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Zach (Teach First) weighs in on classroom management

Is classroom management really our job?

When a pupil misbehaves, who is really at fault? Zach starts an important discussion here.

  • Zach (Teach First) weighs in on classroom management

    Is classroom management really our job?

    When a pupil misbehaves, who is really at fault? Zach starts an important discussion here.

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    Take a look at the weekly roundup to see what's been popular this past week!

  • How can we use a cell phone to assess pupils in the classroom?

    Top 5 Most Creative Forms of Assessment

    Peek at these cool tricks and add your own...Gil Shahar, (Teach First Israel) weighs in!

  • How do we keep pupils calm during exams?

    Harry asks for the community's help

    Harry Fletcher-Wood (Teach First) wants to know: how can we help our pupils calm down before a test? Join the conversation here.

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Ruchi Gupta posted a blog post

Weekly Roundup (May 14-May 18)

This week on Synergies...We contributed ideas to Kerli's post about ending the year right, discussed this report on Singapore's education system, written by Artur, shared our …See More
7 hours ago
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Harry Fletcher-Wood replied to Harry Fletcher-Wood's discussion 'Managing student stress _in_exams'
"Hey Louise, - I know what you mean by feeling like a failure, because every few months I come across something that revolutionises how I see learning/teaching/the classroom and I'm always like - I'm so stupid, why didn't I...?…"
19 hours ago
Harry Fletcher-Wood replied to Harry Fletcher-Wood's discussion 'Managing student stress _in_exams'
"Hey Ruchi, I went and talked to the important people and found a time when my kids can go and sit a full practice exam in the actual exam hall, so I'm hoping that will help... Thanks for the idea."
20 hours ago
Harry Fletcher-Wood replied to Harry Fletcher-Wood's discussion 'Managing student stress _in_exams'
"Thanks Jacob, that's really interesting reading... I'm struggling to work out exactly how I would apply this to my kids.  Because it's history and, essentially, essay-writing - so to me it's important that all of them break…"
20 hours ago
Zach Eaton-Rosen replied to Ruchi Gupta's discussion 'Community discussion: is classroom management really your job?'
"This is a question that I spent a LOT of time considering while in Chicago.  When I saw schools that were succeeding amazingly, I didn't see outstanding teaching. I saw outstanding systems. Staff were not teaching in especially…"
yesterday
Maitreye Shivakumar replied to Ruchi Gupta's discussion 'AWESOME opportunity for lucky participants!'
"All u need to do is register and then u r on - From awesome videos to lesson plans to worksheets to innovative movies to games - u have it all! I really plan to use it to plan my units and my lessons next year! If u haven't registered yet - I…"
yesterday
Claire Conroy replied to Ruchi Gupta's discussion 'AWESOME opportunity for lucky participants!'
"BrainPOP has some great resources that pupils could use themselves (for homework maybe) or that you could use with a whole class - the quizzes for example would make a good plenary and pupils could use mini white boards to show the answer. I'll…"
yesterday
Fu Jian commented on Jennifer Brenneman's blog post 'Setting students up for future success: Lessons from the virtual visit with Tom Gaither and Sam Rhyan'
"FOCUS, that is huge important for teachers. In last term I tried a lot of new ideas in my classroom and it had no better results but make my students confused. "
Saturday
Mohammed Zaheer replied to Kerli Prass's discussion 'Teaching creativity'
"Interesting projects Kerli- just watched this TED talk which you may find interesting:  How to build your creative confidence... "
Friday
Kerli Prass posted a discussion

Teaching creativity

One of the thing I want to develop in my students students is creativity, I want them to be confident enough to be creative and look inside themselves. I introduce some methods/projects that I`ve done with my students lately. They loved doing it and I loved watching/reading their works!1.      Portrait storiesGrade: 7 (13-14 years old)Goals:Students know what is a portrait story.Students have made a portrait story themselves.Students learn to be creative and cooperative.Students know how to…See More
Friday
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Ruchi Gupta replied to Ruchi Gupta's discussion 'Community discussion: what will your role be? After teaching plans...'
"Kerli, I am glad you're staying so close to Noored Kooli! And I think your opinion about how teaching is not the profession it needs to be/could be right now is really true. I wonder what you think about Melanie's conundrum above? If…"
Friday
Jennifer Brenneman replied to Harry Fletcher-Wood's discussion 'Managing student stress _in_exams'
"Hey Louise! Wow, I really love the relay idea for a maths classroom. While I always felt it was pretty straightforward to teach the maths itself, I struggled HUGELY to get students to learn the habit of checking their work and catching careless…"
Friday
Mohammed Zaheer replied to Jennifer Brenneman's discussion 'May Virtual Visit: Students who work independently!'
"I've just come back from Teach For Bulgaria where I came across Gergana - a first year teacher who has shown incredible depth in her classroom - with all of her actions driven by the core-value and vision of 'independent learning'.…"
Friday
Jennifer Brenneman replied to Ruchi Gupta's discussion 'Top 5 Most Creative Forms of Assessment'
"I've definitely watch Gaurav track student mastery on his phone in class. It's too high-tech for me (I was still tracking mastery on paper when I was a teacher), but it was an eye-opener that you don't need electricity in your room to…"
Friday
Jennifer Brenneman replied to Jennifer Brenneman's discussion 'May Virtual Visit: Students who work independently!'
"I know, Jo... I wish I'd thought to do this with my students! Not sure if you saw the full virtual visit, but you can check it out here. Let us know how it goes! I'd love to hear more! "
Friday
Jo Facer replied to Jennifer Brenneman's discussion 'May Virtual Visit: Students who work independently!'
"This is completely amazing Jen, thank you! I am taking it into school today and doing some planning to integrate something like this in my classroom. "
Friday
Jo Facer replied to Maria Pia Matta's discussion 'What values are you teaching and how?'
"Revathi, what gorgeous comments. Vision has to beat scolding every time. I can imagine your classroom so clearly in my mind - I bet your kids are amazing :) I hope you are going to stay teaching! "
Friday
Anum Iqbal replied to Ruchi Gupta's discussion 'AWESOME opportunity for lucky participants!'
"I am so happy to have full access to BrainPOP. There is so much on it that it is a little mind boggling right now! From videos to lesson plans to extra practice material, it's got it all covered. I used what little bit of it I had access to…"
Thursday
Kerli Prass replied to Ruchi Gupta's discussion 'Community discussion: what will your role be? After teaching plans...'
"I`m currently still teaching, it`s my third year now. Absolutely still love it! However I´m not going to stay for next year. From this summer I´m going to be a tutor and teacher training coordinator in Noored Kooli (Estonian program).…"
Thursday
Mohammed Zaheer commented on Fiona Vaz's blog post 'Lead By Moral Authority- Meeting Kiran Bir Sethi'
"Totally LOVE your reflections here. I wonder what constitutes 'bold steps' in India or for you? "
Thursday

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    Community discussion: what will your role be? After teaching plans...

    Posted by Ruchi Gupta on May 14, 2012
    2 Managing student stress _in_exams

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    Posted by Harry Fletcher-Wood on May 9, 2012
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    Setting students up for future success: Lessons from the virtual visit with Tom Gaither and Sam Rhyan

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