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What's the process/criteria for: Positive Narration and Precise Praise?
1. Is it Neutral? (I see. NOT I love/ I like. We want to ensure students are doing things because they are the right thing to do and not to please us.)
2. Is it Specific? (Are we narrating the observable actions we are seeing students do?)
What's the process/criteria for: Turn and Talk?
1. Clear, specific and well timed prompt (explicit instruction, time mentioned)
2. Circulate to observe and listen (gathering trends)
What's the process/criteria for: Check For Understanding?
1. Are the questions specific? (What questions are being asked? Are they generic? - eg Did you get it? Have you understood? Are they specific? For eg: What is the next stage in this cycle? Is this word a noun?)
2. How many students and which students? (How many students are being reached out to when a question is asked? If it s a few students, on what basis are these being picked?)
What's the process/criteria for: Habits of Discussion?
1. Using sentence starters (that help STUDENTS and are displayed prominently)
2. Hand signals
What's the process/criteria for: Strong Voice and Presence?
Teacher presence is the way a teacher conducts themselves that impacts the way learners feel, think and act in a space.
Strong presence comprises of Tone, Facial Expression, Body Language. A teacher needs to be Assertive and Kind.
Strong Voice includes gestures, volume and pace - needs to be clear and confident.
What's the process/criteria for: Least Invasive Intervention?
Criteria - Is it balanced and calm?
Process:
1. Non Verbal Cue
2. Anonymous Individual Correction
3. Private Individual Correction
4. Lightening Quick Public Correction (with ot without a consequence)