Engagement
Form Partnerships
Goals and Success
High Expectations for Everyone
100
Give an example of how to keep students motivated.
Discuss in your small group.
100
How can parents give their feedback to teachers?
Verbally (communication), or written, such as in a Feedback Report Card.
100
Give an example of how you would measure and celebrate student success.
Keeping track on a chart, positive reinforcement, etc.
100
Will students meet your expectations?
Yes, they will live up or down to your expectations depending on what they are.
200
How would you connect your students' lives with what they are learning? Illustrate this with your group to the class.
Examples: Be knowledgeable about extracurricular activities, make connections with important adult figures in a student's life, be attentive to students' needs.
200
Illustrate an effective method of forming a partnership with a parent.
Create a newsletter, invite parents or other adults to participate in a Career Day, make a brochure.
200
How can you make goals achievable?
By breaking them down and making the different steps measurable.
200
Give an example of how you would hold students to the same standards, but give extra help to some.
Ex: assigning an essay and spending time after class or after school to help students that are struggling.
300
What kind of decisions could you let students make in your dream classroom?
Classroom policies, classroom contract, due dates for assignments, etc.
300
Whose responsibility is it to establish the relationship between teachers and parents?
Teachers!
300
What drives students to have different goals?
Socioeconomic issues, family backgrounds, ranges of interests, etc.
300
Think of a difficult student that you had low expectations for. Why did you have lower expectations? Why should you have the same expectations for all students?
"Nothing is more unequal than equal treatment of unequal people." - Thomas Jefferson
400
True or false: Reading a novel (fiction) to your classroom is an example of engagement.
True if you are getting into character and giving each character an accent or voice, or dressed up like characters, or assign students to perform different characters, etc. False if the students are sitting, looking at their phones, distracted, not interested, or just reading, etc.
400
What steps can you take to make your classroom a comfortable environment for parents and/or key adults?
Open lines of communication, asking for their feedback, having an open house, inviting parents into the classroom, etc.
400
Why are goals important?
Goals are fundamental to success; they are also a great way to measure success.
400
How can you uphold these high expectations for everyone, while still aiding the students who need help?
"Expect the BEST" Belief Encouragement Support Time
500
What is engagement?
Engagement is making the classroom a fun environment, building routines, keeping students involved, making concepts real, and working together.
500
Who should these partnerships be formed with?
Important adults in students lives--this can be parents, coaches, past teachers, advisors, etc.
500
What can the students' goals be? Give examples of long and short term goals.
Going to college, getting an A on a paper, graduating high school, winning a sports game, getting an award for being on a sports team, etc.
500
What causes these high expectations to fail?
Look to the chart on the board.
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