The Power of a Teacher: Larry Bell Redelivery

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The Power of a Teacher Larry Bell Redelivery
Refresher

• Rebecca Radicchi and Angela Whitehead
• Frey Elementary
• Tuesday, September 4, 2007

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Word Splash

• On the first flap of your notes flipbook, please
  list 5-10 qualities of
• 1. your favorite teachers
• 2. qualities that youd like to have
  as a teacher

You are a teacher. You are all that and a bag
of chips! Larry Bell
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You became a teacher because you wanted someone
to need you.Guess what?You got your
wish!Larry Bell
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At-Promise Kids

• Many students in the bottom-quartile come from
  homes that cause them to be labeled at-risk.
• How we label someone determines how we approach
  them.
• All students have promise.
• It is OUR job as educators to bring out that
  promise.

On your worst day on the job, you are still
somebodys hero. Larry Bell
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Prepare Kids for Standardized Tests

• Prepare kids for long tests
• Practice timed tests
• Give higher order thinking questions
• Know your kids test data
• Teach the language of the test (12 Power Words)
• Give some homework/quiz questions in test format
• Explain to kids what test day will be like
• Discuss test anxiety
• Tell students you believe in each one of them
• At beginning of the year, tell kids that No
  child will fail!
• Be a 100er

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12 Powerful Words

• Directly teach these words (Dont assume they
  are understood.)
• Put them in words that kids can understand
• Use them on tests quizzes
• Talk to kids about what the question is asking
• Word of the week
• Share with parents
• Post in the classroom
• Show the 12 Power Words PowerPoint regularly

If we keep on doing what weve always done were
going to keep on getting what weve always
gotten. Dr. John Maxwell
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Reading UNRAAVEL

• Teach to kids through modeling on a PowerPoint or
  on chart paper.
• Have kids keep directions in their binders.
• Teach songs
• Expect kids to use this strategy regularly.
• Explain to parents
• Bookmarks

Show a little passion child! Larry Bell
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Math UNRAAVEL

• Math UNRAAVEL PowerPoint
• Keep directions in binders
• Bookmarks

It is in us, and it is up to us. Larry Bell
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Techniques to Transcend Cultural Barriers

• Tell kids you care. Explain that you have high
  expectations because you believe in them.
• If a child gets in trouble, ask to see him or her
  later. Give calm down time. Later, have a start
  over visit.
• Consider your tone. Is it the same with every
  child?
• Connect with EVERY child.
• Surprise and engage students.
• Assess understanding daily.
• Authentic praise.
• Consider that all students learn and communicate
  differently.

Every teacher can reach and teach every child.
Larry Bell
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Nothing great is ever achieved without
enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson We educators
must show every day what we want our students to
feel. Somebody needs you.
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Ignite Your Passion
Read the list of quotations that Mr. Bell uses in
his presentations. Choose one that is most
inspirational to you as a teacher. Be ready to
share your quote!