Discuss how organizational skills can be applied to effective teaching.
Discussion should include organizational skills such as
- time management
- prioritizing
- preparation
- goal setting
- organizing a physical (classroom) space
- follow-through.
Process/Skill Questions:
Thinking
- How can teachers motivate an unmotivated learner?
- Which organizational skills do you to need to improve?
Communication
- Why is it important to communicate rules clearly to students? How might teachers do this?
- How do rubrics help students and teachers organize time spent on assignments?
Leadership
- Why is it important to enforce consequences for students who break the rules?
- How might a teacher meet the needs of all learners?
Management
- How do classroom organization and management skills make teaching easier?
- What are the consequences of not applying organizational skills in the classroom?