Teach Middle School Like a Rockstar!!

Name: Teach Middle School Like a Rockstar!!
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How to Make Today's Middle School Classroom ROCK!!

Created byAngela McCord

Last updated 8/2017

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What you'll learn

Easily apply techniques and strategies to engage middle school learners.
Best practices in technology integration
Understand instructional frameworks and how to apply them for rigorous instruction and student achievement

Course content

6 sections • 31 lectures • 3h 35m total length

Introduction to Teach Like a Rockstar2:54
The ROCKSTAR Rationale3:19
Summary0:17

Setting the Planning Stage22:15
The Power of Instructional Frameworks3:37
Explore how an instructional framework unifies diverse teaching strategies to engage middle school students in rigorous, relevant learning while supporting diverse needs and collaborative professional practice.
Planning for Instructional Frameworks13:19
Effective Instructional Frameworks, Explained12:58
Explore an effective middle school lesson framework focused on starting with the end in mind, an engaging opening, and direct instruction, with modeled demonstration, guided practice, and mastery assessment.
40 Ways To Leave A Lesson0:02
Planning to Implement Engaging Instruction18:35
Check for Understanding
Conclusion1:18
Practice effective lesson planning by building habits of mind, begin with the end in mind, assess understanding often in a variety of ways, and collaborate with others on grading.

Introduction0:07
Effective Grading & Assessment Techniques15:17
Frame learning with early authentic tasks and summative goals, using diagnostic assessments, rubrics, and timely feedback to support self-assessment and replacement of old evidence with new mastery.
Assessment Overview7:28
Rockstar Teachers Utilize Rubrics18:50
Rockstar teachers use rubrics to define learning criteria and guide objective grading. They use tools like iRubric and rubric codes to speed grading in Google classroom.
Formative Assessments that ROCK!10:13
Explore formative assessments as ongoing observations that inform instruction and provide daily feedback, using varied methods like summaries, charts, visuals, and collaborative activities, with tech integration via Evernote.
Check for Understanding
Conclusion1:18
Develop effective lesson planning as a set of habits of mind, begin with the end in mind, assess understanding often, collaborate, and use frameworks to design rigorous, engaging lessons.

Ready To Teach Like A ROCKSTAR? YES!4:10
Dress the part, compliment your class, and stay mobile to engage middle school learners. Unite the crowd with call-and-response, a YouTube music playlist, and peer teaching.
Lessons Learned
The most important responsibility of every educator is to provide the conditions under which people’s learning curves go off the chart. Whether one is called a principal, a teacher, a professor, a foundation official, or a parent, our most vital work is promoting human learning ... and above all our own learning. (Barth, 1996, p. 56)

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References & Further Reading
References
Blackburn, B. R. (2013). Rigor is Not a Four-Letter Word. Second Edition. New York, NY: Routledge.
Covey, S. (2014). The 7 habits of highly effective teens. Turtleback Books.
Danielson, C. (1996). Enhancing professional practice: A framework for teaching. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Dodge, J., & Duarte, B. E. (2017). 25 quick formative assessments for a differentiated classroom. New York: Scholastic.
Dueck, M. (2014). Grading Smarter, Not Harder: Assessment Strategies That Motivate Kids and Help Them Learn. Alexandria: ASCD.
Farr, S. (2010). Teaching as leadership the highly effective teacher's guide to closing the achievement gap. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Marshall, J. C. (2016). The highly effective teacher: 7 classroom-tested practices that foster student success. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
O'Connor, K. (2011). A repair kit for grading: 15 fixes for broken grades. Boston: Pearson.
Wong, H. K., & Wong, R. T. (2009). The first days of school: How to be an effective teacher. Mountain View, CA: Harry K. Wong.
Wormeli, R. (2006). Fair isn't always equal: Assessing & grading in the differentiated classroom. Portland, Me.: Stenhouse.

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Requirements

Have a desire to teach middle school learners more effectively.
Have a desire to learn with an open mind.

Description

Working with and teaching middle school students can be very challenging and rewarding. It requires constant updating of skills to keep pace with the ever changing educational environment due to new rules and regulations, changing culture, and new technology.

In this teacher training course you will learn:

1. How to effectively structure and manage your classroom to improve student behaviors

2. How to structure Lesson Plans to engage students bell to bell

3. How to communicate with students and parents

4. How to choose appropriate grading and assessment strategies

5. Much much more

Many of the topics that are covered in this course are not taught in detail during most teacher preparation programs or are ignored entirely.

I have distilled many years of teaching experience in the classroom, hundreds of observations as an instructional coach, and research from my Doctor of Education program to bring you what does and does not work well in the 21st century middle school classroom.

Join the course and help your current and future middle school students become successful in all of their endeavors!

Certificate of Completion will be emailed after satisfactory course feedback is completed.

Who this course is for:

New teachers to middle school
Veteran teachers who would like to add new strategies

Teach Middle School Like a Rockstar!!

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Course content

Welcome / Introduction to Teach Like a ROCKSTAR3 lectures • 7min

Effective Classroom Management7 lectures • 1hr

Effective Planning for Instruction7 lectures • 1hr 12min

Effective Grading & Assessments6 lectures • 53min

Technology Integration Bonus Section***4 lectures • 19min

Course Reflection4 lectures • 4min

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