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The demand for effective communication and marketing at the campus level has never been more urgent and yet most administrators come into the role with little public relations expertise or background. Schools must navigate incredibly complex societal issues while they compete for students, engage families, and inspire staff and community members to give their best efforts and support.The Communicating Principal: Practical Strategies for School Leadersprovides real-world stories, best-practice guidelines, and practical communication checklists designed to help school leaders better understand their community and bring them in to co-create a vision for positive transformation. From social media and websites to crisis and internal messaging, this book shares systems and supports that make communicating easier and more effective. Every topic is covered from the lens of a principal—what you need, how it can be done quickly and inexpensively, and how to measure success so that it can be shared and replicated. Not every school or district can afford a communication professional; The Communicating Principal is the next best thing.

Eine hohe Motivation gilt als wichtige Voraussetzung, um das menschliche Potenzial ausschöpfen zu können. Daher ist es wenig verwunderlich, dass beispielsweise Lehrende bemüht sind, ihre Lerngruppe zu motivieren. Ist eine solche Gruppe allerdings durch eine hohe Heterogenität charakterisiert, die sich zum Beispiel in verschiedenen Interessen und unterschiedlichen Leistungsvoraussetzungen der Mitglieder zeigt, erscheint es äußerst herausfordernd, positiv auf die Motivation all dieser Mitglieder einzuwirken. Das vorliegende Buch setzt sich daher mit der Frage auseinander, wie es in einem heterogenen Setting wie dem inklusiven Sportunterricht, gelingen kann, möglichst die gesamte Gruppe zu motivieren. In diesem Zusammenhang werden Kommunikationsprozesse im Hinblick auf ihre motivierende Wirkung analysiert.

Feedback keeps learning moving forward. You have the power to improve everything about teaching and learning—through excellent feedback. Make it precise. Timely. Actionable. Feedback is absolutely necessary for learning, and is the one ingredient that, if missing, will hinder the learning process. In this Playbook, you will not only learn how to give effective feedback—but have abundant opportunities to practice this skill (and get feedback) as you learn. Bestselling authors John Almarode, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey brilliantly organize this resource into 16 modules on the 4 C's of Feedback: Care — create a culture in which teachers, students and leaders embrace feedback as a continuous loop of giving, receiving, and integrating suggestions Credibility — know how to stoke relatability, dynamism, and trust—and avoid the three most common barriers to students'acting on feedback Clarity — align your learning goals, success criteria, and strategies so you gain the most useful evidence during learning from which to generate feedback. Communication — give feedback with intention, by speaking to the task; or to the learner's process, or to the learner's ability to monitor their own progress. Feedback is futile unless it motivates students to change their approach the next time, and still love learning. With the How Feedback Works: A Playbook you have the essential guide to ensuring students go-get their highest potential.

Ce travail est le fruit d'un projet Collaborative Online International Learning – COIL en français langue étrangère entre les apprenants de deux universités européennes. L'ouvrage analyse l'une des trois composantes de la collaboration : l'engagement. Il présente un scénario pédagogique type pour favoriser l'engagement des apprenants en prenant en compte deux variables : les moyens de communication utilisés (forum et vidéoconférence) et les regroupements par niveaux de langue. Une méthode d'analyse de l'engagement est proposée pour la réalisation de ce projet de télécollaboration.

Strategies for successful classroom management have been readily available to practitioners for at least half a century. However, despite the vast body of knowledge available, there appears to be a great deal of scope for further research in terms of developing a more detailed understanding of the interactional details of classroom management practices. Drawing on a corpus of 58 hours of video and audio recordings in English as a Foreign Language classrooms in Germany, the book provides a micro-analytical perspective of foreign language classroom management. It contributes to the body of current research by focusing on how foreign language teachers respond to pupils'classroom norm violations using interrogative constructions (i.e. interrogative reproaches). Through a Conversation Analytic investigation of these social actions, the paper provides valuable insights into the details of the in-situ production of classroom management strategies and their underlying interactional mechanisms.

