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Classroom Management in the CI Classroom

Classroom Management in the CI Classroom. Laruen Watson, Bob Patrick, Keith Toda. Rapport & managing the CI classroom . “Rising stress = lower acquisition” - Bob Patrick. We ask a lot of our students!!. Good rapport eliminates many management issues.

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Classroom Management in the CI Classroom

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  1. Classroom Management in the CI Classroom Laruen Watson, Bob Patrick, Keith Toda

  2. Rapport & managing the CI classroom • “Rising stress = lower acquisition” -Bob Patrick • We ask a lot of our students!! • Good rapport eliminates many management issues

  3. Building rapport must be a conscious effort by the teacher • Students need to know the teacher cares about them and are interested in them • Students who feel cared about and valued are much more likely to behave well

  4. Strategies • 1st day of school “What is important to you?” “Why does it matter?” • Greeting your students at the door • Birthday calendar • Brag Wall • Circling with Balls activity • Personalizing stories (PQA) • Extra-credit quiz question

  5. Postcards home • Jobs • Teaching to the eyes • Understandable messages • Teaching “with” your students not “at” • “Nothing motivates like success!” -Susie Gross

  6. Yes. No. What does _____ mean? How do you say _____? Gestures Create a Safety Net

  7. Power over Power with --punishment --invite --rewards --co-create --if you don’t x, --ask: what are you I’ll hurt you going to do? --coercion --trust --isolation --community How we manage

  8. What is a grade in my gradebook? A means of communicating success Communication is fluid and flexible Never a means of behavior control Behavior is about relationships Not being successful is not acceptable An A or a B. C = danger. D = failing How we assess

  9. 80% rule = at least 80% make 80% or higher Always ask: what were you prepared to tell me that I didn’t ask? Bonus: Tell me what’s going on in your life right now. Not happy with results? Review. Retest. Repost grades. Everything is negotiable Claim your power as the expert: I am your ally. Assessment practices for no-fail classroom

  10. D.E.A Daily Engagement Assessment What is required

  11. Begin every CI activity in English with 1. the “why” of activity 2. what we are going to do 3. what is required for success Set UP for Success

  12. Establish meaning Point and pause SLOW Cardinal Rules

  13. Writer. Artist. Counter. Screecher. Timer. (and the list goes on, and the list goes on . . .) Jobs

  14. CI Builds/Fosters Community • “I see you” • “I value you” • “I want your opinion”

  15. Ask a Story

  16. Testimonies • I started out (1st semester) strong, using the activities…and various stories to rousing success with increased student engagement. Second semester I was…out of energy, so we went back to my old ways, leading to increased restlessness and behavior problems and decreased student engagement. • – Joanie Cunningham

  17. Testimonies • CI instruction has wildly made over my classroom...Concerning student learning, I have found the students much more engaged and tractable • – Greg Brady

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