Watch my Teacher Seminar Videos To Get Some Valuable Teaching Strategies!!

The practical side of teaching are words that accurately describe the teacher seminar that I hold every year for student teachers at York University in Toronto.

The students teachers and I discuss (brainstorm) over 20 common scenarios that teachers must deal with throughout the teaching year. Teachers must be able to think on their feet in order to handle these situations quickly and effectively.

Recently I videotaped our discussions of each scenario, so now here's your opportunity to get the benefits of my seminar and hearing my strategies on how to handle these typical situations, as well as the ideas of the student teachers as well.

My teacher seminar covers strategies for dealing with:

1. Student Issues:

* Students cheating in the classroom

* School bullies

* Stealing in the Classroom

* Placing students in groups

2. Discipline

* Student disruptions during class

* Classroom rewards system

* Student disrespecting the teacher

* Noisy classroom

3. Parent Teacher Communication

* Holding Effective Parent Teacher Conferences

* Improving communication channels with parents

* Parent interrupting during class

* Parent complaint about not being told about child's progress

* Parent complaint about child's grades

* Parent complaint about child being verbally abused

* Parent complaint about too much homework for their child

* Parent Accountability

4. Student Assessment

* Grading and dealing with students when homework is not done

* Grading students for handing in projects late

4. Lesson Planning (Disruptions)

* Homework not understood

* Teachers must be flexible

* Teachers need to improvise

* Student becomes ill in the classroom

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I invite other teaching professionals to write about some of the teaching strategies that they have used. Then if I feel that it would be of value to my visitors, I'll be happy to add to my site, giving you credit as well if you wish.

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