Publisher's Synopsis
This set includes the first edition of Teach Like a Champion and Teach Like a Champion Field Guide: A Practical Resource to Make the 49 Techniques Your Own by Doug Lemov. Teach Like a Champion offers effective teaching techniques to help teachers, especially those in their first few years, become champions in the classroom. These powerful techniques are concrete, specific, and are easy to put into action the very next day. Training activities at the end of each chapter help the reader further their understanding through reflection and application of the ideas to their own practice. Among the techniques: Technique #1: No Opt Out. How to move students from the blank stare or stubborn shrug to giving the right answer every time. Technique #35: Do It Again. When students fail to successfully complete a basic task from entering the classroom quietly to passing papers around doing it again, doing it right, and doing it perfectly, results in the best consequences. Technique #38: No Warnings. If you′re angry with your students, it usually means you should be angry with yourself. This technique shows how to effectively address misbehaviors in your classroom. The book includes accompanying videos of teachers demonstrating the techniques in the classroom. Teach Like a Champion Field Guide is a fun and functional workbook for teachers, school leaders, and staff developers at all levels. With the Teach Like a Champion Field Guide , teachers will be able to evaluate their comfort and confidence in using the techniques, easily compare notes with their fellow teachers, and maintain an organized, useful record of their progress. More importantly, by using the Teach Like a Champion Field Guide, teachers will be able to unlock the talent and skill waiting in their students, no matter how many previous classrooms, schools, or teachers have been unsuccessful. The Teach Like a Champion Field Guide is the definitive hands–on manual for performing the art of teaching. The book includes 30 new video clips of real teachers demonstrating the techniques in real classrooms. A few of the practical tools from Teach Like a Champion Field Guide: Troubleshooting. What challenges did you find when implementing the technique in your classroom? Solutions included! Practice with Study Groups or Partners. An array of discussion topics, observation worksheets, role plays, and skills exercises. Analyze the Champions. View the rich video clips of the techniques in action, then answer the accompanying questions for further reflection.
