Teachers must work the room. Before I begin with the tenets of “The Power Zone,” coined by Cain and Laird (2011), authors of Fundamental Five, allow me to intercept my thoughts on the power zone, which I relate as “working the room.” Teachers must be proactive in engaging their students from beginning of class instructionContinue reading “The Power Zone: Reference to Fundamental Five”
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How to Learn on Purpose: Fundamental Five
How to Learn on Purpose: Fundamental Five Below are the Key Components of FSGPT (frequent small group purposeful talk): FSGPT frequent small group purposeful talk is a practice that allows up to four students to talk about an assignment after the teacher has provided instruction on the topic of assignment. Some research stipulates many studentsContinue reading “How to Learn on Purpose: Fundamental Five”
How to Write Critically: Fundamental Five
Let’s be honest. Many students do not understand how to write. Many students shun writing. Many students despise school because of writing. The research is proof. Look for it. The experience in the classroom is also the proof: Ask any teacher. Authors of Fundamental Five—Sean Cain and Mike Laird (2011)—argue that teachers do not allowContinue reading “How to Write Critically: Fundamental Five”
How to Recognize Academics and Reinforce Behavior: Fundamental Five
How Recognition and Reinforcement Make Sense Recognize and Reinforce, as it posits in the Fundamental Five, a book written by Sean Cain and Mike Laird (2011), is essential to student achievement. The authors reveal that there are two sides of learning, and the sides are academic issues and behavior issues. As a teacher, I agreeContinue reading “How to Recognize Academics and Reinforce Behavior: Fundamental Five”
How to Motivate Staff the Democratic Way
How to Motivate Staff the Democratic Way Research postulates that compared to the other many leadership styles, “democratic leadership” tends to be the most effective style when motivating subordinates to perform their duties. Democratic leadership, also known as participative leadership or shared leadership, is a type of leadership that employees take a more “hands-on approach”Continue reading “How to Motivate Staff the Democratic Way”
Why Talking Teacher Tenure Is Smart
Why Talking Teacher-Tenure Is Smart “Hey, Doc! Got a minute?” “Good morning, Ginger. Yes. I have time. How are you?” “Forgive me, but I have come to gossip.” (Smiles). “Okay. I will indulge: but keep to the facts”— “I saw it with my own eyes. . . Isn’t there a teacher tenure-reason for dismissal policy?”Continue reading “Why Talking Teacher Tenure Is Smart”
How to use Stream of Consciousness to Motivate Yourself to Persevere
How to use Stream of Consciousness to Motivate Yourself to Persevere Still another day and nothing done. What’s really going on? Why am I not motivated to put action to my ideas? Perhaps my ideas are not clear enough. Perhaps I lack skills— no, no. That’s not it: I have skills. Then, in the blessed nameContinue reading “How to use Stream of Consciousness to Motivate Yourself to Persevere”
How to Motivate Teenagers to Learn
How to Motivate Teenagers to Learn In recent findings, Cognitive Neuroscience supports “yes” to rewards to enhance learning outcomes. Agreeing, Murayama & Kitafami (2014) reveal that a modulation function by the reward network in the brain sponges on a lift to influence cognitive progress, and a number of motivational studies proves that reward systems in schoolsContinue reading “How to Motivate Teenagers to Learn”
How to Motivate Students to Copy Writings of the Greats
How to Motivate Students to Copy Writings of the Greats “My students will not write,” you complain. Why not? Have you observed their scribbles? Have you asked students why they do not write? First, determine reasons for students’ unwillingness to write, and then generate a strategy to motivate students to write. If you determine thatContinue reading “How to Motivate Students to Copy Writings of the Greats”
How Dressing Professionally Correlates with Respect and Learning
How Dressing Professionally Correlates with Respect and Learning Motivating students to be on their best behavior and to complete their class assignments start with a leader’s professional dress. While there may be other important points to consider when motivating students to learn, the professional dress is perhaps the best defense against students’ neglect of class assignments. ToContinue reading “How Dressing Professionally Correlates with Respect and Learning”