Regardless of environment, clear answers to these three questions enhance teacher clarity, and can potentially double the rate of learning in our students:
What are we learning?
Why are we learning this?
What does success look like?
Oftentimes, student misbehavior is not the result of a desire to break rules. Rather it results from students not knowing, or at least not being told, what they are supposed to be doing. If students know exactly what you want them to be doing, they are less likely to do something you don’t want them to be doing. If you ask any student, “What are you supposed to be doing?” they should be able to answer. Here are some tips:
1. Display it in the same place daily. This adds routine.
2. Avoid excessive wordiness, and write them in clear, student-friendly language.
3. Find a structure that works for you. Here are four: