1. Restorative Conferences
1.1. Rebuild relationships
1.1.1. Repair any friendships
1.1.2. Decreases chance of repeating the act
1.2. Allows for both parties to share their feelings
1.2.1. Both parties are heard
2. Literacy Assessments
2.1. Helpful to an extent
2.1.1. Should not be the end all be all
2.2. Provides a clear rubric of how to assess
2.2.1. Be careful to not rely completely on this rubric
2.3. Allows for teachers to see progress
3. Backward Design
3.1. Allows for the end goal to always be in mind
3.1.1. Stay on one topic the whole time
3.1.2. Prevents losing track of your goal while planning
3.2. Allows for planning for multiple ways to get the same end result
3.3. Very helpful lesson planning strategy
4. Choice Theory
4.1. Motivation
4.1.1. Internal
4.1.1.1. Comes from inside the student
4.1.1.2. A need or a drive
4.1.2. External
4.1.2.1. Reinforcement
4.1.2.1.1. Positive
4.1.2.1.2. Negative
4.1.2.2. Punishment
4.1.2.2.1. Positive
4.1.2.2.2. Negative
4.2. Needs that drive human behavior
4.2.1. Survival
4.2.2. Love and belonging
4.2.3. Power
4.2.3.1. Over
4.2.3.2. With
4.2.3.3. Within
4.2.4. Freedom
4.2.4.1. Freedom to
4.2.4.2. Freedom from
4.2.5. Fun
4.3. Choice Words
4.3.1. It is always important to be aware of your word choice in the classroom.
4.3.2. What you say is just as important as how you say something
4.3.2.1. Always be aware of facial expressions and body language
4.3.2.2. Body movements can enhance what you are going to say
5. Social Cognitive Theory
5.1. Created by Albert Bandura
5.1.1. Began in the 1960s
5.2. Combines classical and operant conditioning with:
5.2.1. Mediating processes that occur between stimuli and processes
5.2.2. Behavior is learned from the environment through the process of environmental learning
6. eLearning
6.1. Easily accessible with internet access
6.2. Allows for at home learning
6.2.1. Great for snow days
6.2.2. Great during times of a global pandemic
6.3. Can be a negative for students who prefer face to face instruction
7. Professional Growth
7.1. Lesson Plans
7.1.1. I have become a thousand times more confident in my skills in writing lesson plans
7.1.2. Still need to work on making lesson plans more engaging
7.2. eLearning Lesson Plans
7.2.1. learning how to develop eLearning lesson plans has allowed me to learn how to teach online effectively
8. Time Management
8.1. Schedule
8.1.1. Daily Schedule planning out each day's work
8.1.2. In addition to google calendar, I keep a physical schedule that I write into
8.2. Calendar
8.2.1. Use google calendar to organize activities
8.2.2. Allows everything to be easily organized
9. Collaboration and Motivation
9.1. Collaborative work leads to higher motivation
9.2. Creating relationships with students leads to students being more motivated
9.3. Creating relationships with a student allows the student to be more comfortable which will lead to them being more motivated in the classroom
10. Culturally-Responsive Teaching
10.1. Allows students to feel respected and welcomed
10.2. Using students' cultural backgrounds in daily lessons allow them to see themselves in their learning
10.3. Helps build an inclusive classroom
11. Constructionism
11.1. Construct something to show learning
11.2. Having someone look at your construction will lead to you being more motivated
11.3. Focused on the external side of learning
12. 5E's
12.1. Allows for active participation while gaining knowledge
12.2. Teacher's role is to facilitate and support students
12.3. Allows for the students to become better learners
12.4. Using technology with this can strengthen lesson plans
13. Allows students to pace their own learning
14. Builds time management skills that allow the students to pace themselves
15. Classroom Management
15.1. Classroom Organization
15.1.1. Seating Chart
15.1.1.1. How this will work best to promote the best environment for education
15.1.1.2. Ensure that every student is comfortable with their seat and surroundings
15.1.2. Engaging
15.2. Creative Workspace
15.2.1. Inclusivity
15.2.2. Promotes an atmosphere of learning
15.3. Classroom Rules
15.3.1. Collaborative
15.3.2. Promotes an atmosphere in which all students feel safe
15.4. Strategies
15.4.1. How to dismiss to line up to leave the room
16. Literacy
16.1. Classroom Library
16.1.1. Allows for students to have the exposure to books
16.1.2. Promotes reading
16.1.2.1. Creativity
16.1.2.2. Love for reading developed
16.2. Early Literacy
16.2.1. See the progress of young learners
