Instructional Friday Focus: Classroom Management and behavioral management

Dear Bison Colleagues,

Happy Friday!  As we close out another great week at Buffalo Grove HS, I am focused on the topic of classroom management and behavioral management.

Teach and Learn with Passion!

Teaching and Learning Quotes:

"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."
- Aristotle

"The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg -- not by smashing it."
- Arnold Glasow

Danielson Framework for Teaching reminder:

There are 4 domains, 22 components and 76 elements that are considered aspects of a teacher's responsibility as documented through empirical studies.  The 4 domains are:

1. Planning and Preparation

2. The Classroom Environment

3.  Instruction

4.  Professional Responsibilities

Looking at Domain 2: The Classroom Environment 

2c: Managing Classroom Procedures

Here's a peek at what "distinguished" looks like for 2c:

Classroom routines and procedures are seamless in their operation, and students assume considerable responsibility for their smooth functioning.

Strategy/Tool to Try: (thanks to ITF Jeff Vlk)

Questia is an iOS app that allows you to quickly find credible books, scholarly articles and topics for your research papers. You can read full-text books and articles within the app and save what you are reading for future access in a project folder

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/questia-library-scholarly/id331637962?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Instructional Focus:  

The 2×10 strategy: a miraculous solution for behavior issues?

The  2×10 strategy is simple: spend 2 minutes per day for 10 days in a row talking with an at-risk student about anything she or he wants to talk about. There’s no mystery to the reasoning here, of course–the strategy builds a rapport and relationship between teacher and student, and lets the child see that you genuinely care about him or her as a person.
http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2014/10/the-2x10-strategy-a-miraculous-solution-for-behavior-issues.html?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2014/10/3-biggest-obstacles-in-building-relationships-with-kids.html

Bison Learning Leaders:  

• The Art teachers and Sandy for such a classy opening of our beautiful, professional, new Art Gallery.  If you haven't been down to it yet, go check it out!
• The teachers, staff and students involved in the Fall play "The Taste of Sunrise"-- Break a leg!
• Our RtI, Lit Lab and PST team for their continued work ensuring success for every BG student in Tiers II and II Response to Intervention.  Teachers: Keep up the great work you are doing in Tier I in your classrooms to support the entire RtI structure!

Keep up the great work, Bison!  Happy Friday!