Teach Like A Champion: 49 Techniques That Put Students On The Path To College

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Setting High Academic Standards

• • • • • Technique 1: No Opt Out – A sequence that begins

with a student unable to answer should end as often as possible with that student answering. (Clip 1)

Technique 2: Right Is Right – Set and defend a high

standard of correctness in your classroom. (Clips 2 & 3)

Technique 3: Stretch It – The sequence of learning

does not end with a right answer; reward right answers with follow-up questions that extend knowledge and test for reliability. (Clip 4)

Technique 4:

sentences and proficient grammar every chance you get. (Clip 5)

Format Matters – Require complete Technique 5: Without Apology – Do not voice

apologies that predetermine failure.

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Planning that Ensures Academic Achievement

Technique 6:

your lesson.

Begins with the End – Progress from unit

objectives to lesson objectives, knowing how you will assess and with what activities, and always make a full circle in

Technique 7: 4Ms – A great lesson objective should be

manageable, measurable, made first, and most important on the path to college.

Technique 8: Post It – Objectives should be visible. Technique 9: Shortest Path – If there is more than one

path to achieve an objective, choose the simplest explanation or strategy.

Technique 10: Double Plan – Plan for what the teacher

and the student will be doing each step of the way.

Technique 11: Draw the Map – Make space planning a

part of lesson planning.

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Structuring and Delivering Your Lessons

Technique 12: The Hook – Use a short, engaging

introduction to excite students into learning.

Technique 13: Name the Steps – Identify steps and make

them memorable.

Technique 14: Board=Paper – Model for students how to

track information they need to retain and ensure they have an exact copy of what they need.

Technique 15: Circulate – Move around the classroom to

engage and hold students accountable. (Clip 6)

Technique 16: Break It Down – Break a problematic idea

down into component parts when students lack a clear understanding.

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Structuring and Delivering Your Lessons

Technique 17: Ratio – Seek student input to solve

problems by asking questions and forcing cognitive work out of students when they are ready.

Technique 18: Check for Understanding – Gather

data and respond quickly.

Technique 19: At Bats – Provide lots of practice. Technique 20: Exit Ticket – Measure the

effectiveness of your lesson with a single question.

Technique 21: Take a Stand – Have students make

judgments and then defend or explain their answers.

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Engaging Students In Your Lesson

Technique 22: Cold Call – Call on students

regardless of whether they have their hand up or not. (Clips 7, 8, & 9)

Technique 23: Call and Response – Teacher asks a

question and students respond in unison or choral response.

Technique 24: Pepper – A fast-paced, unpredictable

review of fundamentals with lots of chances of participation in rapid succession and could be used as a warm-up activity. (Clip 10)

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Engaging Students In Your Lesson

Technique 25: Wait Time – A strategic delay after

asking a question before seeking the answer. (Clip 11)

Technique 26: Everybody Writes – Set your students

up for rigorous engagement by giving them the opportunity to reflect first in writing before discussing. (Clip 12)

Technique 27: Vegas – A moment during class when

you might observe some production values: music, lights, rhythm, dancing while still reinforcing the day’s learning objectives.

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Creating a Strong Classroom Culture

Technique 28: Entry Routine – Make a habit out of what

efficient, productive and scholarly after a greeting and as students take their seats and class begins.

Technique 29: Do Now – A short activity that you have

written on the board or is waiting at their desks.

Technique 30: Tight Transitions – Having quick and

routine transitions which students can execute without extensive narration from the teacher. (Clip 13)

Technique 31: Binder Control – Having a required format

for organizing papers within a binder.

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Creating a Strong Classroom Culture

Technique 32: SLANT – Sit up, Listen, Ask/Answer a

question, Nod your head, Track the speaker

Technique 33: On Your Mark – Show students how

to be prepared and expect them to be so everyday.

Technique 34: Seat Signals – Develop a set of

signals for common needs.

Technique 35: Props – Public praise for students

who demonstrate excellence or exemplify virtues.

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Setting and Maintaining High Behavioral Expectations

Technique 36: 100 Percent – Full compliance of

highest behavioral expectations (Clips 14, 15, & 16)

Technique 37: What to Do – Give directions to

students in a way that provides clear, easy and useful guidance

Technique 38: Strong Voice – Economy of

Language, Do Not Talk Over, Do Not Engage, Square Up/Stand Still, Quiet Power (Clip 17)

Technique 39: Do It Again – Practice helps students

improve and it is often the best consequence. (Clip 18)

Setting and Maintaining High Behavioral Expectations

• • • Technique 40: Sweat the Details – Plan your

environment so it seems an orderly and organized place at all times.

Technique 41: Threshold – Set expectations from

the minute students enter the door to the minute they exit.

Technique 42: No Warnings – Develop a scaled

system of incrementally larger consequences that you can deliver reliably, fairly, and without hesitation.

Building Character & Trust

• • • • Technique 43: Positive Framing – Make corrections

consistently and positively. (Clip 19)

Technique 44: Precise Praise – Do not trivialize

praise. Make it specific and genuine.

Technique 45: Warm/Strict – You must be caring,

funny, warm, concerned, and nurturing as well as strict, relentless and sometimes inflexible.

Technique 46: The J-Factor – Finding joy in the work

of learning. (Clips 20 & 21)

Building Character & Trust

• • • Technique 47: Emotional Constancy – Take personal

emotions out of a situation and remain calm.

Technique 48: Explain Everything – Make clear the

rationale behind decisions made in students’ best interest and the way adults think on behalf of students.

Technique 49: Normalize Error – Getting it wrong

and then getting it right is one of the fundamental processes for schooling. Respond to both as completely normal.