This book offers guidance for school-based professionals participating in the special education process. It provides a foundation for effective oral communication and meeting facilitation in team meetings while highlighting methods to enhance collaboration between educators and families. School psychologists across the United States share how they structure meetings, provide examples for how to communicate educational and psychological concepts, and describe personas they present to support the meeting process. Chapters present a sequential facilitation process for school psychologist-led meetings and apply that process to problem-solving, suspicion of disability, eligibility/feedback, IEP, and manifestation determination meetings. Within each chapter, featured practitioners describe ways to address common challenges that arise. Aimed at graduate students and professionals, this text is a unique, example-based resource to enhance readers'ability to facilitate and participate in the special education process.

Conceptualising learner participation as a multimodal phenomenon

Im Sprechen entfaltet sich die Lehrerpersönlichkeit Der Lehrberuf ist geprägt von Kommunikation: Im Unterricht und darüber hinaus agieren Lehrerinnen und Lehrer vor allem sprechend. Trotzdem wird dem Sprechen oft nur wenig Beachtung geschenkt. Dieser Praxisband hebt die mündliche Kommunikation aus der Selbstverständlichkeit des Schulalltags heraus und bietet Denkanstöße zur Selbstreflektion, praktische Übungen zu Stimme, Körpersprache und Sprechausdruck sowie Anregungen zur Bewältigung typischer Gesprächssituationen. Das Autorenteam zeigt, wie die innere Haltung den Ausdruck bestimmt, und leitet dazu an, Stimme und Körpersprache wirkungsvoll einzusetzen. An Beispielen aus dem Schulalltag wird deutlich, wie Botschaften eindeutig und angemessen kommuniziert werden können: verständlich in der Sache, sicher im Auftreten und respektvoll im Umgang mit den Schülerinnen und Schülern. Dieses Sprech- und Rhetoriktraining richtet sich schulartübergreifend an Lehrerinnen und Lehrer, die sich in ihrem Sprechen - und damit in ihrer Lehrerpersönlichkeit - weiterentwickeln möchten. Sowohl Berufseinsteiger als auch gestandene Lehrkräfte erfahren, wie eine wertschätzende Lehrer-Schüler-Kommunikation trotz aller Widrigkeiten des Schulalltags gelingen kann.

Classroom interaction has a significant influence on teaching and learning. It is through interaction that we solve problems, build ideas, make connections and develop our understanding. Patterns in Mathematics Classroom Interaction describes, exemplifies and considers the implications of patterns and structures of mathematics classroom interaction. Drawing on a Conversation Analytic approach, the book examines how the structures of interactions between teachers and students influence, enable, and constrain the mathematics that students are experiencing and learning in school. In particular, it considers the handling of difficulties or errors and the consequences on both the mathematics students are learning, and the learning of this mathematics. The various roles of silence and the treatment of knowledge and understanding within everyday classroom interactions also reveal the nature of mathematics as it is taught in different classrooms. Examples of students explaining, reasoning and justifying as they interact are also drawn upon to examine how the structures of classroom interaction support students to develop these discursive practices. The approach taken in Patterns in Mathematics Classroom Interaction enables the identification of not only what structures exist and pervade classroom discourse, but also how these structures influence teaching and learning. It is the understanding of how these structures affect students'experiences in the classroom that permits the use and development of practices that can support students'learning. This reflexive relationship between these structures of interactions and student actions and learning is central to the issues explored in this book, alongside the implications these may have for teachers'practice, and students'learning.

How do you take the passion and chatter that K–5 students bring to the classroom and turn it into conversation skills that make them better learners? Academic conversation can help hone speaking and listening, critical thinking, and social-emotional skills, as well as deepen content knowledge. But despite its effectiveness, this kind of purposeful, student-led discussion is rarely taught or used at the elementary level. The mystery for teachers is how to support students at various stages of development and build an environment of trust that lets them cultivate these skills.In Demystifying Discussion, veteran teacher Jennifer Orr gives elementary school teachers a primer on teaching students to engage in student-led academic conversation. The strategies, sample assessments, and example conversations in this book show you how to help young learners get better at sharing, exploring, and synthesizing their individual and collective thinking. You'll also learn how to manage different perspectives and disagreements among students.This is a book to use all year long to improve classroom discussion, hone students'skills (and your own), and enhance students'overall learning throughout their time in school and beyond.

