Effective Teaching Strategies For the Classroom

                                        CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Many teaching strategies work for any classroom, no matter what the age of the students or the subject. When a teacher implements a combination of effective teaching strategies, their students have more opportunities to perform better in class.

There are many different approaches you can use in your classroom. Which ones will work best depends on your and your students’ preferences, as well as your schedule. Let’s take a look at some of the best strategies that work for me.

1. Visualization

Bring dull academic concepts to life with visual and practical learning experiences, helping your students to understand how their schooling applies in the real-world.

2. Cooperative Learning

Encourage students of mixed abilities to work together by promoting small group or whole class activities.

3. Differentiation

Differentiate your teaching by allocating tasks based on students’ abilities, to ensure no one gets left behind.

4. Technology in the classroom

Incorporating technology into your teaching is a great way to actively engage your students, especially as digital media surrounds young people in the 21st century.

5.  Behaviour management

Implementing an effective behaviour management strategy is crucial to gain your students' respect and ensure students have an equal chance of reaching their full potential.

6. Professional development

Engaging in regular professional development programmes is a great way to enhance teaching and learning in your classroom.

7. Model as you teach

When presenting a new subject to your class, it helps to include a demonstration. While some students will be able to grasp a new concept by hearing the information alone, others — particularly visual learners — will need to see it.

8. Work as a team

Splitting the class up into different teams to complete an assignment is a teaching strategy that works wonders, especially at age groups where students insist on always working with their tight-knit circle of friends. Group assignments encourage teamwork and help your class to succeed.

9. Encourage learning from experience

The best lessons often happen outside of the classroom. Getting out into the real world offers a new perspective for children and can help them gain a more profound understanding of what goes on in the classroom.

10. Let the students teach

Letting students lead the class in teaching requires preparation and a deep understanding of coursework. You can assign this task individually or break up students into groups.

Blogger- as PD Plateform!!!

      The Importance of Teacher Bloggers😀 

I believe that it is necessary for teachers to be writers and to share our strategies, lessons, and resources with one another, as we are able to provide glimpses into our daily lives, while sharing effective ideas that are realistic and classroom-tested.  In the past, teachers would submit articles to various teaching journals, wait several months for approval, then finally see their work published. Now, blogging has become a fast, effective, and easy way for teachers to become writers and publish content. 

When I first began teaching, I did not know of any colleagues who wrote teacher blogs and I would have been hard pressed to explain why teachers would even become bloggers.  Not only have I now become teacher bloggers ourselves, but I also regularly refer to many other teacher blogs as sources of inspiration for my own teaching, strategies to apply in the classroom, and places to learn about the newest trends in teaching.

Expand your PD

There are several reasons why teaching, writing, and blogging complement one another.  Following various teacher blogs, commenting on the entries, and interacting with other teachers is an excellent form of professional development.  Instead of only having local teachers in your professional learning community, you can now have teachers from all over the world to exchange stories, strategies, advice, and lessons.  

When teachers become writers, they share their professional knowledge and learning with other teachers.  Sharing your insight with other teachers allows you to discuss the best ideas to use in the classroom to meet the diverse needs of your students.  What better way to improve your teaching than to have hundreds of teachers in your professional learning network?

Outlet for Personal Reflection

The process of writing allows you to learn more about your own teaching, as it forces you to reflect—on your teaching, the concepts you are focusing on, how your students learn, how you can improve your teaching, and why your ideas are valuable.  By taking the time to think back on your teaching, the students in your class, and the strategies you are using, you will be able to discern what is working and what needs improvement.  

The act of getting words on paper (or typing out those words!) is very cathartic and allows you to analyze your thoughts and actions in a much more reflective manner than it would be to simply think back on your day.  While writing and reflecting, you will soon realize that your ideas are valuable and your insights are profound.  We believe that reflecting and writing about our own teaching practices has made us better teachers and allowed our students to benefit as well.  Writing is a very powerful tool that all teachers should have in their toolkit.

I cannot teach anybody anything; I can only make them think.

- Socrates

Welcome back!!!!

What a Wonderful Week

22/05/2020

During distance learning, the teachers have seen some fantastic and creative pieces of work from the children and have enjoyed building new relationships with families through emails, photos and even video clips. Welcome back to all of our School learners and whanau. We are very proud of how all our learners have settled back into school routines and learned after nearly 8 weeks outside of the classroom.

I would like to say thank you to all the mums, dads, grandparents and even pets who chipped in and became “teachers” during this time. I saw and have heard delightful stories about all of your adventures during this time together as a family.

To our essential worker mums and dads, an extra special BIG thank you for your commitment to keeping us all safe and provided for.



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