16.2.1.1. Ability to identify those who struggle and those who excel
16.2.1.2. Tracking progress can lead to higher confidence in the student
16.2.2. Lays the foundation of a student's literacy
16.2.2.1. Foundation is the most important part of literacy
16.2.2.2. Foundation must be strong in order to advance from early literacy
16.3. Literature-Based Approach
16.3.1. Allows teacher to pick books
16.3.2. Geared towards students' interests and needs
17. Participation
17.1. Promote active participation
17.2. Allows for active learning
17.3. Does not leave room for passive learning
18. Comprehension
18.1. Important to check for comprehension whenever possible
18.2. Is the reason why we read
18.2.1. Reading is pointless without comprehension
18.2.2. Without comprehension, there would be no understanding what anyone is reading
19. Vocabulary Instruction
19.1. Vocabulary correlates to reading
19.2. Three tiers of words
19.2.1. Tier 1
19.2.1.1. Basic Words
19.2.2. Tier 2
19.2.2.1. Academic Vocabulary
19.2.3. Tier 3
19.2.3.1. Specialized Terms
20. Equity and Access
20.1. eLearning
20.1.1. More prominent
20.1.2. Do students have computer access at home?
20.1.3. If parents work from home, does that affect students' access??
20.1.3.1. What if you have siblings and only one computer?
20.2. Traditional Teaching
20.2.1. Less prominent
20.2.1.1. Books provided
20.2.2. Students that can't afford supplies
21. LMS
21.1. Google Classroom
21.1.1. Seemed a lot simpler
21.1.1.1. Is it simpler for students?
21.1.1.2. Simpler for teachers
21.1.2. Quizzes were easy to make
21.1.3. More organized
21.1.4. Easy to link other websites/tools
21.2. Canvas
21.2.1. I am familiar with it
21.2.2. Easy to navigate because I know most of the features
22. Self-Paced Learning
22.1. Gives students freedom to be self-motivated
23. Social Issues in the Classroom
23.1. As a white educator, how do I address what is going on in the world right now?
23.1.1. Students will have questions, and I need to be educated on the topic in order to inform my students accurately.
23.2. Diverse texts
23.2.1. I believe that having diverse texts allow all students to be seen and to see themselves in texts
23.2.2. It is essential to have texts in which all students can see themselves and can connect with
23.2.3. Diverse texts allow students to connect the readings to their own lives and allow them to gain more from the texts than something that they do not see themselves in
23.3. Normalize the conversation of racism
23.3.1. No one is too young to learn about racism and why it is a disgusting mindset
23.3.1.1. I have often heard the phrase that people are not born racist, but are taught it
23.3.1.2. If people are taught racism, then it is our duty as educators to ensure that no one that comes through our classroom is taught to be racist or to tolerate racism at all
23.3.2. As educators, we are on the frontlines to normalize this conversation
23.3.2.1. If we can talk to children about it and have meaningful conversations about it, then who can't have this conversation?
23.3.2.2. Children learning about this from a young age from someone trusted (teacher) will know why it is wrong and will learn how to have a conversation about racism with their own peers and family members
24. Building Relationships in an Online Environment
24.1. Must be able to connect with our students even if we have to meet virtually
24.2. Use ice breakers to learn more about the student and to allow the student to learn more about you
24.3. Building a relationship will lead to the student putting in more effort
25. Constructivism
25.1. Learning exists in the mind
25.2. Learning is a social activity - done through interaction
25.3. More of a focus on the internal side of learning
26. Virtual Tutoring
26.1. Experience in online classroom
26.1.1. Got much more comfortable with conversing and teaching in a virtual platform
26.1.2. In my future classroom, if I need to do any virtual teaching days I will be much more comfortable with this
26.2. Experience with google classroom, zoom, and building my own website
26.2.1. I had no experience with any of these before this class
26.2.2. Gave me new tools to use for my future classroom
26.3. Experience with working with a co-teacher
26.4. One on one experience with a student to monitor progress
26.4.1. Was very easy to see the progress of our student throughout the four weeks
26.4.2. Tutoring a kindergarten student allowed us to see great strides with reading, letter recognition, etc.