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Join award-winning teacher, Emily Morrison, as she brings her dynamic hands-on approach to the important first few days of the school year. This video contains specific practical ideas for setting up an enriching, positive classroom environment. Empowering students through structured choices, creative jobs and job charts, and a simple plan for regular and meaningful communication with parents are a few examples of the many substantive topics that are covered.

Award-winning teacher, Emily Morrison, guides elementary teachers through the process of establishing a system of simple, fair, and effective classroom rules and consequences that work for all students. This is a critically important first week task that sets the tone for the entire school year. The presentation includes suggested first week activities that reinforce an understanding of classroom rules, ideas for classroom meetings that serve as an aid to discipline, and methods for establishing fair procedures and non-material rewards that give emotional satisfacton.

Follow Emily Morrison through the many paths to assessing and grading students fairly and accurately. Ms. Morrison explains Informal, Interim, Formal and Special Needs Assessment and illustrates how their use results in a comprehensive view of student progress and valuable teacher feedback. Keep current with grading and assure that you can "Make the Grade" with accuracy and ease.

Emily Morrison explores four areas of Parent/Teacher Communication with elementary school teachers. Parents and teachers have a common ground in their deep care and concern for the child's success. The presentation includes suggestions for introductory, ongoing and scheduled parent communication so that it is a regular part of the school week and parent is ever surprised by a report card grade. Ms. Morrison gives you the keys to creating and maintaining a dynamic partnership.

Reflect on your personal cultural beliefs and biases as you create your own cultural genogram. Review cultural value preferences and see how your cultural background is brought to the classroom and is just as much a part of the classroom as your students' backgrounds.
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Communication is the core of understanding. Learn how understanding communication styles of different cultures will help you understand what is being said — and what is NOT being said.
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Become familiar with how cultures may differ in what their members' value. Study the different traditions and value preferences between the dominant U.S. culture and other cultures. These include divergent views of family relationships, how children are disciplined, how the teacher is viewed, and how extended family may be called upon to confer with the child's teacher.
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Increase your sensitivity to universal needs through a creative visualization exercise. Examine the attributes of a culturally sensitive teacher. Explore teaching strategies that may smooth the way when cultural issues come to the foreground.
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Excellent yearlong resource contains thought-provoking questions for faculty discussion on ten different topics. Faculty and student interviews form a basis for generating discussion on topics such as: Economic vs. Cultural Issues; Cultural Cliques; Teaching from the Heart: The Classroom as Family; Teaching Subject Matter vs. a Broader Value Role; and How Can the Administration Improve the School's Cultural Environment for Faculty?
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Teacher's discussion tool with accompanying 50 page Teacher's Manual gives you the resources to facilitate student discussion on sensitive cultural topics. This hour-long tape consists of a creative visualization exercise and ten three to five minute student interview segments. Cultural Cliques, Stereotyping, Ethnic Insults, and A Student's Responsibility in Creating an Accepting Environment are some of the important topics that are addressed. Desgined for discussions in grades 6-12, each interview segment can form a basis for one or two class discussion periods using the multiple questions and activities found in the Teacher's Manual as a resource.