Dear Teachers,
I have spent many hours putting together this Teacher Control Journal. I had some help from one of your sister teachers. Her name is Jamie Hawley. I have included her examples into the this document.
I have also included a letter to parents and the Student Control Journal. Please just jump right in and start using it. You can adapt it to fit your needs whether you are an elementary, middle, high school or home schooling teacher. Right now the most important part is for you to get it and start to put together your Teacher Control Journal. I cannot do it for you. Every class is different. I can get you motivated to do it.
There are testimonials in this document as well as forms to fill in the blanks. Use what you need. You have my permission to adapt to fit your classroom. You can edit anything except my letter to the parents.
I hope you like it.
FlyLady
Chataway is based around conversational skills, allowing children to prepare for social challenges as well as academic work
the programme is written in a clear and straightforward way, with progress easy to monitor
can be used with all children – those with average range skills and those with special needs
group work focus
extra training for staff not required.
Cooperative learning is widely endorsed as a pedagogical practice that promotes student learning. Recently, the research focus has moved to the role of teachers discourse during cooperative learning and its effects on the quality of group discussions and the learning achieved. However, although the benefits of cooperative learning are well documented, implementing this pedagogical practice in classrooms is a challenge that many teachers have difficulties accomplishing.
What does it mean to a kid to be labeled attention-deficit disordered (ADD)? Or to have "hyperactive" added to the label (ADHD)? What can teachers do to boost the success of students with attention and behavioral difficulties? Are we relying too much on medication for these kids and not enough on new perspectives on learning, child development, the child's socioeconomic and cultural background, biological and psychological research, and the learner's emotional and social needs?
