Top 20 Teachers Bernabei, Cody, Sweeney

1. Top 20 TeachersBernabei, Cody, Sweeney Presented by: Thelma Luna Christopher O. Park Mary Lou Rodriguez

2. Chapter 9Answer the Relevancy Question:“What’s in it for Me?” • Mountain of Learning: Confusion Rocks! Confusion: “I don’t get it.” Goal: “Aha! I get it now.” Goal CONFUSION

3. Memorization or Realization • Memorization: Take information, store it and later repeat the information back to teacher. • No grasp of the significance of event. • Need to know meaning. • Delivering data to be memorized is no longer a teacher’s primary purpose. • Realizations: Offer students connections in their learning. • Allows students to apply their learning to situations that are meaningful in their lives.

4. Learning ‘In the Moment’ and ‘After the Fact’ • In The Moment (ITM)- After seeing one example students understand how to solve problem. • After The Fact (ATF) – Do not understand until they see multiple examples. Students are different and they might be ITM learners in one class but ATF learners in another.

5. But what’s in it for me? • Students • “What’s in it for me?” • “This is stupid.” • “We’ve learned this before.” • “When am I ever going to use this?”

6. Content and Grades • Course content is important • Grades have served as a huge incentive for students • Grades are effective motivators for the small percentage of student's who excel and earn the high grades. • (Publish grades and rankings of all teachers on staff each week?)

7. Building Intellectual Muscle • Life is about problem solving. • Careers are about problem solving. • Poorly developed intellectual muscle will have a difficult time surviving and thriving.

8. Star Qualities: The Hidden Curriculum • Personal developmental character traits that young people acquire as they mature into young adults. • Responsibility, Self-motivation, organization, and patience are Star Qualities. • Reduce negative mental habits that become roadblocks to success in school and life.

9. Chapter 10 Keep Stupid in the Box • One of the greatest roadblocks to a students success is his belief that he is stupid. • This belief stems from the students repeated feelings of being stupid. • Students chance of success is greatly diminished.

10. Real Experiences • Examples of teachers feeling stupid are when they: • Don’t know the answer to a students question. • Are confused with computers or technology. • Forget someone’s name. • Are late for a meeting.

11. Letting Stupid Out of the Box • Real Experiences • Real Experiences (Equals) STUPID STUPID

12. Five Causes of Stupid • 1. Called- Dumb, idiot, special, retard, moron, etc. Non-verbal expressions, being laughed at • 2. Comparison- Compare themselves to others or are compared to others. • 3. Confusion- When they don’t know or understand something. • 4 Can’t- Students feel stupid when they CAN’T do something, when they fail at something or make mistakes. • 5. Certain Situations- Students feel stupid when they find themselves in certain situations. Placed in a certain class, participate in certain activities, need help.

13. Reactions to Feeling Stupid • Withdraw- Back away from experiences, quit school, quit participating in school. • Pretend- Fake responses to that their stupidity is not detected by others. • React Emotionally- Feel embarrassed, angry, upset, sad, worried, nervous, stressed. • Judge- “I’m not good enough” “I’m stupid” “I don’t know anything” • Act Out- Misbehave in class or on the playground. • Become Defensive- Defend themselves by judging their classes or teachers. • Become Motivated-Work harder or study more in order to be better. Produce positive results. • Become Numb-Students feel that being numb is better than dumb. Apathy is one form of numb: “I don’t care. Whatever.”

14. Top 20 Teachers are Aware of Stupid • Stupid has had a devastating effect on the lives and learning of American youth. • Minimizes the potential of our students. • Minimize stupid in our schools and its negative effect and get stupid back in the box.