About Time to Teach
The Time to Teach one-day seminar is a very powerful learning experience for teachers at all levels. Our seminars are full of information that teachers can implement as soon as they leave the session.
The Time To Teach Program is based on the following ideas:
Exceptional teachers have exceptional classroom management skills. To become an exceptional teacher, you learn that classroom management is a confluence of teacher actions in five distinct areas:
5 ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS
1. Firmly but fairly carry out disciplinary actions.
2. Maintain a keen and calm mental set for management.
3. Properly arrange and design the classroom environment.
4. Build and maintain strong student and teacher relationships.
5. Teach to and enforce rules and procedures.
Supporting these components is the U. S. Department of Education report, "Reducing Behavioral Problems in Elementary School Classrooms," September 2008.
In my powerful one-day seminar, you will learn to:
Use Powerful Self Control Strategies.
Learn how to remain calm and respond the right way in all situations. Learn how to implement the SMARTR method to respond effectively when faced with disrespectful or challenging behavior and how to use appropriate wait time to diffuse or avert problem situations entirely.
Eliminate All Multiple Warnings and Repeated Requests.
Learn how to detect and correct "low level" behaviors, to skillfully keep classroom integrity intact, to provide precision requests that powerfully guide students to proper behavior, to use "start up" and "shut down" prompts with ease and success, and to gracefully correct emerging misbehavior instantly. Learn REFOCUS, the most powerful solution to problem behavior ever invented!
Incorporate Leading Edge Classroom Design Ideas
Learn strategies for classroom design, layout, seating arrangement, decor, and even lighting that improve learning! Learn to teach from the Power Position, how to effectively communicate your lessons, how to effectively use dyads, and how to judiciously rearrange students. Learn how to incorporate "membership loops" that economize your steps and increase proximity and accessibility. Learn over 20 different seating arrangements that promote learning.
Increase Time On Task, Raise Scores, and Improve The Overall Classroom Environment.
Learn to help your students master all of the skills they need for success in your classroom. Learn how to identify areas of need, to include student voice in the development of your rules and routines, and to have students "own" and abide by those rules! Use well-researched and understood psychological principles to teach your students to acquire and remember desired behavior faster and better. Learn how to TEACH TO the behaviors and responses that are appropriate in your classroom and in the common areas of the school and grounds.
Capture Student Attention.
Learn to command center stage and prevent students getting off-task. Learn to deliver successful verbal prompts; to use statements that will engage learners; to keep behavioral momentum positive and strong in the classroom; to use gesturing, modeling, and physical prompting to keep students engaged and diligent!
Build Strong Relationships. Forge Unbreakable Alliances with All Your Students.
Implement strategies that will establish trust and connectedness between you and your students. Learn how to make every child feel like a "guaranteed member" in your classroom, how to extend the "honeymoon period," and how to give effective and meaningful praise and acknowledgment.
Use Proven Methods to Deal with Seriously Challenging Behaviors.
Learn how to employ five immediate action steps to quickly, quietly, and effectively de-escalate the "out of control" student. Stop volatile acting out in a calm, quiet, professional manner.
Reward Students in a More Meaningful Way.
Learn why traditional management systems actually set "traps" for future misbehavior. Implement strategies that will keep your students intrinsically motivated.
All attendees will receive a 200+ page resource manual that includes all the strategies taught. This is a powerful tool alone. It will give you a guide to follow and refer to as you implement the Time To Teach methods in your classroom!
I can provide support to you and your school after the training, as I am available for on-site consultations following the training seminar. This is where we can sort out any additional problems or "what-if's" that you may encounter as you implement this powerful program school-wide.
This is your opportunity to learn what all teachers need to know, but no one taught you in college
