Organization In The Classroom

Start off the year with one of the things that contribute to successful Classroom management:

 -Good Organization -

Everything inclusive of how you welcome the learners as they come into your classroom,  the class environment,  seating arrangements, lesson planning,  lesson delivery,  class  activities and the way you communicate with your pupils.

It also includes making your expectations clear,  giving them prompt feedback,  involving other adults in the class, all the details down to how the learners leave the class...

 All this must be in an orderly, functional and structured manner to be termed
'good organization of the classroom'

Let your class be tagged 'The Good-organization class' this year.  😎

Why do children have poor academic performance?

We often just judge and get angry and exasperated with learners who perform poorly.
Have we stopped to think of what the cause(s) could be?

What could have happened at home?
What is happening in school?
What is happening in the child's personal world?

What are the signs to look out for (red flags)?

In your experience,  what remedy would you  or your team proffer? 

Remember EVERY CHILD MATTERS! 

Reflection Time...

''Academic performance means the extent to which a student, teacher or institution has achieved their short or long-term educational goals”                                                                                                     

Wikipedia

How was the academic performance of the learners in your class this academic session?
Would you say their performance was good or poor or in between?

From the definition given by Wikipedia, POOR academic performance means a student, teacher or institution has NOT achieved their short or long-term educational goals.

Research has shown that learners perform poorly due to the following reasons:

•Abuse

•Bad teaching/inadequate lessons

•Stress

•Fear

•Tension

•Financial challenges at home

•Health issues

•Laziness

•Inadequate study time

•Lack of study materials

•Broken home

•Doubt

   Do you know that way before the performance of learners become poor, there are symptoms  you should look out for? These are called RED FLAGS. 
  
  Go to:  
  www.outstandingeduconsult.com 
   to learn what red flags to watch out for and the diagnosis.

Holiday Reading for Teachers...

Unwind, rewind and leap into another academic year, well prepared.

Get a pack for your holiday reading leisure 😎

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Are we inspiring and rewarding demonstration of Emotional Intelligence in our schools?

It's end of the session and prize-giving/Award presentation day is coming.

As teachers and schools, we should identify children who show empathy and other aspects of Emotional Intelligence and reward them in age-appropriate ways.

Awards should be given to the kindest/most caring /most thoughtful in the class.

Is your school going to reward and motivate Emotional Intelligence through awards to identifiable ambassadors of EQ (Emotional Intelligence)? 😎

Seamless transitions, poor transitions, no transitions...Transitions make or break a lesson 😎

Classroom Management 1D

If transitions are not well planned and executed, the lesson objectives will not be met and that lesson will not be satisfactory.

Well executed or seamless transitions on the other hand, contribute towards an outstanding lesson.

Have the lessons you were observed teaching and in which you were rated as giving an unsatisfactory performance been because of poor or absent transitions?

Learn how to factor in transitions during your lessons 😎

Tips on qualitative observation of a lesson 😎

#Assessment Of Teachers while Observing their lessons:

How does the teacher introduce the lesson? What is the starter? Does it hook their attention or is it boring?

How is the lesson introduced?

Are expectations and lesson objectives made known clearly?

Is learning guided, led or ignored?

Are learning tasks differentiated?

Are qualitative resources used to move learning forward during this lesson?

Is collaboration amongst learners planned for and implemented?

Are the lesson objectives gone back to at some point during the lesson to keep on track?

How were the transitions, if any?

Were  all 3 domains of learning assessed?

Is there a plenary? Does the teacher take cognizance of the result of this plenary?

Did the teacher show reflection on the last lesson's mistake with a view to improvement in this lesson?

Did every child achieve and learn during this lesson?

Was this lesson a poor, satisfactory, good or outstanding lesson?

When you go and observe a lesson or if you are going to be observed, do you factor in all the above? 😎