Tuesday, May 30, 2000

Our Goal: A Big Quality World

Education in America can still be a quality education. Our classroom helps to grow students and citizens of quality. When you come into our classroom you will see how we address education issues facing American classrooms. Issues such as:

Teaching and Managing
  • Providing safety and order
  • Creating a quality organization
  • Offering a Quality Classroom curriculum
  • Educating versus schooling
  • Understanding non-coercive management

School Environment
  • Teaching responsible citizenship
  • Experiencing Cooperative Learning
  • Relating to one another
  • Practicing non-coercive discipline
  • Tutoring in a quality classroom

Classroom Teaching

  • Teaching for competence
  • Dealing with difficult students
  • Experiencing Cooperative Learning
  • Conducting classroom meetings
  • Teaching values

Assessment and Evaluation
  • Understanding evaluation in a Quality Classroom
  • Helping students to self-evaluate
  • Accepting academic accountability
  • Understanding the difference between assessment and evaluation

Parents
  • Communicating with parents
  • Encouraging parent involvement
  • Providing useful "home" work