Jeanine+G

__**OBSERVATIONS**__ __**Class 1**__ (To Sir With Love)
 * INTASC6. Communication and Technology**-The teacher uses knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.


 * teacher is an obvious outsider at new school
 * sarcasm doesn't work (kids feel the ouch)
 * sarcasm decreases participation
 * black teacher-white school (prejudice)

__**Power Teaching with Biffle/Video Observations**__


 * __INTASC2. Student Development__-The teacher understands how children learn and develop, and can provide learning opportunities that support a child's intellectual, social, and personal development.**

__**Lesson 1:**__
 * gaining student attention
 * call and response

__**Lesson 2:**__
 * the five classroom rules
 * accompanied with particular gestures
 * increasing student engagement

__**Lesson 3:**__
 * rules, learning, and performing should be fun
 * energetic vocals promote active engagement
 * scoreboard concept

__**Lesson 4**__:
 * cue and prompt
 * Rule #2-difficulty with the raising of hands
 * calling out Rule #2 as a refocusing technique for the class

__**Lesson 5:**__
 * Rule #3 rehearsal
 * call and response
 * breaking of the rule as a form of practice/empowerment for students
 * scoreboard as reward system
 * class as team/teacher as cheerleader
 * teacher empowerment

__**INTASC5. Motivation and Management**__-**The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.**

__**Lesson 6:**__ __**Lesson 7:**__ __**Lesson 8:**__
 * Rule #4: make smart choices
 * very different from other rules
 * inside/outside classroom activities
 * moral reasoning
 * behavior modification
 * "safety first"
 * question generation to promote better decision making
 * Rule #5: keep your dear teacher happy (no argument rule)
 * getting out of back and forths
 * use of sarcasm here
 * power struggles are not good
 * dealing with challenging students who are looking for loopholes in the rules
 * Basics of Power Teaching
 * "class-yes" as attention gainer
 * review of 5 classroom rules
 * interlocking of ideas promotes the spread of Power Teaching
 * "practice, practice, practice"
 * teacher as facillitator
 * importance of repetition

__**Constructivist Conversations: September 23rd**__
 * Socratic Dialogue/Small Group Discussion**
 * initiate dialogue
 * piggyback on ideas of others
 * agree/disagree
 * adding ideas
 * encouraging others
 * use of humor

__**Incorporation of ideas/strategies of peers into Personal Repetoire**__


 * Stephanie**
 * sincerity
 * tranquility
 * even-paced tempo
 * thorough
 * Wayne**
 * humor/wit
 * casual/at-ease
 * great presence
 * cross-curiculum ideology
 * INTD integration
 * opens with a question
 * use of facial expressions

__**BLOOM'S TAXONOMY OBSERVATIONS**__

__**INTASC6. Communication and Technology**__-The teacher uses knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.

__**Observation #1**__

//Use of verbal forms: applied focus on meaning, long-term memory skills, attitude, and knowledge//
 * remembering/recalling of information
 * understanding and explanation of information
 * applying knowledge/use of new information
 * analyzing/differentiation of information
 * evaluating/passing judgement
 * creating/making new things/new concepts
 * surface learning vs.deep learning
 * surface: facts, rote learning, and short-term memory
 * deep: meaning, understanding, and long-term memory

__**Observation #2**__ //Learning/Assessment//
 * 3 Domains: Cognitive (thinking), Affective (feeling), Psychomotor (physical)
 * 6 Domains of the Cognitive: evaluation, synthesis, analysis, application, comprehension, and knowlege
 * Foundational levels of comprehension and knowledge are very important
 * evaluation vs. creation

__**Observation #3**__

//Sectional Learning//
 * Division of learning into visual sections
 * BDAY Cake Analogy: hierarchical levels of learning
 * Creation as the apex/remembering as the base

__**Observation #4**__ //Vella's 12 Principles of Effective Teaching//
 * needs assessment
 * safety first
 * inclusivity/trust/sound relationships
 * sequencing/reinforcement
 * PRAXIS: theory and practice
 * respect
 * ideas/feelings/actions
 * immediacy
 * clear roles
 * teamwork
 * engagement
 * accountability