- Arts Integration
- Technology Integration
- Kinesthetic Learning
- Motivation
- Clear Expectations
- Adaptive PE
- Language Arts: Reading
- Brain Compatible
- Personal Instruction
- Metacognitive Instruction
- Performance Based
- Cooperative Learning
Chartwell School: http://www.chartwell.org/
Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/
Mosaica Education: http://mosaicaeducation.com/
Oak Grove Center: http://www.oakgrovecenter.org/
CURRICULUM & LESSON PLANS:
- Read Write Think: Students need to have strong Reading and Language skills to be successful in any subject! http://www.readwritethink.org/
- PCI Education: http://www.pcieducation.com/
- News-2-You: Current Events: http://news2you.n2y.com/
- Lakeshore Learning Special Education Kits
- Differentiated Instruction
- Focus on teaching students the big/overall idea of lesson: Scaffolding, Tiered Activities, Strategic Instruction, Hierarchy of Learning, Examples/models of proficient performance to demonstrate concept/process, link old info to new
- Frequent, immediate feedback/communication/assessment: check for understanding
- Authentic, Interactive, Adaquate Practice: sequencing, breaking down task into segmentation of smaller units
- Drill/Repetition: repeating with drill, and also with different learning styles, maximizing teaching by repeating topic in different subjects
- Error Free 1st: then fade prompts using prompt hierarchy (systematic instruction)
- Self Evaluation/Responsibility
- Breaks, downtime, processing activities
- Intrinsic Motivation
- Sense of Belonging: Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
- Freedom: Humanism, experiential learning, choice, self-actualization
- Power: choice, responsibility, classroom culture, cooperative learning, critical thinking, Knowledge is Power
- Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory
- Maria Montessori: discovery, self correction learning
- Madeline Hunter: Systematic Instruction/Mastery Learning
- Benjamin Bloom's Hierarchy of Learning/Cognitive Domains
- Broken Windows Theory
