BO3 Lesson 3 Classroom management

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BO3 Session 3 Classroom management

Welcome everyone!

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Today's lesson

• Recap of last week
• Discussion about this week's prep work
• Introduction of lesson plans
• 5 minute energizer + 5 minute break
  
• Introduction of, and group work on, learning aims and success criteria 
  

Aim: At the end of the lesson, students can create a workable lesson plan 

           with SMART aims and success criteria (SC) for one lesson or activity.

SC: Students can distinguish between different lesson plans

SC: Students can define lesson aims and success criteria

SC: Students can make lesson aims and SC SMART

Class management
Recap of last week's lesson.
List 3 or more tips from
Teitler's videos?

Teitler's 10 tips for classroom management

1. Be professional (Don't be yourself)

2. Make contact with your students

3. Use a fixed pattern for your first lessons

4. Keep students busy

5. Make your rules clear

6. If you focus on  less important things, more important things get less focus

7. Nip bad behaviour in the bud!

8. Control all communication in the classroom

9. Be consistent!

10. If something doesn't work, change your strategy

Discuss in groups for 8-10 minutes

• Which of the tips in the Teitler videos did you consider to be the most important for you? Why?
• Which of the 10 tips did you consider to be the least important for you? Why?
• Can you describe a classroom situation you have been in when you would have benefitted from one or more of the tips from Teitler?

Preparing lessons (1)

According to Geertsen & van Kralingen (2011)

- Know your students (level, skills, behaviour, etc.)

- Base learning aims on your knowledge of the students

Why is it important to know your students before setting aims for the lessons?

Preparing lessons (2)

According to Burden & Byrd (2010), Lesson plans are necessary because they:

- force new teachers to focus on student and teacher activities

- enable teachers to link lessons

- prevent aimless teaching

Share your thoughts on the claims by Burden & Byrd

Lesson plan formats

Geertsen & van Kralingen (2011) present three:

1. Scenario based lesson plan: draw imagined scenes

2. VUT lesson plan (Den Boogert & Droste, 1996): Vooruitkijken, 

     Uitvoeren, Terugblikken/ plan, do, reflect. Three phases: 

     beginning, middle & end of the lesson. Global idea. Freedom is key. 

3. Didactic Analytic (DA) model (Van Gelder & Oudkerk Pool, 1979; De Corte, Geerligs, Lagerweij, Peters & Vandenberghe, 1981): Focus on student activities. Integration of content, educational tools and didactic activities

Discuss advantages and disadvantages of the three forms and decide which one you want to try out. Upload it with arguments per group. Challenge: Support your choice with evidence from ch 2 (Geerts & van Kralingen, 2011)

Time for an energizer

Write a compliment on the sticky notes of two students. The compliment can be about their personality, skills, appearance, etc. Be positive in detail.

Why learning aims?

• Students are likely to get better results (Marzano, 2013)
• Students know what the purpose of the lesson is, so what        they are trying to achieve (Van Gelder & Oudkerk Pool, 1979) --> More likely to follow teacher's instructions

      --> Makes classroom management easier

Learning aims and Success Criteria (SC)

Aim = WALT (What Are we Learning Today)

SC = WILF (What am I Looking For)

Chroinin & Cosgrave (2013)

• Aims and SC must be SMART
• SC always show proof of student learning
• SC are NOT assignment instructions
• SC often include the verbs: can list/define/describe/explain/etc.

Who knows what the acronym SMART stands for?

I do

Not yet

Is this an example of a good AIM?
Students can write a story in English.

YES

NO

I DON'T KNOW

Which aim is SMART?

1. Students can write 5 sentences in English.
2. Students know how to tell a funny joke.
3. Students can use the past simple correctly when talking about their latest holiday for 2 minutes.
4. Students at A1 level can discuss their political preference for 8 minutes.

Success Criteria (SC)

In groups of three to four students, write down 3 SC for the following aim at CEFR level A2:

Students can write 150 words about what they did during their latest summer holiday within 30 minutes.

Discussion: How long will it take your students to achieve this aim?

One person per group posts the SC

Challenge: Create a lesson plan with aims and SC for your next lesson

Questions I still have about today's lesson OR what I would like to know more about: