What Great Teachers Do Differently CH.1-2 by Susan Jill Dickinson https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4 Discussion Questions en-us 2016-08-15 18:50:51 UTC 2017-03-18 20:55:32 UTC hello@padlet.com What is the most important idea communicated in these two chapters.  How would you implement this idea in your classroom? sdickinson2 https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118327326 2016-08-15 18:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118327326 What is it that determines- in the eyes of parents and students-whether or not a school is great? sdickinson2 https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118327415 2016-08-15 18:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118327415  Why a school is great...  https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118335685 If a school has great teachers a school is great. What we do and how we self reflect on our teaching practices is more important than what we know.]]> 2016-08-15 20:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118335685 Great School daviskristy436 https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118335817 _quality of the teacher
 _happiness of the students
_ students are learning
_would the teacher want their own children at the school

]]> 2016-08-15 20:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118335817 In the eyes of parents and students, if the teacher is a great teacher, then the school is a great school. https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118335833 2016-08-15 20:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118335833 If the students are not happy, no matter how many awards the school has, they perceive the school as poor. Programs are not the cure all. They are only as good as the teachers implementing them. https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118335916 2016-08-15 20:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118335916 What is the most important idea communicated in these two chapters.  How would you implement this idea in your classroom? https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118335936 1. People, not programs, are the greatest indicator of a school's success.
2. We would implement this by determining what works best with each and every student.]]> 2016-08-15 20:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118335936 Great School-(3-5 others) https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118335975 The quality of the teacher and not the programs determine a great school in the eyes of parents and students. ]]> 2016-08-15 20:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118335975 I kweaver664 https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336006 -If the students want to attend.
-When the students feel that the teachers actually like them.
-When the students are engaged and don't appear to be bored stiff.
- They believe that is the people and not to the program that make a school great.

]]> 2016-08-15 20:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336006 Ideas Comminucated daviskristy436 https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336047 -the teacher is the problem and the solution
-how appropriately and effectively things are done.
-Not what is done but how it is done.
-Teacher expectations
-people skills]]> 2016-08-15 20:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336047 Great teacher equals great schools. https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336060 2016-08-15 20:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336060 Most important Idea-(3-5 others) https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336085 Effective educators focus on the people and not on the program.  
Teachers should focus on individual needs and adapt to change when necessary. Teachers also need to be able to self-reflect accurately.]]> 2016-08-15 20:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336085 Teachers are a school's keystone of greatness. mhknight https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336101 2016-08-15 20:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336101 Get better teachers and improve the current teachers. It is never about programs; it is always about people. It is not what you do it, but how appropriately and effectively they do it. https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336116 2016-08-15 20:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336116 effective teacher tlramey https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336133 effective principal
teaching practices
assertive discipline
good rapport with children]]> 2016-08-15 20:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336133 1.Teachers have to be great and  everyone has to think they are great. mhknight https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336147 2016-08-15 20:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336147 Experiences student's have with individual teachers. mhknight https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336184 2016-08-15 20:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336184 1. All the way from K through college, the quality of the teachers determines our perceptions of the quality of the school. mhknight https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336215 2016-08-15 20:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336215 School is great because of ... https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336217 Teachers being caring, respectful, and effective.
Teachers adapt well to change and remember what really matters. 

]]> 2016-08-15 20:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336217 Classroom Implementation daviskristy436 https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336277 -positive attitude
-high expectations
-preparedness
-structure and consistency]]> 2016-08-15 20:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336277 The best teachers put the student's needs first. mhknight https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336313 2016-08-15 20:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336313 It's the people, not the program. mhknight https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336334 2016-08-15 20:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336334 Focus on people and not on the programs. Teachers should self reflect and build upon their strengths and look for ways to improve and find value in what effective teachers do. https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336377 2016-08-15 20:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336377 Teachers are aware that the students in their schools have individual needs. mhknight https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336382 2016-08-15 20:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336382 Must know your students. mhknight https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336394 2016-08-15 20:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336394 The teacher must recognize the need to improve.  Implementing this in the classroom will require constant self evaluation and a willingness to change the actions and attitudes causing negative outcomes.  Remembering that it isn't what you do, but how you do it that makes  the difference. kweaver664 https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336412 2016-08-15 20:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336412 2. Teachers have to bring the best part of their people skills to school every day. mhknight https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336447 2016-08-15 20:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336447 2a. No matter how long you have been teaching, this is their first time with you as their teacher. mhknight https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336462 2016-08-15 20:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336462 In order to implement the main ideas collaborate with effective teachers, read research on effective teacher practices. Every day and year is a new experience and we have one chance to make a impact on students' lives. We should look at each student as an individual. https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336471 2016-08-15 20:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336471 2b.Incorporate your experiences in the classroom. mhknight https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336502 2016-08-15 20:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336502 Going above and beyond to be an effective teacher https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336506 You copy the great teachers and do not do what the ineffective teachers do.  
What matters most is not what you do but how effectively and appropriately you do it.

]]> 2016-08-15 20:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336506 2.b.  mhknight https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336575 The teacher must recognize the need to improve. ]]> 2016-08-15 20:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336575 Classroom Implementation https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336691 Mimic what you see GOOD teachers do! ]]> 2016-08-15 20:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336691 tlramey https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336745 Teachers must recognize that they need to improve.
It is not what teachers do- it is how appropriately and effectively they do it.
Improve who we are as teachers, and what we do as teachers.
Teachers must self reflect.
Get better teachers, and improve the teachers already there.

]]> 2016-08-15 20:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336745 5th Grade daviskristy436 https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336938 2016-08-15 20:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336938 Fourth Grade https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336944 2016-08-15 20:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sdickinson2/kut0osog6k4/wish/118336944