Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites 2/e

CORWIN PRESS INC.ISBN: 9781483350974

20 Techniques to Detour Around the Danger Zones

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By Marcia L. Tate
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Marcia L. Tate, EdD, is the former executive director of professional development for the DeKalb County School System in Decatur, Georgia. During her thirty-year career with the district, she has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts coordinator, and staff development executive director. Marcia is currently an educational consultant and has taught over 500,000 administrators, teachers, parents, and business and community leaders throughout the world. She is the author of the eight books in the best-selling Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites series and four additional books: Formative Assessment in a Brain-Compatible Classroom: How Do We Really Know They're Learning?, 100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning K-8, and 100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning 9-12, and her latest book, Healthy Teachers, Happy Classrooms that is designed to address both the personal and professional lives of all educators. Participants in her workshops refer to them as some of the best ones they have ever experienced since Marcia uses the twenty strategies outlined in her books to actively engage her audiences. Marcia received her bachelor's degree in psychology and elementary education from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her master's degree in remedial reading from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, her specialist degree in educational leadership from Georgia State University, and her doctorate in educational leadership from Clark Atlanta University. Marcia is married to Tyrone Tate and is the proud mother of three children: Jennifer, Jessica, and Christopher, and nine grandchildren: Christian, Aidan, Maxwell, Aaron, Roman, Shiloh, Aya, Noah, and Alyssa. Marcia and her husband own the company Developing Minds, Inc. and can be contacted by calling the company at (770) 918-5039, emailing her at marciata@ bellsouth.net, or by visiting her website at www.developingmindsinc.com. You can also follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @DrMarciaTate.

Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction Detour: Get to Know Each Student 1. Develop a Relationship With Each Student What: Creating a Caring Culture Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 2. Expect the Best! What: You Get What You Expect Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 3. Understand the Symptoms What: Causes of Misbehavior Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection Detour: Create a Physical Environment Conducive to Learning 4. Light Up Their World What: Lighting and the Brain Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 5. Let the Music Play What: Music and the Brain Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 6. Color Their World What: Color and the Brain Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 7. Stop and Smell the Roses What: Aromas and the Brain Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 8. Create a Natural Environment What: Room Arrangement and the Brain Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection Detour: Engage the Brains of Your Students 9. Use Brain-Compatible Strategies What: Engaging the Brain Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 10. Hook Them Into Relevant Lessons What: Attention and the Bain Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 11. Let Them Talk! What: Conversation and the Brain Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 12. Let Them Move! What: Movement and the Brain Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 13. Keep Them Laughing What: Humor and the Brain Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection Detour: Develop a Proactive Management Plan 14. Teach Your Rituals What: Establishing Your Procedures Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 15. Accentuate the Positive What: Creating an Affirming Classroom Environment Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 16. Celebrate Good Times, Come On! What: Celebrations and the Brain Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 17. Use Low-Profile Interventions What: Intervening Appropriately Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 18. De-emphasize the Negative What: Consequences For Misbehavior Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 19. Get Help With Chronic Behavior Challenges What: Managing the Difficult to Manage Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection 20. Solicit Parental Support What: Parents on Your Side Why: Theoretical Framework How: Classroom Application Reflection Bibliography Index

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