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Teacher
The First Days of School
By
Dr. Harry K. Wong and Rosemary Wong
Four Stages of Teaching
• Fantasy – teacher does fun activities; tries to
relate and be friends with students
• Survival – teacher spends time complaining
about his/her job; finds busywork for students to
do
• Mastery – teacher knows how to manage the
classroom, teach for mastery, and has high
expectations
• Impact – makes a difference in the lives of their
students
What is an Effective Teacher?
• Efficient- Doing things right
• http://teachers.net/wong/FEB05/
• http://teachers.net/wong/OCT05/
Three Steps to Teaching
Procedures
• Explain – State, explain, model, and
demonstrate the procedure
• Rehearse – Rehearse and practice the
procedure under teacher supervision until
it becomes a routine.
• Reinforce- Reteach, rehearse, practice,
and reinforce the classroom procedure
until it becomes a student habit or routine.
Reasons Why Students Don’t
Follow Procedures
• Teacher has not thought out what happens in
the classroom.
• Students have not been trained to follow the
procedures.
• Teacher spends no time managing the
classroom.
• When a student does not perform a procedure
correctly, there is no punishment. The student
simply is taken back through the three step
teaching process.
Characteristics of a Well-Managed
Classroom
• Students are deeply involved in their work
• Students know what is expected of them
and are generally successful
• There is relatively little wasted time,
confusion, or disruption
• The climate of the classroom is work-
oriented but relaxed and pleasant
Half of Your Effectiveness is Determined
Before You Leave Home
• Prepare yourself, both academically and
attitudinally, before you leave home and
as you travel to school.
• You increase the chance of student
success and decrease the chance of
student disruptions if the materials,
classroom climate, and teacher are ready
before the students arrive.
Memorable Quote
• “Perhaps the most valuable result of all
education is the ability to make yourself do
the thing you have to do, when it ought to
be done, whether you like it or not.”
-Thomas Huxley