- Communicating assignments and work requirements
- Instructions for assignments
- Oral explanation of requirements/rubric as well as visual aid on board
- Routine of copying down assignment
- Standards for form, neatness, and due dates
- Procedures for absent students
- Post weekly assignments or keep absentee folder
- Length for make-up
- Place for late work turn in and graded pick up
- Missed group work - assist groups in inclusion of absent members
Chapter 4: Getting Off to a Good Start - Perspectives on the beginning of the year
- Resolve student uncertainties: expectations, procedures, and rules - opportunity for students to learn appropriate behavior
- Plan uncomplicated lessons to ensure student success
- Keep whole-class focus (group work should maintain this); prepare extra credit or enrichment assignments; later introduce complex activities
- Be available, visible, and in charge: work the room; praise, prompt, leave
- Teacher authority: rights to set standards for behavior and performance
- Traditional, bureaucratic, expert/professional, charismatic
- Most teachers derive authority from several sources
- Authoritarian (control through threats and punishment) vs authoritative (provide basis for actions/discipline, give students independence for maturity, and administer consequences fairly and proportionately)
Chapter 4: Getting Off to a Good Start - Planning for a good beginning
- Checking books out to students (wait until lockers have been assigned): record book numbers, name stamp, cover
- Paperwork (hall pass, emergency forms, etc): all forms on hand and separated in folders
- Rosters organized by period, noting accommodations for seating/medication, 3x5: name, book #, attendance, grades until class stabilized - useful for calling on students
- Seating assignments: learn names/attendance faster, class management
- First-week bell schedule, tardiness leniency for first few days, administrative tasks, rules
- Course requirements: tests, quizzes, hw contributions - parents sign?
- Beginning routine and alternative activities (wkst, puzzles, logic problems)
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