Who Am I?
Notable Quotes
Effective Classroom Culture
Standards-based Instruction
Engaging All Learners
100
Executed without extensive narration from the Teacher.
What are "Tight Transitions"?
100
“In schools we spend a lot of time defining the behavior we want by the negative: Don’t get distracted. “Stop fooling around. These commands are vague, inefficient, and unclear. They force students to guess what you want them to do.”
What is "What to Do"?
100
A simple, quick step in establishing a good working relationship. It is usually best done early in the group’s formation.
What is Establishing Norms?
100
Process will be used to critically analyze standards and make decisions regarding effective assessments and instructional activities related to standards.
What is Strategic Design?
100
Diagnostic assessments are used to gain a better understanding of what your students know and what they do not know. This type of information is useful in creating___________ _____________?
What is Flexible Grouping?
200
Students do this as soon as they enter the room.
What is Entry Routine?
200
"No matter what balance you strike, students in your classrooms should come to expect that when they say they can't answer or when they answer incorrectly, there is a strong likelihood that they will conclude the interaction by demonstrating their responsibilityand ability to identify the right answer."
What is "No Opt Out"?
200
High Expectations, Critical Thinking, Application of Feedback, and Professionalism
What are the Essential Traits?
200
Useful filters to help teachers prioritize which concepts within standards represent big ideas that will likely serve as anchors for instructional units. When delivering instruction, teachers should be transparent about these big ideas with students, which will help them direct their own learning.
What is Content Domain?
200
Student misbehavior is often caused by misunderstanding as opposed to defiance. Providing students with specific, concrete, sequential, and observable directions minimizes misunderstanding and maximizes time.
What is What To Do?
300
Explicit assessment of the daily class objectives.
What is Exit Ticket?
300
"Some teacher have "it"; they enter a room and are instantly in command. Students who moments before seemed beyond the appeal of reason suddenly take their seats to await instructions."
What is "Strong Voice"?
300
Specific, Measurable, Aligned to Standards, Realistic, Time-Bound
What is a SMART Goal?
300
Multi-faceted, complex concepts rather than specific, discrete skills or pieces of knowledge. Categorized as high levels of thinking on Bloom’s Taxonomy. Anchors for an entire instructional unit (multiple skills or concepts can be connected to the key concept). Assessed at the end of an instructional unit through a culminating task in which students have to bring to bear multiple skills or pieces of information and describe how they all relate to the key concept.
What is Key Concepts?
300
Predictable, systematic, positive, and scaffolded, and is not meant to be used as a “gotcha”
What is "Cold Call"?
400
Call on students regardless of whether they've raised their hands.
What is Cold Call?
400
"Doing this ensures that you make a habit of getting it right from the outset each day."
What is Threshold?
400
Strategies or choices that allow people to maintain self-esteem by avoiding negative characterizations or threats to one’s character.
What is Self-limiting Behavior?
400
Makes expectations clear for students. Supports students in becoming self-directed learners, as they will know what they are trying to accomplish. Provides continuous focus on the key concepts. Identifying the key concept is important; but, equally important is communicating this concept to students in an engaging way and revisiting this concept often
What is Essential Question?
400
Empowers students and teachers and reinforces a rigorous Culture of Accountability
What is No Opt Out?
500
Expect 100% compliance, 100% of the time, 100% of the way.
What is 100%?
500
"Students should never have to ask themselves, 'What am I supposed to be doing?' when they enter your classroom , nor should they be able to claim not to know what they should be doing."
What is Do Now?
500
Unclear limits, Attacks on dignity, Difficulty expressing feeling, Peer pressure
What is Causes of Misbehavior?
500
Personal Communication, Selected Response, Constructed Response, Performance
What is Type of Assessments?
500
Evaluation tool used in both PT and SAF
What is the ACE Framework?
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