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Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites (Multimedia Kit)
A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development
- Marcia L. Tate - Developing Minds, Inc.
80 pages | Corwin
Demonstrate how teachers can increase students' academic achievement through proactive classroom management!
Designed around the successful format of Marcia L. Tate's best-selling book Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites, this comprehensive multimedia presentation offers staff developers all the materials they need to help novice and experienced teachers reduce classroom problems and cultivate a physical environment conducive to learning. Workshop leaders will be able to demonstrate how teachers can significantly improve learners' performance by developing a classroom management plan; delivering successful brain-compatible lessons; responding effectively to chronic behavior problems; and using easy-to-implement strategies such as
- Constructive classroom conversations
- Classroom rituals
- Music and movement
- Lighting
- Humor
Featuring 20 practical and proven techniques, Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites: A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development provides
- The companion book, Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites, covering the critical elements of managing a brain-compatible classroom
- A 70-minute, content-rich VHS video that features Marcia L. Tate discussing brain-friendly strategies and master teachers demonstrating research-based techniques in the classroom
- A companion DVD with navigation menus and bullets for easy stop-and-search control of the video content
- A step-by-step facilitator's guide that connects the core content of the book to the video/DVD and includes segment prompts, workshop outlines, extended workshop activities, key points, and discussion questions
This all-in-one package is indispensable for staff developers, principals, and district administrators conducting training on brain-friendly classroom management practices to improve student outcomes.
About the Authors
Introduction
Strategy-by-Strategy Study Guide: Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites: 20 Techniques for Managing a Brain-Compatible Classroom by Marcia L. Tate
Welcome and Workshop Starter
Strategy 1: Be Proactive, Not Reactive
Strategy 2: Expect the Best!
Strategy 3: Understand the Symptoms
Strategy 4: Light Up Their World
Strategy 5: Let the Music Play
Strategy 6: Color Their World
Strategy 7: Stop and Smell the Roses
Strategy 8: Create a Natural Environment
Strategy 9: Keep Them Laughing
Strategy 10: "Hook" Them In
Strategy 11: Make Learning Relevant
Strategy 12: Teach Your Rituals
Strategy 13: Let Them Talk!
Strategy 14: Let Them Move!
Strategy 15: Accentuate the Positive
Strategy 16: Celebrate Good Times, Come On!
Strategy 17: Use Low-Profile Interventions
Strategy 18: Deemphasize the Negative
Strategy 19: Get Help With Chronic Behavior Challenges
Strategy 20: Solicit Parental Support
References
Overheads
Sample Workshop Agendas
Workshop Evaluation Form