Studien zur Schulqualität zeigen: Effektive Schulen unterscheiden sich von weniger effektiven durch die Beziehungsqualität im Unterricht. Lernmotivation und -erfolg, Selbstständigkeit sowie Wohlbefinden von Schüler•innen sind u. a. davon abhängig, wie sich die Beziehung zu ihren Lehrpersonen gestaltet. Die Qualität pädagogischer Beziehungen ist somit eine Voraussetzung für zeitgemäßes, nachhaltiges Lernen. Das Buch begründet diese Annahme anhand von Forschungsbefunden und aktuell diskutierten theoretischen Ansätzen zu pädagogischen Beziehungen im Unterricht und leitet Tipps für die Unterrichtsgestaltung ab. Schließlich werden Potenziale positiver Beziehungsgestaltung vor dem Hintergrund aktueller Herausforderungen (Inklusion und Ganztagsschule) praxisorientiert diskutiert.

Die Autor:innen plaudern in entspannter Baratmosphäre über ganz normale, besondere Situationen. Sie präsentieren 13 charakteristische Konstellationen aus ihrem professionellen Alltag rund um das Thema Kommunikation und reflektieren sie anhand der wichtigsten pädagogischen Theorien. Zu allen Kapiteln gibt es Reflexionsfragen und Alltagsexperimente, um das eigene Verhalten auf Kommunikationsphänomene hin zu untersuchen und neue Handlungsmöglichkeiten zu entwickeln. Auszubildende und Studierende in allen Berufsfeldern Sozialer Arbeit und Pädagogik sowie Ehrenamtliche in Vereinen profitieren von der anschaulichen Darstellung.

The secret to every positive learning environment? Belonging. When students feel that they belong in their school and classroom, commitment to learning goes up and behavioral disruptions subside. And when teachers embrace an SEL-infused approach to classroom management that helps every student feel valued, safe, and competent, belonging soars.We Belong offers 50 targeted strategies to increase students'sense of belonging and reinforce the habits that support classroom harmony and learning success. Authors and award-winning educators Laurie Barron and Patti Kinney explore the dynamic partnership of belonging and classroom management and share specific ways to• Build authentic, positive relationships with students and among students• Create spaces that feel physically and emotionally safe for all• Teach and foster social-emotional competence• Increase student engagement and motivation• Foster a sustaining sense of communityCovering a range of key topics—from behavioral expectations to conflict resolution to more effective collaboration—this practical guide for elementary and secondary teachers includes downloadable forms and templates to support strategy implementation. Use it to revisit your priorities and reshape your practices so that all students in your classroom can say of themselves and their peers,'We belong.'

This book offers an international perspective on the current and future state of the research, focusing, in particular, on the role and use of language in mathematics school teaching and learning. It focuses on the development of a unified view of the languages of the learners, of the teachers and of mathematics by considering the role of language in the learning, teaching and doing of mathematics in the classroom, and the current richness and plurality of language and culture.The contributions in this volume combine to show how views of language and of language research in mathematics education have changed significantly in recent decades, and how they will continue to change and become even more complex and challenging in the era of diversity. All of these contributions by leading scholars are grouped into two sections for emphasis on issues of:• Theorising the complexity of language in mathematics teaching and learning• Opening spaces of learning with mathematics classroom research on languageThis book will be of great interest to mathematics teachers, teacher educators, curriculum developers and mathematics education researchers who deal with the study and implementation of pedagogies of mathematics teaching and learning, specifically in regions of the world which are culturally and sociolinguistically diverse.

'A powerful and rich resource of great ideas that will move the debates about feedback into the most worthwhile areas.'John Hattie, PhD, University of Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaPerfect for special education teacher preparation faculty, coordinators, and administrators, GET Feedbackprovides examples, activities, and support for integrating and aligning feedback instruction, demonstrating the importance of putting the adult learner, as the feedback recipient, at the center of every feedback opportunity. Written in an approachable, easy-to-read format, this text is the first book to specifically examine feedback for adult learners.Drs. Martha D. Elford, Heather Haynes Smith, and Susanne James use the G.E.T. Model (give, exhibit, teach) to provide structure for feedback through four domains: specificity, immediacy, purposefulness, and constructiveness.GET Feedback combines Adult Learning Theory with education research to provide a comprehensive, integrated framework to teach feedback in special education teacher preparation. This text will improve how special education teacher educators “GET” feedback across courses and programs.

