M401 Fall 2014

This is taken from a book called, Handbook for Qualities of Effective Teachers. Based on the reading of this chapter this book seems to have a lot of great tips, techniques, and strategies for teachers! This section talked about effective classroom management, and it specifically addresses things such as rules and routines. It's not the most colorful reading but very informational!

This article is based on helping students with behavior problems, but can be adapted for other students as well. This articles suggest the best way to seat certain students, where to place materials, and how to best set up the room for classroom activities.

This article is great because it is written from the perspective of a teacher. It is not an author who is simply telling you good behavior management practices, but instead speaks about their own personal experiences and how these strategies worked in their classroom.

This article also provides resources of worksheets, activities, and ways to work with students who are having behavioral problems. It not only provides resources, but explains common methods of working with students and step-by-step instructions for a scenario.

This website provides a ton of pre-made worksheets and resources to help with behavior management.

This article is a great toolbox of different resources to use when dealing with behavior management. It provides different links to resources. It's organized by situations/ categories, so teachers can go to this link and find resources for their specific problem.

This website has a lot of resources for classroom discipline in the classroom.

This article provides six safe and effective behavior management strategies. These are helpful because they help teachers look at what they're doing, rather than solely what the student is doing. This article encourages teachers to work on the best way for them to act in behavior situations.

Pinterest is a great resource, especially for teachers. People share so many ideas for lessons and teaching strategies. Pinterest is also a great way to find job interview outfits. These are pictures of real teachers going to real interviews, this can provide ideas of how to look professional.

This is a link that informs teachers about some of the best sales to find. Teachers end up buying a lot of materials themselves, so this is a great way for teachers to save money.

I thought that this was a great article with two fun games to get to know students. I really liked the beach ball activity because it will also get students up and moving on a day that is usually just a lot of listening.

I think that this activity would be really fun for students because it involves movement and practice with basic fundamental movements.

I loved this activity with the different questions and each student writes their answer to the question. I thought it was a great way to get students thinking about what they want to happen during the year and it makes them feel like they also have a say in how the class will go. Giving students a chance to recognize the right choices will help them to make them throughout the year.

There are some excellent tips and tricks for how to regain control of a classroom that has gone wild. There are different activities that you can do with the class so that you do not feel like you are constantly yelling at them to be quiet.

There were some great ideas listed on this blog, but the one that I liked best was the classroom cool down spot. Even though the student needs to be separated, it is not seen as a bad thing like a time out. And students actually have something to do when they are here instead of just sitting in a corner by themselves.

I have looked through this blog post so many times, because I envy how organized this teacher. The blog post offers so many great tips and tricks on how to make a fun and exciting classroom that benefits student learning.

I thought this was a great resource for cheaply organizing and decorating the classroom. There is so much to be done for the classroom, and I think that this is a great resource for how to save some money where you can!

This is a great resource for creating a teacher binder for lesson plans, daily organization, and student information. I really liked the idea of using binders for many different things, and could definitely use this binder as the everyday binder for quick references.

This is a teacher's blog all about different management techniques she uses in her classroom. The ideas are adorable, especially if you are interested in teaching the younger grades. It is a great teacher blog in general for other resources as well.

This is a list of different words that you can use on your resume as an educator. Although you can't see the whole thing without paying, it is possible to make out some of the words. These would be great to look at and see if there is anywhere in your resume where you can sub in these words for one of the ones that you have.

This is a guide to creating your teacher portfolio for interviews. Teacher portfolios are what I felt least familiar with when talking about what we need for interviews, so this is a very beneficial resource for me of knowing what it should look like and what should go in it.

This is a blogpost about one teacher's job search. She gives some amazing advice both for the interview and the preparation you should be taking before you step into the interview room. Her blog in general is also very cool for lesson ideas - just a side note!

I thought this went along with what the principal and teachers were telling us seminar. There were some great examples of how to stand out during the job search with some cool things to do with letters of interest/portfolios/etc.