Teacher Behavior and Instruction

1. Ronald Silva, Felicia Krejci, Stacy Lavongsa, and Abbey Chris Teacher Behavior and Instruction

2. Topics Discussed • Out of Class Behavior • Outings • Social Media Sites • In-Class Behavior • Professionalism, Dress Code, Communication, Joking and Humor • In-Class Behavior • Sexual Harassment and Bias • Middle School Teacher • Instructional Strategies • Guest Speaker on Flipped Classrooms • Examples of Different Instructional Strategies

3. Behavior and Strategies Skit • Each person in our group had a set of instructions on how to behave when interacting with other people in class • What were our quirks? • Ronald interrupted the person who was talking after every four words said • Felicia cleared her throat constantly • Abbey did not look anyone in the eyes and did not talk unless everyone else was quiet • Stacy touched the shoulder or arm of the person she was talking to

4. Behavior and Strategies Skit: Debrief • Have you been in a situation in which you did not understand another person’s behavior or felt uncomfortable? • Could some of these behaviors be misunderstood? • As teachers, we have our own personalities and behaviors, some of which will be evident in our classrooms, including during instruction.

5. Out of Classroom Behavior • Social Outings • Bars, Restaurants (Applebee’s, El Mezcal) • Our students and their parents live in the same communities we do • Examples of poor behavior choices • Social Media • Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest • Do not discuss your students online • Social media sites allow us to connect with our friends, family member, and interests • Social media sites are also a gateway into our personal lives, so we need to be conscious of what we post • Pictures of drinking, derogatory jokes, threatening messages, sexual images

6. Video Clip • Link: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMR_xLNdy38 • Do you think what she posted was inappropriate? • There is a grey area, so when in doubt, do not post it.

7. Tips for Social Media Sites • Review your privacy settings • Settings that require all photos and posts you are tagged in to be approved by you prior to appearing on your Facebook page • Allow only your friends to view posts, pictures, and personal information • Alter your search name • It is very common to use your first name and middle name, as opposed to your last name • Example: “Susan Victoria” as opposed to “Susan Smith”

8. Personality and Professionalism in the Classroom • What is Professionalism? • The conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or professional person • An educator’s conduct, manners, dress and grooming • As teacher, we need to model behavior. • Your behaviors must be consistent with what you expect • Teachers are role models

9. Dress Code: Appropriate • Do you wear the same thing to school as at home? • Long pants, including khakis or dress slacks • Collard shirts • Underwear must be covered (not visible) • Soled shoes • Preferably close-toed

10. Dress Code: Inappropriate • Low-cut tops • No cleavage showing • Flip-flops • Jeans, shorts, mini-skirts, baggy pants • Hats • Clothing with symbols, words, logos that are suggestive, offensive, sexually degrading, racially motivated • Clothing that promotes alcohol, tobacco, drugs, or gangs

11. Communication • Written Communication • Documents sent home • Emails • Comments on students’ papers • Be clear and concise • Provide qualitative feedback rather than quantitative • Verbal Communication • Talking with parents, students, and other staff members • Open house, parent-teacher conferences, etc. • The stories you tell • Stories that tell too much about you • Stories that tell too much about someone else

12. Telephone Activity • 1. One person will whisper a word or phrase into the ear of the person sitting next to them • 2. The next person will then whisper what they hear to the next person, and so on, until the person at the other end of the line receives the given word or phrase. • ** You can only say the phrase once, no repeats.

13. Telephone Activity • What was the ending phrase? • What was the original phrase? • How many boardsCould the Mongols hoardIf the Mongol hordes got bored? • How is this activity like a middle level classroom or middle level students? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOnPbNfKcds

14. Nonverbal Communication

15. Nonverbal Communication

16. Communication • Nonverbal Communication • nonverbal cues and behaviors including postures, facial expression, eye gaze, gestures, and tone of voice

17. Joking/Humor • Positive Effects of Humor • Strengthens immune system • boosts energy • decreases pain • helps with stress • Negative Effects of Humor • Remarks can be taken the wrong way • Sarcasm • What you say is opposite of what you actually mean

18. Resources • Cherry, Kendra. "Types of Nonverbal Communication: 8 Major Nonverbal Behaviors." About.com Psychology. About.com, n.d. Web. 01 June 2013. • Doctor Cook’s Resource Binder, Section 1, Summer Term • English Tongue Twisters. 1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters, 04 Jan. 2013. Web. 01 June 2013. <http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm>. • "How to Play the Telephone Game." WikiHow: To Do Anything. WikiHow, n.d. Web. 01 June 2013. <http://www.wikihow.com/Play-the-Telephone-Game>. • Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, 2013. Web. 01 June 2013. <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/>. • Youtube.com • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMR_xLNdy38 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOnPbNfKcds