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CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

A VIABLE PATHWAY TO SUCCESS IN COLLEGE AND CAREERS

August 23-24, 2010

Students You Will Meet…

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• Recognize the importance of knowing your individual students

• Develop strategies to build community

• Understand how teacher behaviors affect student behaviors

• Create an effective behavior management plan

Workshop Objectives

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• Equity of voice

• Active Listening

• Respect for All Perspectives

• Safety and Confidentiality

Norms for Working Together

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Those who violate rules? Those who have given

up? Those who are

manipulative? Those who withhold

communication? Those who are alienated? Those who have special needs?

Which Students Challenge You The Most?

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Handout/ carousel

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The vast majority of any school population

is made of up “Good Kids.”

DON’T: Use the “Good Kids” as examples of proper

behavior when disciplining another student

Pair them in group work with students who are discipline problems in the hope the “Good Kid” will manage the behavior of his/her peer

The Good Kids

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“The most important action an effective teacher takes at the beginning of the year is creating a climate for learning."

-- Mary Beth Blegan, former U.S. Department of Education teacher-in-

residence

The Learning Environment

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Building Community

Handouts/ round robin/report out

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Teacher Behavior Makes a Difference

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• Communicate high expectations

• Provide opportunity for involvement

• Give and receive respect

• Model courtesy

• Focus on positive (praise, reinforcement, success)

• Practice equity

• Use humor

• Be ethnically and culturally aware/sensitive

An Effective Teacher Will

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“Effective teachers know that to become engaged, students

must have some feelings of ownership—of the class or the task—and personal power—a

belief that what they do will make a difference.” (Dodd 1995)

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Turn/talk handout

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• Incentives

• Using positive words

vs. destructive words

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Principles of Effective Behavior Management

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• Are clear and specific• Have a range of options (hierarchy)• Teach rather than punish• Are natural and/or logical• Are related to the rule• Are used consistently by the teacher

handout/ think/share pair

Effective Consequences

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• Use of profanity

• Talking without permission or interrupting teacher

• Leaving seat without permission

• Sleeping in class

• Being disrespectful of other students/teacher

• Defacing books or materials

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• Be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct • Log the dates and types of contacts with parents• Be aware of any Behavior Intervention Plan that

might be in place for Special Education students• Do not:

• Place students in hall unattended• Hit or touch students• Use profanity toward students• Work with a student without another student or staff member

present

Classroom Management: Legal Issue

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• Enlist the help of colleagues

• Enlist the help of parents

• Student Referrals

Getting Students the Help They Need

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Reflection and Action

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Documents

cte career

good kids

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individual students

student behaviors

examples of proper behavior

behavior of hisher peer

student pair