I really need to look up the strategy of using these four questions to let students get themselves back on task:
- What are you doing?
- What are you supposed to be doing?
- Were/Are you doing it?
- What are you going to do about it?
Crumbs of my Philosophy of Education
These are small parts of my overall philosophy of education. Very disorganized, not secret, and need a place for me to refer back to them.
- My top classroom rule (stated positively) is: Always Allow Learning.
(negatively: Don’t interrupt/prevent learning)
Permutations follow:- Your [talking/other-behavior] isn’t allowing learning.
- You [not being ready] isn’t allowing learning.
- [Listen] to allow learning.
- [Wait your turn] to allow learning.
- [Be ready on time] to allow learning.
- Try to push for the Maximum level for each student.
- Reach at least a Minimum level for all students.
- When doing Co-Teach, present a Unified message as much as possible.
- State feedback positively at least 4:1 (pos:neg).
- “Hate” the behavior, not the person. (who said this?)
- Quotes
- Kathleen Kryza, Inspiring Middle and Secondary Learners
- This is a risk-taking, mistake-making classroom.
- Fair is not everyone getting the same thing; fair is everyone getting what they need to be successful.
- Albert Einstein
- Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new
- Kathleen Kryza, Inspiring Middle and Secondary Learners
- Don’t get mad; call home.
- Call home, call home, call home. (inspired by the technology mantra, “backup, backup, backup”). Middle school students don’t want parents to know their “bad” behavior, and don’t get enough told to their parents about their “good” behavior.