Teach Like A Champion: How Are You Changing The Classroom?

Teach Like a Champion- By Doug Lemov - John Wiley & Sons (2010) - Paperback -

352 pages - ISBN 0470550473

Over the past year, I had an opportunity to participate in a book study with my peers.  We sought after effective practices to correlated to the Charlotte Danielson Rubric in which we were being evaluated under.   The video segments made this study entertaining and purposeful.  We used the videos as a springboard to lead discussions on the delivery of instruction.  I highly recommend this book for schools to use a tool for teachers to know what effective practices look like in the classroom. It enables to build a community of thinkers and accountability for everyone.   Each Month, I would focus on a practice that I implemented in my classroom and write a reflection to be shared at our PLC- professional learning community.  Through this study, I became aware of my self as an instructor and my style to deliver messages.  I was able to grow professionally and personally from the knowledge I gained.  

 
Positive Framing – my personal favorite!

Make corrections consistently and positively.  Narrate the world you want your students to see even while you are relentlessly improving it.

This chapter not only applies for our classrooms but as professionals too with relationships among our co-workers.

1.      LIVE IN THE NOW

2.     Assume the best

3.     Allow plausible anonymity

4.     Build momentum and narrate the positive

5.     Challenge

6.    Talk expectations and aspirations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC0ltKOwF_A&feature=related