= Back to School MICHAELA CALLAHAN}\ la My Teaching Philosophy THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I HAVE LEARNED IN SCHOOL, IS TO BE KIND TO OTHERS. FOR THAT REASON, I FEEL THAT TEACHING KIDS HOW TO BE KIND AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THEIR FUTURE. LEARNING, WHEN STUDENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH EACH OTHER, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE MISTAKES IN FRONT OF THE ONE ANOTHER WITHOUT FEELING DOWN ABOUT I. THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR OWN LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. I WANT STUDENTS T0 MOTIVATE EACH OTHER RATHER THAN THEM RELYING ON THE TEACHER FOR THAT MOTIVATION. 1 BELIEVE THAT IF I TEACH STUDENTS TO BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER, THEN EVERYTHING ELSE WILL FALL INTO PLACE,XX Creating an Inclusive & Equitable, | Learning Environment ee TWILL CREATE AND MAINTAIN AN INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT BY FIRST CREATING A KIND CLASSROOM. TF EVERYONE IS KIND, WE CCAN ALL ACCEPT MISTAKES THAT ARE MADE AND LEARN AND GROW FROM THEM. ‘+ TWILL MOTIVATE STUDENTS BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO MAKE MISTAKES, BECAUSE THOSE ARE WHAT WE LEARN BEST FROM. ‘+ STUDENT WORK WILL BE POSTED THROUGHOUT THE WORK WITH MANY "SPOTLIGHTS" WHERE THE STUDENTS WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WILL. (GET THEIR WORK DISPLAYED IN A SPECIAL SPOT. THIS WILL ENCOURAGE ‘STUDENTS TO WORK HARD AT EVERYTHING THEY DO. (AT SOME POINT, EVERY STUDENT WILL HAVE HAD THEIR WORK POSTED TO THE SPOTLIGHT SECTION) ‘+ MY EXPECTATIONS FOR EVERYTHING WILL BE CLEAR FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. ‘+ TWILL BE CONSISTENT IN FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH MY EXPECTATIONS, INCONSISTENCIES ARE WHAT MAKE A CLASSROOM FEEL CHAOTIC AND I WILL D0 MY BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN,‘LMAKE IT MEANINGFUL: STUDENTS MUST SEE THE MEANING BEHIND EVERY STUDENT TO IN THEIR BUY IN TO IT. IF A STUDENT DOES NOT FEEL THAT WHAT THEY ARE WORKING ON IS. WORTHWHILE, THEY WILL NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITY. 2.TELL EVERY STUDENT THAT WHAT THEY ARE DOING MATTERS. STUDENTS NEED TO HAVE. CONFIDENCE IN THEMSELVES WHEN THEY ARE COMPLETING ASSIGNMENTS AND JUST OVERALL BEING A STUDENT. IT IS MY JOB TO ENCOURAGE THAT LOVE OF LEARNING AND SUCCESS. 3.STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE A VOICE IN THE CLASSROOM. THE POWER DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO. BELONG TO THE TEACHER, IN FACT, IT SHOULD ALSO BELONG TO THE STUDENTS. 4.COLLABORATION IS ESSENTIAL. 5.IN GENERAL, I WILL SHOW THE STUDENTS THAT I CARE ABOUT THEM AND BUILD A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH STUDENTS. (CREASE )SUPPORT YOUR ELL LEARNERS Meeting Academic & Social Needs of ELL Students Roel feet WGU OBSocial Needs of SPED Students jest Practices Within An RTI Model LEVERY STUDENT SHOULD RECEIVE INSTRUCTION BASED ON THEIR OWN PERSONAL NEEDS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO PLACE STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSES ACCORDINGLY. 2.STUDENTS SHOULD BE ASSESSED FOR HOW LONG THEY ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH AN ASSIGNMENT. FROM THERE, TEACHERS SHOULD MODIFY INSTRUCTION TO FIT THAT LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT. 3.DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION IS IMPORTANT TO THE LEARNERS SUCCESS. TEACHERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO MODIFY INSTRUCTION TO REACH EACH STUDENT IN THE CLASSROOM. 