I CAN Learn Teacher Workshop

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I CAN Learn Teacher Workshop

• prepared by Mr. Goodly especially for you.

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• Motivation is education
• Education without
• motivation kills ambition,
• the primary ingredient
• for a productive lifestyle.

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Classroom Management

• Three week habit (assess what you and the
  children are doing every three weeks)
• Establish classroom rules and policies from the
  beginning.
• The 4 Ps (Prompt, Prepared, Polite, and
  Productive)
• Classroom Log On\ Log Off Procedures
• (binder\headphones, binder\loose-leaf,
  binder\textbook)

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Classroom Management (cont.)

• Familiarize yourself with the Classroom Explorer
• Customize Grade-book (Notebook, Homework,
  journal, etc.)
• Teacher pacing (what will you assess the 1st
  three weeks, and every three weeks there after)
• Student pacing (monitoring, pacing chart posted
  and given to students)
• Post lesson order
• Discipline (positive and negative)
• Attendance

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Notebook

• Notebook (grade weekly and document using the
  classroom explorer)
• Have a standardized format as to how you want
  your students to construct their notebooks
• Use creative formats for note-taking

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Homework options

• Print pages from I CAN Learn student homework
  guide
• Condense the homework and assign more rigorous
  problems
• Homework for lesson 7073
• Homework for lesson 7074

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Homework Options Cont.

• Align the homework according to textbook that the
  students are using.
• Assign homework packets to meet student pacing

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Teaching Strategies

• What are your students interest?
• Constructive teaching projects
• (Math in the Career, basketball court assignment,
  sell youre your house, create your own math
  board game, music in math, etc.)
• Whole group (What do you expect them to know at
  the end of each nine weeks?)
• pace yourself
• Small group
• Peer tutors
• Student lead instruction
• Go through the lessons on your own so that you
  can know what the students are learning

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Who are we motivating?

• Students
• Parents
• Teachers
• School
• District

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Motivational Strategies

• I CAN Learn Olympics
• Computerized Bulletin Board
• Progress Charts w/ student pictures
• Free Coupons
• Awards
• Karate belts

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Be Consistent

• Monitor students progress daily
• Notebook and Homework
• Teach regularly throughout the week
• Strict enforcement of classroom policies and
  procedures (Keep Headphones On At All Times) get
  alcohol wipes.
• Daily system check

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All That I Am To Be Is Up To Me

• All that I am to be is up to me.
• I am a jewel unique and precious.
• If I am to shine it will be up to me.
• I will do all that I can,
• to be the best that I can, in all the ways that I
  can,
• Because all that I am to be is up to me.
• I understand that knowledge is power.
• No one can fail me but me.
• With an education all things are possible,
• My dreams can become a reality.
• I will shoot for the moon and if I dont succeed,
• I recognize that he who never failed has never
  tried.
• Success if it is to be is up to me.
• I will never allow my problems to become an
  excuse.
• If I can conceive an idea and believe it I can
  achieve it.
• I cannot do everything but I can do something.
• In all things I will do my best, because
• All that I am to be is up to me.

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Contact info

• Stephen Goodly stephen_goodly_at_nops.k12.la.us
• Phone [phone] office
• 504-228-9335 mobile

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