|
| ||||||||||||||||||||
|
Home
Archives
Classroom
Help
FAQ
Incident Report Form
Legislative Hotline
Location
Membership
Member Update
Need A Job?
Office Staff
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Teacher Tips 2007-2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coupon Incentives |
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Cleaning Up the Room |
From the
United Educators Association
If you would like to submit a Teacher
Tip, please visit us at
Ashley ‘s tip is as follows: Occasionally, we do activities in class that create a mess. A big challenge is getting high school kids to pick up after themselves. Asking them to clean up gets minimal response, as they think such work is beneath them and should be left to the custodians. However, framing it a different way gets everyone involved without complaint or resistance. About 5 minutes before the end of class on a messy day I announce, "Today, you need a ticket to leave the room. Your ticket is one piece of trash." Then, I put the trash can next to the door. Immediately, they grab the nearest piece of trash. Once they have it, they are so eager to get rid of it, they get my attention so I can watch them throw it away. Within a minute, the room is clean, so I've never actually had to "enforce" this "rule." |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Communication |
From the
United Educators Association
If you would like to submit a Teacher Tip, please visit
us at Beth ‘s tip is as follows: I have discovered an excellent way of communicating with my band students while they are playing their instruments in class. I have made signs that I can hold up to tell them simple instructions so that I do not have to stop the entire class. By doing this, I can communicate with that one student and keep the pace of the class going. Some of my signs say things such as: 1. Stay on task, please. 2. You are playing so well today- good for you! The students like this and have often told me that they enjoy the signs and they prefer this way of non-verbal correction/praise over the traditional "stopping everyone to say something" approach. Especially when a student may be off-task, the sign method is a much better way to get a student back on track while allowing that student to keep his or her dignity. |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Locating a Student |
From the
United Educators Association
If you would like to submit a Teacher Tip, please visit
us at Lindsey ‘s tip is as
follows: We have such a large school, over 3000 students, it is incredibly important that attendance clerks, assistant principals, other teachers, etc. know where to find a student in case that particular student is needed. However, we are frequently not in our classrooms (trips to the library or the computer lab). When we leave we have always placed signs outside our rooms to show where we are in order to avoid the hassle of having to search the building for the student being requested. In an effort to try and save on paper, I began writing on the window of my classroom door with a dry erase marker to let the administrators and attendance clerks know where we could be found. Again, it saves paper and time for both the teacher and the person looking for the student needed. |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Quiet Fish - a Game |
From the United Educators Association
If you would like to submit a Teacher
Tip, please visit us at Katie ‘s tip is as follows: Working with primary students is always lots of fun, but by the end of the day packing up to go home can get very out of hand and loud. I play a game in my classroom called Quiet Fish, which makes packing up time a breeze. Have a designated stuffed animal by your quiet animal. It could be a stuffed animal of your school's mascot. Tell the class at the beginning of the year that the quiet animal does not like it when there is noise. At the end of the day the quiet animal comes out and needs complete silence. Have 1 student begin the game by passing the quiet animal to another student who has everything they need to go home on their desk and are sitting quietly ready to go. Once you receive the quiet animal you have to pass it to someone else who is quiet, stack your chair, go get your mail, then pack your backpack up. Once the kids get really good at this game it gives the teacher a little time to wipe off the board, tidy up, or write tomorrow's agenda. |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Pictures
Prior to a Field Trip |
From the United
Educators Association Today's Teacher Tip comes from Jen Wells, a teacher in Fort Worth ISD. For this tip, Jen wins $25. We appreciate all of you who share your great ideas.
If you would like to submit a Teacher Tip,
please visit us at Jen ‘s tip is as follows: When I take students on field trips I bring along a digital camera. Before we leave, I take a picture of them in groups of five. I bring my camera along with me. If anything were to happen to them, I would have a current photo of them in the clothes that they are wearing to give to the police. I hate to think that I would need to use it but I would rather be safe than sorry. |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Rewards |
From the United Educators Association Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Teacher Tip Today's Teacher Tip comes from Jessica Warren, from Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD. For this tip, Jessica wins $25. We appreciate all of you who share your great ideas. If you would like to submit a Teacher
Tip, please visit us at Jessica‘s tip is as follows: I have a Write On/Wipe Off 100 Chart on the wall. When a student does excellent work, answers a question correctly, or any positive action they get to "pick a number". They walk up and write their initials on a number. On Friday, I draw a number from my can of numbers. The person that has their initial on that number wins the prize (usually something small like stickers, pencils, etc.) They love it and are eager to raise their hand if it means they may get to pick a number! |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Seating Charts |
From the United Educators Association Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Teacher Tip Today's Teacher Tip comes from Linda Ellis, from Arlington ISD. For this tip, Linda wins $25. We appreciate all of you who share your great ideas. If you would like to submit a Teacher Tip, please visit us at http://www.ueatexas.com/submit Linda‘s tip is as follows: At the beginning of the year I make a seating charts, putting students names on various color sticky notes. The students are color coded for having failed the course previously and for having failed the prior year TAKS test. Through out the year I am more aware of these "at risk" students without referring back to various reports. Additionally, when I change the seating chart for any reason, I can make sure these students are grouped with stronger students for group work. The students are never aware of what the colors mean. |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Catch A
Bubble and A Tail |
From
the United Educators Association Tuesday, September 4, 2007 Teacher Tip Today's Teacher Tip comes from Derenda Saleh, from Plano ISD. For this tip, Derenda wins $25. We appreciate all of you who share your great ideas. If you would like to submit a Teacher Tip, please visit us at http://www.ueatexas.com/submit-teachertips/submit-teachertips.htm Derenda‘s tip is as follows: Have the kindergarten and first grade students catch a bubble and a tail. A bubble in their mouth with cheeks puffed out and mouth closed and a tail with their hands joined together in their back. This makes for a quiet line. Just ask them to catch a bubble if someone is talking or a tail to keep hands to themselves. |
|||||||||||||||||||