4, OFFER ADDITIONAL TIME FOR STUDENTS TO COMPLETE TASKS AND PRACTICE, SKILLS. THIS ALLOWS STUDENTS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF EVERY TASK.Family Involvement ‘T WOULD LOVE FOR FAMILY TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY WAY THAT THEY CANI SIGN-UPS FOR HELP THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH THINGS LIKE: MAKING COPIES, ORGANIZING IN ‘THE CLASSROOM, SMALL GROUP LEADERS AND MANY MORE. STERY READERS: ONCE A WEEK K PARENT OR GUARDIAN CX SIN UPTO BE AMYSTERY READER TO READ T0 THE STUDENTS ON ADESIGNATED DAY TS WL 8 A ROUTINE, 50TH STUDENTS WL Loox FORWARD TO, REGULAR COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT TE DAY AND WEEK BETWEEN THE TEACHER AND GUAROUNS TIS WH. EASURE THAT THE PARENTS ARE INFORMED OWA S HAPENING WHEN ‘TE ARENT THEREThank YoulClass Rules aa ee Sl hata BE A FRIEND eee eas ae (WHOLE BODY LISTENING) ALWAYS TRY YOUR BEST DP) ommuacare your FEEUNGS 4 QD) ® voursetr @ J) CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF (ZTE BRAN BREAKS WHEN NEEDEDRoutine ROUTINE IN THE CLASSROOM IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS GET THE MOST (OUT OF THEIR LEARNING POSSIBLE. IF A TEACHER DOES NOT HAVE A ROUTINE, THERE WILL BE A LOT (OF TIME WASTED ON GETTING THE STUDENTS BACK ON TASK. BEING CONSISTENT WITH ROUTINES IS. IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE STUDENTS THAT YOU ARE SERIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO HOW. THINGS RUN IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, + WHEN THE STUDENTS WALK INTHE CLASSROOM, THEY WILL DO THE SAME THING EVERY DAY: COME IN, PUT BACK PACKS AWAY, GET SETTLED IN FOR THE DAY, AND MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE CARPET FOR THE MORNING MEETING + WE WILL ALWAYS START THE DAY WITH OUR MORKING MEETING T © MSS WHERE WE WILL DISCUSS WHAT S GONG ON THAT DAY + TWILL CREATE SIGNALS FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO SILENTLY UNDERSTAND WHAT AM TRYING TO GET THEM TO 0. TTIS IMPORTANT TO CREATE VISUAL CUES SO THAT THE STUDENTS CAN FOLLOW DIRECTION IN SITUATIONS WHERE ‘YOU CANT SPEAK LOUDLY OR MAYBE YOU ARE ALREADY IN A LOUD ENVIRONMENT. VISUAL CUES WILL BE ROUTINE ALL ‘YEAR AND THE STUDENTS WILL BECOME VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM © STOP, 6 BACK, RETRY” WOULD BE ME HOLDING MY HAND UP ASA STOP SIGN AND THEN TWISTING MY FINGER IN ACIRCULAR MOTION © THERE WILL BE MANY OTHER SIGNALS THAT THE STUDENTS LEARN AT THE BEGINING OF THE YEAR THAT WILL BE UseD TAROUGHOUT, = + THE DAY WILL ALWAYS END WITH QUETLY PACKING UP AND GETTING MATERIALS OUT FOR TAKE HOME AND THEN MAKING THEIR WAY TO THEIR COMEY SPOT FOR THE END OFTHE DAY READ ALOUD. "THERE WILL BE MANY ROUTINES THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT Tongs WEL.MARBLE JAR WE WILL KAVE A MARBLE JAR FOR A (WHOLE CLASS REWARD TAT WE DEODE OW AT THE BEGINING OF THE ‘YEAR THE JAR WL BE USED FOR WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE DONG WELL CAN STO BY THE JAR.AD, DROP A FEW MARBLES VAT ATE. Systems ‘ABC DATA SHEET 1S Is A SYSTEM SPECFCALLY BETWEEN THE STUDENT ANDTHE TEACHER. IFA STUDENTS ON THER ‘RD CONSEQUENCE WHERE THEY AVE 10 GET APRIVELEDGE TAKEN ‘why, THEY WILL BE ASKED TO FL. (UT THE ARC DATASHEET AND THEN "THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT ‘iLL DISCUS DURING THER, CHECKIN. THE TEACHER WILL THEN AVE THS SHEET FOR RECORD PURPOSES PUNCH CARD "THE PUNCH CARD IS AN INDIVIDUAL REWARD SYSTEA THE STUDENTS (WILL KEEP THEIR PUNCH CARD IN THEIR DESK AND THE TEACHER. ‘iL PUNCH IT WEN THEY ARE SHOWING ABOVE AND BEYOND BEHAVIOR, WHEN THE STUDENT FNSHES AL OF THEIR PUNCHES, THEY GET AN IDIVIUAL REWARD wy THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY edie,Consequences POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT IS KEY TO HAVING A SUCCESSFUL CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT PLAN, ——<$£@§.—— WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A STUDENT BREAKS THE RULES? SLIME: ‘WE -WILL ALWAYS START WITH A WARNING. EVERYONE MAKES NOW WE WILL JUST TRY TO TURN IT AROUND. 2ND TIME: TAKE A BREAK AND CHECKIN WITH THE TEACHER;- WHEN THE fE BACK AND BE A LEARNER, THEY WILL LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE, THE PUNISHMENT FITS THE CRIME: SOMETIMES, IT WILL BE FINISH WHAT WAS NOT FINISHED DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AT RECE TIMES IT WILL BE A LETTER TO THE TEACHER. WE WILL BASE IT OFF OF THE BROKEN RULE. AN EMAIL HOME WILL FOLLOW “ATH ME ‘TF THE STUDENT JUST CAN'T PULL IT TOGETHER, THEY WILL EITHER 660 SIT WITH ANOTHER TEACHER FOR A LITTLE BIT OR HEAD TO THE ~~ OFFICE. A CALL HOME WILL FOLLOW AS WELL.