I'll think on the many points I culled from the book in the tweets below as I plan for the new school year. In particular, I'll foster the following learning/teaching efforts:
- Use of video
- Foster growth mindset/identity lessons
- Create bulletin boards for self expression, questions
- Use learning menus including artistic expression choices and students choice/voice for learning projects
- Foster student preparation and teaching of concept
- Look for ways to foster positive team "battles" or competition
- Find ways to learn specifically about and engage with students' unique contexts
- Foster variety of greetings
- Embed call and response into classroom efforts
- Teacher: "TeamFive Students: (they make up a host of responses for all kinds of situations)
- "Can I proceed" - "Yes, Indeed"
- Start year with question, "What do we need to do to run a successful teaching/learning community here?" List jobs, let Ss choose what they will do.
