Seven Keys to a Positive Learning Environment in Your Classroom

Creating a positive classroom learning environment is a complex but necessary task if a teacher wants to cultivate a new, productive classroom culture. By fully realizing the seven keys the author highlights, teachers can establish clearer expectations, enhance instruction and assessment practices, and foster quality relationships with students, thereby maximizing the potential of all students. The book includes helpful stories from teachers, as well as classroom strategies to consider in implementing the keys. With this book, teachers can clearly define the misunderstood concepts of differentiation and enrichment and know how to use these strategies to help all students succeed, no matter their needed level of support.

Benefits

  • Read stories from classroom teachers that highlight how each key can help establish a positive learning environment.
  • Explore research and anecdotal evidence that maintains that students who feel connected are more motivated and successful in the classroom.
  • Learn how the effective use of data can minimize both academic and behavioral challenges among students.
  • Discover collaborative practices that can establish common expectations between teachers and their students, so a positive classroom tone is set when the school year starts.
  • Consider tactics teachers can use to record and analyze data on students’ progress, to make informed decisions that help students gain proficiency.
  • Peruse the essential practices that teachers should have in their classroom assessment toolbox.

Contents

Introduction

  1. Classroom Culture and Positive Relationships: Precursors to a Positive Learning Environment
  2. Classroom Expectations
  3. Targeted Instruction
  4. Positive Reinforcement
  5. Data-Driven Decisions
  6. Differentiation and Enrichment
  7. Collaborative Teams
  8. Connecting to the Schoolwide System

Epilogue

References and Resources

Index

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Seven Keys to a Positive Learning Environment in Your Classroom

Creating a positive classroom learning environment is a complex but necessary task if a teacher wants to cultivate a new, productive classroom culture. By fully realizing the seven keys the author highlights, teachers can establish clearer expectations, enhance instruction and assessment practices, and foster quality relationships with students, thereby maximizing the potential of all students. The book includes helpful stories from teachers, as well as classroom strategies to consider in implementing the keys. With this book, teachers can clearly define the misunderstood concepts of differentiation and enrichment and know how to use these strategies to help all students succeed, no matter their needed level of support.

Benefits

  • Read stories from classroom teachers that highlight how each key can help establish a positive learning environment.
  • Explore research and anecdotal evidence that maintains that students who feel connected are more motivated and successful in the classroom.
  • Learn how the effective use of data can minimize both academic and behavioral challenges among students.
  • Discover collaborative practices that can establish common expectations between teachers and their students, so a positive classroom tone is set when the school year starts.
  • Consider tactics teachers can use to record and analyze data on students’ progress, to make informed decisions that help students gain proficiency.
  • Peruse the essential practices that teachers should have in their classroom assessment toolbox.

Contents

Introduction

  1. Classroom Culture and Positive Relationships: Precursors to a Positive Learning Environment
  2. Classroom Expectations
  3. Targeted Instruction
  4. Positive Reinforcement
  5. Data-Driven Decisions
  6. Differentiation and Enrichment
  7. Collaborative Teams
  8. Connecting to the Schoolwide System

Epilogue

References and Resources

Index

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Seven Keys to a Positive Learning Environment in Your Classroom

Seven Keys to a Positive Learning Environment in Your Classroom

by Tom Hierck
Seven Keys to a Positive Learning Environment in Your Classroom

Seven Keys to a Positive Learning Environment in Your Classroom

by Tom Hierck

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Overview

Creating a positive classroom learning environment is a complex but necessary task if a teacher wants to cultivate a new, productive classroom culture. By fully realizing the seven keys the author highlights, teachers can establish clearer expectations, enhance instruction and assessment practices, and foster quality relationships with students, thereby maximizing the potential of all students. The book includes helpful stories from teachers, as well as classroom strategies to consider in implementing the keys. With this book, teachers can clearly define the misunderstood concepts of differentiation and enrichment and know how to use these strategies to help all students succeed, no matter their needed level of support.

