Creating a Positive Classroom Environment
Creating a positive classroom environment
August 20, 2015, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
start time / duration / activity / materials needed10:30
10:30 / 10 min / introductions / --
10:40
10:40 / 15 min / syllabus comparison (GCOLL 511)
what messages are being sent to students?
what messages are in our own syllabi? / two syllabi
10:55
10:55 / 5 min / slides on engagement and motivation (TAO)
11:00
11:00 / 5 min
3 min
5 min / brainstorm about atmosphere descriptors (TAO)
link to shared values
report out / shared values
11:13
11:28 / 12 min (groups)
8 min (report) / setting the tone case studies (TAO) / setting the tone examples
11:33
11:33 / 2 min / classroom climate spectrum
11:35
11:35 / 10 min / Ambrose case studies: where on the spectrum / classroom climate cases
11:45
11:50 / 10 min / first day handout: look over and come up with one idea to try; share with the group/table / first day
11:55
11:58 / 5 min / wrap up
post-workshop NOTES (13 people attended):
This workshop went well. Participants seemed to like it. The timing mostly worked according to plan. We got sidetracked in one place because we were talking about students cheating and what could be done to dissuade that behavior. That meant that we mostly skipped the case studies about the first day, but that didn’t seem to matter. One feeling that I had is that there was too much talking/thinking and not enough examples about how to do the things one might want to do. I tried to bring these up as often as possible during the workshop and highlight others’ ideas too. The prompt for the very last activity could probably have been a little bit more specific.
resources
classroom climate spectrum from How Learning Works (slides from class 22)
strategies for supportive climate from How Learning Works (slides from class 22)
first day strategies from UTK
UMich first day of class
UMich creating inclusive atmosphere
Chapter 4 in Nilson - lots of good suggestions