The definitive guide to effective and appropriate communication through words and touch between yoga teachers and their students.Clear, effective verbal communication and judicious touch are two skills that Judith Hanson Lasater feels are essential for every yoga teacher. In Teaching Yoga with Intention, she gives pointed advice on how to interact verbally with students in class and how to appropriately use touch to make corrections. Drawing from her fifty years of yoga experience and her training in Nonviolent Communication, Lasater trains yoga teachers to effectively communicate not only technique, but also the more subtle lessons of respect, empathy, and compassion. She also shines an unflinching light on the use of touch in yoga. Teachers often use touch to create understanding and awareness in the poses. But this is a subtle art, and Lasater gives clear guidance on how, where, and when the use of touch can be used appropriately to further a student's development.In this book, Lasater also empowers students by encouraging them to take ownership of and responsibility for their practice. She covers myriad topics that can be difficult for students at any level to navigate, such as how and when to say'no'to an adjustment; keeping boundaries; when to leave a class; helping your teacher understand your needs; how to communicate your appreciation to your yoga teacher; and if and when to report a teacher's behavior. The skills that Lasater offers help create a safe environment for students to'own'their learning process, and to progress technically at their own speed.

Veel leraren zullen het herkennen: je spendeert dagen en avonden aan verbeterwerk en het geven van feedback. Toch merk je bij een nieuwe opdracht dat de feedback weinig of geen effect had op je leerlingen. Waar loopt het verkeerd? Feedback in de klas brengt je naar de essentie en maakt van feedback een wezenlijk onderdeel van je lesaanpak. Vertrekkend vanuit een helder kader en aan de hand van een eenvoudig vijfstappenplan, schenkt het boek je tal van mogelijkheden om het leren van je leerlingen te activeren. De vele praktijkvoorbeelden stellen je in staat om meteen in je klas aan de slag te gaan. Dit boek heeft een duidelijke didactische en praktische insteek, en is toepasbaar op verschillende onderwijsniveaus. Wetenschappelijke ideeën worden concreet, doorleefd en tastbaar. Maak snel kennis met nieuwe werkvormen over feedback en ontdek zo extra leerkansen en mogelijkheden voor je leerlingen en jezelf.

Each year instructors and scholars contemplate their instructional spaces in search of information about incoming students and how best to relate course content to a new generation of learners. Communication Instruction in the Generation Z Classroom: Educational Explorations outlines communication considerations for effectively interacting with and instilling pedagogical practices that appeal to Gen Z using communication tools and course design principles to effectively engage students. Contributors raise questions about research areas in need of additional exploration as instructors and scholars seek to understand how communication influences classrooms, learners, and the broader world. Given the relationship between teacher communication and student success, instructors across disciplines, as well as scholars of communication, pedagogy, and social sciences will find this book particularly interesting. It is also suitable for graduate students in teaching assistant positions, faculty developers, and educators at various institutions.

This book takes as its starting point the assumption that interpersonal communication is a crucial aspect of successful language learning. Following an examination of different communicative models, the authors focus on traditional face-to-face (F2F) interactions, before going on to compare these with the forms of computer-mediated communication (CMC) enabled by recent developments in educational technology. They also address the question of individual differences, particularly learners'preferred participation styles, and explore how F2F and CMC formats might impact learners differently. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of computer-mediated communication (CMC), computer-assisted language learning (CALL), technology-enhanced language learning (TELL), language acquisition and language education more broadly.

How can teachers facilitate meaningful classroom conversations in which students engage in shared inquiry, building on what others have written or said (even to disagree)? Such discussions can have many benefits: students can learn from each other, can bring their out-of-school ways of talking into classroom dialog, can make evidence-based, collaborative arguments, and can begin to communicate like historians, scientists, or other members of disciplinary communities. Yet classroom discussions often fail, teaching students implicitly that they have little to learn from school or each other, that their home-language practices are not welcome, that the loudest voice wins the argument, and that academic discourse is as mystifying and alien as the views of anyone who disagrees with them. Outside the classroom, dialog has never been more important. From climate-change summits or peace talks among neighboring nations, to clashes between rival ethnic groups or political-party mudslinging, to workplace conversations or a traffic stop on a dark street, we must learn to bring our own and others'words into relationship with integrity or suffer the consequences. This book offers concepts, concrete classroom examples, and activities for teachers and students to transform classroom conversations into successful discussions across disciplines, grade levels, and digital platforms.