Want to improve your classroom’s learning climate in just a few seconds? 
With the Seven Simple Shifts—a set of research-based, practice-proven techniques every teacher can use to gain students’ cooperation, engagement, and focus, and help them learn even more. Sometimes all it takes is an intentional pause, a purposeful glance, or a few well-timed words to keep a lesson on track. 
Developed from extensive research and decades of teaching experience, the Simple Shifts do not require you to totally change your teaching—just “tilt” it a bit with these practical, teacher-friendly strategies: Low-Key Interventions: Nudge off-task students back to their work. Pivoting and Reframing: Defuse conflict and steer argumentative students back to their learning. Instructional Clarity: Secure complete student attention before issuing instructions or making transitions. Wait Time: Extend the amount of thinking time you give students before expecting them to respond. Pause and Elaboration Time: Extend your pauses after students answer, encouraging them to give more detailed responses. Snapshot Feedback: Use fast, formative feedback from students to assess the immediate impact of your teaching. Reflection Time: Give students an opportunity to quickly demonstrate that they have taken your advice.\nThe key is to be prepared to match the Shift to the moment. Chances are, you’ve already seen some of these techniques in action—probably even used them yourself. Now’s your chance to put them together in a way that works best for your grade level, subject, and teaching style. Tilting Your Teaching will show you how to get big results by managing your room just a little differently. 
Tilting Your Teaching comes with “micro-data tools” so you can track and fine tune your progress.

Tilting Your Teaching: Seven Simple Shifts That Can Substantially Improve Student Learning

Glen Pearsall

Natasha Harris

McREL International

When you’re facing off-task behavior in the classroom, it helps to have practical, teacher-tested, research-based strategies you can easily implement to address the specific challenge at hand. You’ll find a wealth of tools in Classroom Dynamics by Glen Pearsall. Drawing from experience, Pearsall covers a variety of nuanced responses to difficult behaviors, as well as how to strengthen student engagement and maintain positive relationships. 
This book is ideal for K–12 teachers looking to: Benefit from numerous strategies for dealing with and even avoiding off-task behavior Receive concrete tips to try immediately in classrooms Survey the best research about student behavior and engagement Learn how to quickly get to the heart of issues that might be affecting student learning Understand the reasons behind disruptive behavior to better differentiate strategies for individual students 
Contents: 
Introduction 
Part 1: Practical Strategies for Dealing With Off-Task Behaviors 
Chapter 1: Low-Key Interventions 
Chapter 2: Giving Explicit Instructions 
Chapter 3: Pivoting 
Chapter 4: Talking It Out 
Chapter 5: Seeking Support 
Part 2: Understanding Entrenched Off-Task Behavior 
Chapter 6: What Is the Purpose of Off-Task Behavior? 
Chapter 7: Tailoring Interventions for Individual Student Needs 
Part 3: Avoiding Off-Task Behavior 
Chapter 8: Transitions and Procedures 
Chapter 9: Establishing Student Engagement 
Chapter 10: Enhancing Student Engagement 
Conclusion 
Appendix: Break Glass in Case of Emergency Learning Games 
References and Resources 
Index

Classroom Dynamics: Practical Strategies for Addressing Off-Task Behavior and Creating Positive Classrooms (a Toolkit of Practical Strategies for Addressing Challenging Classroom Behavior)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Solution Tree Press

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