Benefits

  • Read stories from classroom teachers that highlight how each key can help establish a positive learning environment.
  • Explore research and anecdotal evidence that maintains that students who feel connected are more motivated and successful in the classroom.
  • Learn how the effective use of data can minimize both academic and behavioral challenges among students.
  • Discover collaborative practices that can establish common expectations between teachers and their students, so a positive classroom tone is set when the school year starts.
  • Consider tactics teachers can use to record and analyze data on students’ progress, to make informed decisions that help students gain proficiency.
  • Peruse the essential practices that teachers should have in their classroom assessment toolbox.

Contents

Introduction

  1. Classroom Culture and Positive Relationships: Precursors to a Positive Learning Environment
  2. Classroom Expectations
  3. Targeted Instruction
  4. Positive Reinforcement
  5. Data-Driven Decisions
  6. Differentiation and Enrichment
  7. Collaborative Teams
  8. Connecting to the Schoolwide System

Epilogue

References and Resources

Index


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781942496977
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Publication date: 10/18/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 144
File size: 1 MB

Table of Contents

About the Author xi

Introduction 2

The Seven Keys 2

The Pyramid of Behavior Interventions and the Three Tiers 4

A Must-Have Attitude 5

Chapter 1 Precursors to a Positive Learning Environment… 7

Classroom Culture 9

Positive Teacher-Student Relationships 11

Relationships and a Positive Learning Environment 12

Teacher Presence 13

Resilience 14

Student Acceptance 15

Points Worth Remembering 16

Chapter 2 Classroom Expectations 19

Defining Expectations Versus Rules 20

Case Study: The Problem With Rules 21

Aligning Beliefs With Practice 22

Setting Up Your Classroom 24

Establishing Classroom Expectations With Students 26

Establishing Routines 27

Arranging Groups 29

Turning in Assignments 30

Meeting as a Class 31

Working With Students Who Challenge Us 32

A Strategy to Consider 33

Points Worth Remembering 33

Chapter 3 Targeted Instruction 35

Teaching Expectations 36

Case Study: The Importance of Teaching Behavioral Skills 38

Reviewing Expectations 39

Tailoring Teaching: DNA and Building Relationships 41

Avoiding Potential Hazards to Targeted Instruction 42

A Strategy to Consider 43

Points Worth Remembering 43

Chapter 4 Positive Reinforcement 45

Feedback From Teachers to Students 46

Direct to Correct co Connect 47

STORY 48

The Four-to-One Praise Ratio 51

Feedback From Students to Teachers 51

Tell Them From Me 51

I Wish My Teacher Knew 52

Indigenous Student Success 54

Using Feedback to Close Behavioral Gaps 57

A Strategy to Consider 57

Points Worth Remembering 58

Chapter 5 Data-Driven Decisions 59

Case Study: Data-Driven Decisions Improve Student Outcomes 60

The Most Important Three-Letter Word-Yet 61

Data Versus Evidence 61

Data to Close the Gaps 63

Assessment Strategies at the Classroom Level 64

Data-Collection Toolbox for Teachers 65

ABC: An Early Analysis Tool 66

Event Recording 69

Interval Recording 69

Momentary Time Sampling 69

Duration Recording 69

Instructional Agility 70

A Strategy to Consider 71

Points Worth Remembering 71

Chapter 6 Differentiation and Enrichment 73

Gathering and Responding to Evidence 76

RTI and MTSS: An Introduction to a Key Tool 77

Applying Differentiation Strategies for Behavior 79

Implementing Intervention Strategies for Students With Behavioral Gaps 81

Problem Solving to Address Behavioral Challenges 81

Check-In Check-Out 83

Behavior Education Program (BEP) 83

Case Study: A Pod Approach to Tier 3 Behavior 85

Teaching Gifted Students 87

A Strategy to Consider 88

Points Worth Remembering 88

Chapter 7 Collaborative Teams 91

Collaboration 91

Compliance Versus Commitment 92

Teams 94

Data Teams 95

Cautions for Collaboration 96

Collaboration Without a Purpose 97

Ineffective Collaboration With Parents 97

Student Collaboration and Social and Emotional Learning 99

A Strategy to Consider 103

Points Worth Remembering 104

Chapter 8 Connection to the Schoolwide System 105

Systematic, Schoolwide Interventions 107

Three-Step Process 107

Self-Determination Theory 109

True to Yourself 110

A Strategy to Consider 111

Points Worth Remembering 112

Epilogue 115

Reference and Resources 117

Index 125

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