line
• Teacher Model Mrs. Anderson: Maximizing the Benefits of a Class Discussion
Chapter 9
Certain Kids
• Case Study: The Attention Deficit/Impulsive Student
• The “Bad” Boy
• Ten Things Economically Deprived Children Need to Thrive
• Meeting the Needs of Gifted Students
• Oppositional Students – An Example
• When a Student Needs More Than You Can Give
• Making Effective Contemporaneous Notes
Chapter 10
Families
• Calling Parents
• Faking It
• Attempts to Censor
• Using Parents to Reinforce Lessons
• Volunteers
• What did you Learn in School Today?
• Elements in an Effective Class Newsletter
Chapter 11
Lesson Design
• Lesson Design Principles
• Thematic Teaching and Building Connections
• It’s About the Connections
Chapter 12
About this Book
• Why this Book?
• What is Classroom Management?
• What this Book is Not
• Who Should Read this Book
• How to use This Book
• What if it Doesn’t Work?
• Teaching as Art
Chapter 13
Conclusion
• What We’ve Learned
• Engagement Language and Wait Time
• Model Teacher: Ms Rodriguez
• Helping Stressed and Delayed Students Catch Up
Books for Support
References/Articles
Index
