WorkshopsEvery teacher should take specific, concrete steps to flourish in the classroom; however, these steps are not the same for everyone. In this workshop, Tara Gray presents her own twelve steps based on twenty years of full-time teaching. Her steps include:
Content
| Step 1. | Answer the key questions of course design. |
| Step 2. | Teach to one sentence every day. |
| Step 3. | Limit lectures to 15 minutes. |
| Step 4. | Let your readings share the lectern. |
Students
| Step 5. | Evaluate students’ time on task. |
| Step 6. | Hold students accountable daily. |
| Step 7. | Learn to love them. |
You: Sharpen Your Saw
| Step 8. | Take responsibility for your class. |
| Step 9. | Write your ideas for improving class each day. |
| Step 10. | Give mid-term evaluations. |
| Step 11. | Become a student of teaching. |
| Step 12. | Write your own steps for teaching success. |
As you hear Tara’s presentation, decide what specific, concrete steps you should take in the classroom to be all that you can be. Draft the steps you personally want to take, share them with others and hear the steps they have written. Finally, go forth and flourish: Be All You Can Be–Teach!
Workshop Format
This workshop can be presented as a 1.5-hour or 3-hour session.