Work Smarter Not Harder

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Work Smarter Not Harder!

• Presented by Donna Whyte
• thesmartiezone.com

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It all Starts with us

• Get Plenty of Sleep Eat Breakfast
• Dress Professionally Comfortable
• Dont Leave your Sense of Humor at Home
• Routines
• Home/School Folders
• LEFT at home
• RIGHT back
• Ziploc/Pencil Case for goodies
• Establish Consequences
• Connect
• Focus
• Let Go

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Classroom Set Up

• Borrow Box
• Safety Deposit Box
• ? Mystery Litter ?
• Bulletin Boards
• Sticks
• Stop Watch
• Help Signal
• Done Signal

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• Attention Signal
• Ketchup
• Student Check
• Minimize the Distractions
• Please Return Me

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Getting Off to the Right Start

• What can they Expect from YOU?
• Always Own your Own Mistakes
• Set Expectations
• Create your Teacher Assessment
• Tattling Versus Telling
• Be Proactive

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• Name the Class Activity
• Numbers Save Time
• Find the Experts
• Name the Chairs
• Be There when Youre NOT
• Assign the Roles

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Classroom Musts

• Greet them for the right START
• Smile
• Touch
• Acknowledge
• Response
• Today

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Classroom Musts

• Cameras
• Band-Aids
• I feel _________ too! Lets ________
• __________________________________________________
  ______________________________________________

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HomeSchool and In Between

• Scramble this Word
• Birthday Card/Christmas Card/Thank You Card
• Reading Connection
• Business Cards
• Parent/Guardian Gifts
• The Phone Calls

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Management

• Learn to Label
• Model
• Empathy
• Ultimatums
• If you focus on the _________, you wont have the
  energy to find the ___________.
• Are you okay?
• Be the Quarterback

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• Presented by Donna J. Whyte
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• Breaux, A.L. (2003). 101 Answers for NEW
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• Covington, M.V. (1984). The self-worth theory
  of achievement motivation
• findings and implications. Elementary School
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• Deci Ryan, 1987. The support of autonomy and
  the control of behavior. Journal of Personality
  and Social Psychology, 53, 1024-1037.
• Glasser, W. (1986). Choice Theory in the
  Classroom. New York HarperCollins Publishers,
  Inc.
• Patrick, Skinner, Connell, (1993). What
  motivates children's behavior and emotion? Joint
  effects of perceived control and autonomy in the
  academic domain. Journal of Personality and
  Social Psychology, 65, 781-791.
• Whyte, D.J. (2008). You Cant Teach a Class You
  Cant Manage. Peterborough, NH Crystal Springs
  Books.