Tuesday, July 29, 2014

"First Days of School" by Harry Wong

My top 5 important lessons from this website:

9. The three characteristics of an effective teacher are: 1) has good classroom management skills, 2) teaches for mastery, and 3) has positive expectations for student success.

Classroom Management - 13. The most important factor that must be established the very first week of school is CONSISTENCY.

Classroom Management - 22. Discipline refers to BEHAVIOR. Procedures refer to getting things DONE.

Lesson Mastery - 39. When both the students and the teachers are moving towards the same objective, that’s when you get learning.

Positive Expectation - 57. Teachers who work at being effective will create classrooms in which students can successfully learn.