THE TWO DAYS
Friday you get the room back. Saturday you get them to care.
FRIDAY · CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT · RICK DAHLGREN
The day the interruptions stop.
A working day with the named tools: Refocus — the respectful consequence that ends repeated warnings; Teach-To’s — one hundred expectation lessons that buy back teaching time; the four diffusers for staying calm with your hardest student; classroom design that works for you; and the authoritative middle path — give the choice, honor the choice.
SATURDAY · ENGAGEMENT & MOTIVATION · ERIC COMBS
Every student silently asks four questions. Saturday answers them.
Built on Marzano’s four questions — How do I feel? Am I interested? Is this important? Can I do this? — and taught by the 2006 Ohio Teacher of the Year who created this program: human graphing, concentric circles, dice randomizing, three-tier storytelling, the synectic journey, Hot Seat, Extempore, and Matrix Planning, the tool teachers run the very next week. It’s Saturday: no substitute, no permission slip.
Strategies are practiced in the room, not described from the stage.
New teachers, first tools — the habits start here.
