A few years ago I witnessed the worst high school class ever! I was sitting in the back of a classroom somewhere in the Mid-West. The school had implemented Organized Binder and I was there for a Follow-Up Session to meet with the staff and offer support. I watched in horror as the teacher took 20 […]
May 2015 NEWSLETTER DON'T START CLASS WITH A QUIZ "Give students a few chances at success before they have the chance to fail. Pack as many celebrated victories into the first two minutes of class as humanly possible!" A few years ago during a talk I was giving to a school faculty, I was drawn into a […]
April 2015 NEWSLETTER NO OPT OUT: WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER "When students are allowed to ‘opt out’ - it is as if they are invisible; that they do not matter to the teacher." A few years ago I observed a chemistry class and watched the following story unfold. While the teacher lectured, a student walked in tardy. […]
March 2015 NEWSLETTER TIP: CREATE VALUE IN YOUR STARTING ROUTINE "...having a starting routine that has value will help you start class on time and greatly reduce classroom management issues that so often plague the first few minutes of class." In 2011 Louis Menand published an article in The New Yorker (Live and Learn: Why we […]
FEBRUARY 2015 NEWSLETTER TIP: WAITING TO REVEAL THE KICK-OFF PROMPT "Try this with your Kick-Off prompt: wait for the class to become quiet, the bell to ring, then reveal the prompt and mandate that everyone do it together and see what happens." Roberto was a student in my freshman Integrated Science class a few years […]
ORGANIZATION PROFILE Organization: TeacherEntreprenuer.com Focus: Empowering Teachers Through Entrepreneurship [divider] INTERVIEW Mitch is featured at TeacherEntreprenuer.com. He shares his experience designing the system in his classroom to the evolution of the company Organized Binder. Mitch shares tips for aspiring teacher entrepreneurs and insights from his own experiences as a business owner. You can read his interview here or by following the link […]
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