Teacher/Student Organization

Setting up the ClassroomClassroom Environment

BCIU#22- Summer Induction

Purpose To provide professional staff with

information, materials, and techniques- which can be adapted or modified- to facilitate a good start and lay the foundation for a successful year.

ActivityCreative Roll Call

- Each person will state their name, position, school, and favorite TV show

Top 5 List 1. Set up your classroom 2. Read over student folders 3. Do lesson plans 4. Make classroom behavior plan 5. Timeline

- IEPs, ER/RR, Induction follow up meetings, Summer Open

House, Back to School Night, Field Trips, CBI

Ice BreakersIcebreakers provide a lot for

students, such as language, social skills, discrimination.

Icebreakers also provide information about students for staff to get to know students better.

ActivityLet’s try some ice breakers!

1. Help Me Guess

2. True True False

3. Match Game

Icebreakers Lollipop/Jolly Rancher pairs M & M Activity Guess Who Gift Bag True True False Jingo Find Someone Who… Scavenger Hunt Autographs Please The Name Game

Tips for the First Day/Week

KWL Activity1. Grab a few post its and write:

- What you KNOW about your school/position

- What you WANT to know about your school/position

Emergency Situations Check for specific school proceduresTrain and review with staff and students Be a role model for students and staff Be prepared

- forms- copies of emergency forms- “go to people”- bag of tricks- practice

Break

Take a 5 minute break

Initial Communication with Students and Parents

First impressions are lasting impressions. Be clear and professional Send home surveys/questionnaires Send home welcome postcard/letter

- communicate Pre- September Visit/Summer Open House information

- supply/material list

Pre-September Open House Tips

Post a daily schedule Make seating arrangements Conduct a classroom “tour” that highlights

special areas of the room, such as the reading corner, class library, bulletin boards, and so forth.

Mention classroom “highlights” to look forward to: learning stations, specific field trips, new materials, etc.

Offer simple, non-messy refreshments such as juice, cookies, and pretzels

Smile

Getting to Know Your Class

grouping (testing) medical needs feeding needs bathroom needs daily schedules inclusion schedulescrisis management planpositive behavior support plan

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SchedulesMaking a daily schedule

Post a daily schedule and discuss each morning. This allows students to see what is coming up for the day. Have students participate in planning whenever appropriate.

Alternate activities throughout the day. Provide highly preferred, non-preferred to maintain attention and behavior.

Include inclusion. Plan and teach the routines necessary for transitions. Middle and high school teachers and therapists need to organize and manage time most precisely.

When appropriate, include toileting and feeding on a student’s individual schedule.

Writing the IEPYou can use:

- standardized tests- instructional assessments- inventory of basic skills- observations/records- progress reports/report cards- RR/ER- academic standards/alternative standards/SAS- previous IEP- cumulative record folder

Preparing for the IEP Meeting

Some simple guidelines that IEP teams may follow to improve communication

1. Speak to others as you would be spoken to2. Listen to others as you would be listened to3. Check to insure you understood and were

understood correctly4. Recognize that problems have solutions. Our

task is to find them. 5. Above all- remember that this meeting is

about what the child needs and how we can address those needs.

BreakTake a 5 minute break

Class Materials You will need to know (program specific):

- ordering procedures- purchase requisition forms- online bid sheets- reimbursement form- tips for receiving new orders- use up to date catalogs and/or online websites

*Procedures will vary depending on your supervisor.

You will also need each spring:- To inventory and reorder supplies and consumable workbooks- To anticipate students entering and exiting your class

Room ArrangementThe physical arrangement of a classroom should:

- Provide a setting that is safe and orderly- Give easy accessibility to materials and supplies- Guarantee clear visibility between the student

and teacher and between the student and teacher areas

- Allow adequate space- Reduce or increase visual stimuli depending on

students

KWL Wrap Up KWL Activity

1. Grab a few post its and write:

-What you LEARNED

“I’ve come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.” - Hiam Ginott