Not exact matches
Jenny Sedlis, executive director of StudentsFirstNY, a group that advocates for the Common Core, among
other issues, said in a statement: «Commissioner King has fully demonstrated his commitment to
listening to parents across New York State as he goes about the necessary work of bringing rich and rigorous content into the
classroom.»
They identify five «essential [teaching] acts» that can be analyzed and taught:
listening with care; motivating the student; modeling caring by hearing and responding to the pain of
others, and by creating a sense of security in their
classrooms; evaluating by clarifying, coaching, advising, and deciding on an appropriate challenge for this boy or that girl; and reflecting and renewing.
What
other routines support
listening in your
classroom?
Groups might follow a vague list of
classroom norms, but high performance teams operate by an explicit ethic of service to
others,
listening, attentiveness, and shared leadership?all required to turn out the highest quality product based on team effort.
Here's what this approach looks like: Administrators make frequent short, unannounced
classrooms visits (at least once a month), followed promptly by face - to - face
listening / coaching conversations; teacher teams meet regularly to discuss planning, pedagogy, and assessment results; and teacher assessment is saved till the end of the school year, pulling together observations,
other points of contact, and teachers» self - assessments.
The key to having meaningful discussions in our
classrooms is establishing a culture that values all of the voices in the room, and the more opportunities we give students to think, talk, and
listen to each
other, the more empowered they'll be to join the conversation.
Jenny Sedlis, executive director of StudentsFirstNY, a group that advocates for the Common Core, among
other issues, said in a statement: «Commissioner King has fully demonstrated his commitment to
listening to parents across New York State as he goes about the necessary work of bringing rich and rigorous content into the
classroom.»
Most
classroom activities involve students
listening to and participating in spoken communication with teachers and
other students.
Effective teachers generally involve students in the democratic process of determining
classroom rules, but generally the rules entail respect and courtesy toward all people, be prompt and prepared,
listen quietly while
others are speaking, and obey all school rules.
In another area of the
classroom, several students don headphones and
listen to reading via e-books and computers, while
others read independently.
While some teachers carved out time to
listen to students who needed an ear right away, either in
classroom conversation or one - to - one,
others kept the day's routine as normal as possible to give their students the opportunity to take their minds off the situation.
As an educator and advocate, my primary goal for my students is to support their self - actualization by providing a safe, comfortable, inspiring
classroom environment where they can, through the reading / viewing /
listening to of rigorous, culturally - relevant texts, respectfully and intelligently express their questions / ideas and explore,
listen, and respond to the questions / ideas of
others through strong reading, writing, and interpersonal skills.
I did not say that any place
other than the
classroom is unsafe (please understand that my definition of safety is not about violence... but the ability to speak and
listen in a non-judgmental atmosphere.
And not to mention the fact that with the new education standards that many states are adopting, schools are going to change in the way in which
classrooms have to have in - depth conversation, kids
listening to each
other, working with each
other in groups.
In the
classroom, troubled children have difficulty interacting with the
other kids, sometimes manifesting as aggressive behavior, while also engaging in a power struggle with teachers by misbehaving in class or not
listening.