What Great Teachers Do Differently by Whitaker, Todd -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents About the Author Acknowledgments Introduction

1 Why Look at Great?

Studying Effective Teachers

2 It’s People, Not Programs

Programs Come and Go How Open Classrooms Got Started Assertive Discipline: The Problem or the Solution? It’s Not What You Do, It’s How You Do It The Poor Lecturer’s Classroom

3 The Power of Expectations

Expectations Rules

Stop the Thumping!

Consequences Set Expectations at the Start of the Year We Are Still Undefeated

4 If You Say Something, Mean It

The Football Coach This Time, I Really Mean It Smile When You Say That When You Are Ready From Four to Three Class Rules the Day

5 Prevention versus Revenge

When a Student Misbehaves Sending Students to the Office

“Nuthin’ Happened”

A Teacher’s Bag of Tricks Respect Your Students, Their Parents—and Yourself Twenty-Four Students on the Side of the Teacher Restoring Trust

6 High Expectations—for Whom?

Are High Expectations Important?

7 Who Is the Variable?

Who Is the Variable in the Classroom? What If the Students Do Poorly? How Do We Deal with the Demands of Others?

8 Focus on Students First

Change for Students’ Sake? How Broad Is Your Vision? Three Ways to React Focus on Colleagues Second The Hotel California Remember What Matters How Do You View Your Siam?

9 Ten Days Out of Ten

We Never Forget That One Time You Do Not Have to Like the Students The Power of Praise Five Strategies That Help Praise Work Too Much Nice

10 Be the Filter

How Is Your Day Going? The Angry Parent When the Teacher Sneezes

One Goal, Every Day

Where the Elite Meet? The World Outside School “This Is the Worst Group of Kids We’ve Ever Had” Perception Can Become Reality

11 Don’t Need to Repair—Always Do Repair

Some Never Need to Repair—But Always Do Some Always Need to Repair—But Never Do I Am Sorry That Happened The Highway Patrol

12 The Ability to Ignore

Hey, Pretzel Face! Ignore Minor Errors Understand the High Achievers

13 Random or Plandom?

Why Does Jimmy Always Pick Billy? The All-school Assembly The Faculty Meeting

14 Base Every Decision on the Best People

Shoplifters Will Be Prosecuted! This Means You! What Will the Best Students Think? The Best Students Will Be “Fine” No Matter What The Teacher’s Pet

15 In Every Situation, Ask Who Is Most Comfortable and Who Is Least Comfortable

Treat Everyone as If They Were Good Uncomfortable Feelings Make People Change—One Way or Another Pay for Performance

16 Put Yourself in Their Position

Teacher Pleasers Model the Behavior You Expect How Others See Us What Do You Choose to Be?

17 What About These Darn Standardized Tests?

Without Success, Tests Become the School Raise Those Test Scores! Keep Testing in Perspective So, You Want to Improve Your Reading Scores?

18 Make It Cool to Care

Having a “Cool” Classroom The Great Teacher Merry Christmas, Everyone! Who Are the Legends? Touch the Heart, Then Teach the Child

19 Clarify Your Core Seventeen Things That Matter Most References