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Working on three items of SPEAK I have committed to for the beginning of the year. 

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Working on three items of SPEAK I have committed to for the beginning of the year. 

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Making sure my directions are specific has been very important for the start of the year. We have finally seen some growth on students working through routines!

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How I might be able to work in Alignment to my class speech 

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How I might be able to work in Alignment to my class speech 

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How to better balance authority & gentle discipline

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How to better balance authority & gentle discipline

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I incorporate what I know about my students into our conversations - this is the K of SPEAK

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I also feel like the P for purposeful encourages waiting. So after giving directions, waiting for students to respond can be helfput too

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Learning about SPEAK and how it influences classroom participation and enthusiasm

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Learning about SPEAK and how it influences classroom participation and enthusiasm

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When giving praise, be specific about what you are praising.

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When giving praise, be specific about what you are praising.

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Leaving out warnings is not easy...how can we train ourselves to do this?

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Leaving out warnings is not easy...how can we train ourselves to do this?

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I am direct, sadly sometimes that is taken as being rude.

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Kids do appreciate when you are specific

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How do I reign in poor behaviors/habits that were developed while out of school? 

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How do I reign in poor behaviors/habits that were developed while out of school? 

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With the masks, how do we handle this?

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Giving a balance to students to give them a balanced opportunity to listen with appropriate time and opportunity to talk and share.

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Giving students more wait time to think and curate responses

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Giving students more wait time to think and curate responses

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Helps build better relationships (deeper and professional) with our students.

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Helps build better relationships (deeper and professional) with our students.

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Sometimes I am not direct and that can cause conflict. Asking for exactly what I need students to do will cut back on the misconduct or the back and fourth in the classroom.

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Be intentional in terms of what you say, how you act, and what task is desired from student and teacher

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How do I handle students that have been out of school for so long? Is it fair to expect them to immediately follow expectations?

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What are we learning today to improve and further contribute to my professional expertise?

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I struggle with knowing how long to give the students to think on their own. Wait times frustrate me.