Why Teacher Expectations Are Important For Student Achievement
Here are 7 ways that mean you have high expectations for students and why that is a great thing!
Differentiation
How To Get Your Students To Do Their Work
Getting your students to do their work can sometimes be difficult!
There are times when kids are disruptive or challenging because they are bored!
A relevant curriculum combined with student-centred, engaging pedagogy, can go a long way to preventing off-task behaviour. Here are the top 10 mistakes teachers make.
5 Reasons Why Restorative Practices Supports Effective Behaviour Management
Schools often struggle with how to teach students to be accountable for their actions and to take responsibility when they have acted inappropriately.
Howard Zehr, the restorative justice pioneer, coined the three “restorative questions” that guide restorative practices.
5 Ways To Reduce Off Task Behaviour
Do you ensure you have these 5 easy teaching strategies done to help reduce the off-class behaviour of your students?
What Does It Mean To Have High Expectations For Your Students
Your students will live up (or down!) to your expectations. Student achievement is strongly affected by what the teacher expects of them and this has been demonstrated by many educational researchers. The first and most famous experiment is known as the Pygmalion effect.
How To Motivate Your Students
Have you ever taught a student who just didn’t seem to care about achieving at school?
They don’t seem to care about their work, they may or may not be disruptive, but their lack of achievement and drive is understandably disturbing for a teacher. The student may even be quite capable but they do not seem to have any motivation.
These students can be the most challenging because their lack of interest may push our buttons, particularly if they are apathetic about our subject or class!!
Dealing With Varying Student Needs
Do you stay awake at night racking your brain for more effective ways to engage your students, dealing with students with varying needs, make the learning more enjoyable and relevant and help the struggling student?
How To Have A Stress Free Classroom
How to Have a Stress Free Classroom
Use Variety To Engage Students
Much off task behaviour and disruption could be prevented through the use of relevant, engaging curriculum and interesting pedagogy. If you consider how long you can sit still in a meeting or professional development and remain focused it is not that difficult to understand why students can be off task and unmotivated.