Welcome toNew Teacher

Academy!

2012-2013ESU #2

Diane Beninato dbeninato@esu2.orgEileen Barks ebarks@esu2.org

Rick Williams rwilliam@esu2.org

Please help yourself to breakfast!

WELCOME!New Teacher Academy

8:30-3:30 Aug. 8th Introductions:

- license plate activity

Objective

Participants will improve knowledge and skills in the

areas of: Classroom Management, Assessment, Lesson Design, Instruction,

Technology, and Professional Responsibilities.

New Teacher AcademyStrands

Lesson Design Instruction Assessment/

Grading Professional

Responsibilities Technology Classroom

Management Additional areas

What’s our purpose?

Do you believe?

My expectations:

To create sticky notes:

Make 2 copies of template

Attach sticky note to template, add tape!

Run through copier

Great for lists, procedures, rules, etc.

My expectations:

Pre-Assessment

Break!!

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown-timer/

Write down 2-3 big ideas on processing sheet!

Classroom Management:

Organizing for Instruction

Classroom Management:

Organizing for Instruction

Organizing the Physical Space

Establishing Classroom Rules

Establishing Routines &

Procedures

Classroom Management:

Organizing for Instruction

Physical SpaceDesignate areas for specific activities

Close proximity

Students should face you

Students can easily share answers

Classroom Management:

Organizing for Instruction

Physical SpaceOrganize materials for easy access

Teacher can monitor responses and provide valuable feedback

See all parts of the room and all students

Post materials that support instructional efforts

Classroom Management:Organizing for Instructions

Establishing Classroom Rules

Mrs. Mutner liked to go over a few of her rules on the first day of class

Classroom Management:Organizing for Instructions

Establishing Classroom RulesWhat we expect = what we get

Few rules, rather than many

Positive in nature

Short and simple

Define desired behaviors

More than making a poster – consistent expectations

Classroom Management:

Organizing for Instruction

Establishing Routines and Procedures

Classroom Management:

Organizing for Instruction

Establishing Routines and Procedures

“Predictability predicts ability”

Possible Results activity

Checklist

Rules introduced the first day. Routines introduced as they are needed.

Don’t commit “assumicide”

Looks like / Sounds like

Time to look through handouts

Classroom Management:

Organizing for Instruction

“Be Prepared.”

“YOU are the one who enhances the climate in your classroom every day – through your smile, your body language, your polite words, your kind acts, your enthusiasm for teaching, and your dedication to your students. In all these ways, YOU make your classroom climate both orderly and positive.”

Anita Archer

Explicit Instruction

After a week students will have forgotten 80-90% of content from a lesson.

One way to increase retention is to review material.

Activity: At the end of each section write down 2-3 main ideas or concepts. Put them on the ‘Big Ideas’ Goggle Doc.

http://bit.ly/RqB1Pb

Lunch!

Beach Ball Toss When you catch the Beach Ball tell:

- Your name - Where you are from or where you went to college - What you are going to be teaching and where

Blue: If you could travel anywhere in the world where would it be and why?

Red: If you could have lunch with one person, living, dead, or animated who would it be and why?

Yellow: What is your all time favorite book or movie and why?

White: What item would be your “must have” if you were stranded on a desert island and why?

Green: If you could have one super hero power what would it be and why?

Orange: If you could make one wish come true what would it be and why?

Classroom Management:

Community

All About Me crossword –

Word list:

Julia Tekamah

worm realtor

exercise science

Scout The Help

Millard UNL

Blake

Getting to know your students

First day of school activities

Fact or Fiction

Create a set of 3-4 statements about you (or content).

One is fiction, the rest are fact.

Try to guess the fiction!

Give it a try! Create a card with two facts and one fiction about you. When I say go find someone else and try to guess their fiction item!

7 Things A Student

Wants To Know1. Am I in the right room?

2. Where am I supposed to sit?

3. What are the rules in this classroom?

4. How will I be graded?

5. What will I be doing this year?

6. Who is the teacher as a person?

7. Will the teacher treat me as a human being?

Activity: Complete planning sheet

After a week students will have forgotten 80-90% of content from a lesson.

One way to increase retention is to review material.

Activity: At the end of each section write down 2-3 main ideas or concepts. Put them on the Google Doc.

Break:

Walk About

10 min. walk to talk through this question with someone.

What do I feel confident about going into my first day of school and what do I need to do yet?

Parent Involvement

What research says…

Newsletters

Online / paper

Tell me about your child…

Make a positive interaction first

Professional Responsibilities

Written Communication

Substitute Teacher Folder!

Open House

Organization hints

Stages of a teachers first year

Nebraska Teacher Standards

Big Rocks Lesson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpau5YXk46Y

Exit Pass

Head: An idea I had

Heart: A Feeling I Experienced

Sole: A Step I Will Take

Dates for N.T.A

Aug. 8, 9

Sept. 14

Nov. 12

Jan. 24

March 7

All sessions will run from 8:30 – 3:30

Don’t forget to register for each session you will be attending!

“Children are born with wings. Teachers help them fly.”