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New Teacher Induction. How to have a successful inclusion classroom. Expectations. Positive vs. Negative I believe that every child can learn and will achieve to his or her fullest potential. They can’t read; they can’t spell; they can’t sit still; they can’t behave.
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New Teacher Induction How to have a successful inclusion classroom
Expectations • Positive vs. Negative • I believe that every child can learn and will achieve to his or her fullest potential. • They can’t read; they can’t spell; they can’t sit still; they can’t behave. “People are molded more by the depth of their convictions than by the height of their intelligence.”
Expectation bias Teachers often give high-achieving students more ________ than low-achieving students.” Opportunity Affirmation Proximity Individual help Praise Questions Rephrasing Feelings Desisting TESA
Invitational or Disinvitational? Verbal Comments: I appreciate your help Personal Behaviors: Thumbs up Physical Environment: Living plants Thoughts (Self-Talk): “Making mistakes is all right.” Verbal Comments: I don’t care what you do. Personal Behaviors: Rolling eyes Physical Environment: Overly cluttered desk Thoughts (Self-Talk): “I never know what to say.”
5 Concepts to Enhance Positive Expectations • Address each student by name • Say “Please,” please • Say “Thank You,” thanks • Smile • Love “Love is the reason for teaching. It costs nothing, yet it is the most precious thing on can possess.”
Procedures & Routines Procedure What the teacher wants done. Routine What the students do automatically. MUST BE TAUGHT!
3 Steps to Teaching Procedures • Explain • State, explain, model, and demonstrate • Rehearse • Rehearse and practice the procedure under your supervision • Reinforce • Reteach, rehearse, practice, and reinforce the classroom procedure until it becomes a student habit or routine
Keys to successful classroom management… Teach classroom expectations Practice classroom procedures Enforce classroom routines Reinforce desired behaviors Redirect undesired behaviors Consistency, consistency, consistency!
Testing • Adapting tests • Limit # of questions on page • Create visual space for answer • Change essay to multiple choice for timed tests • Allow for oral response vs. written • Scoring Guides • Rubrics • Completed examples • Retesting