CTE Lab Management,District Protocol and

Teacher Liability

Grab your name tent and find a spot! No more than three per table.

1. Setting up the proper environment sets the tone for success every time.

2. Positive classroom culture helps students learn at the best of their ability.

3. To recognize culture as a “feet on the ground” matter is imperative.

4. Developing a positive culture is essential to the learning process for each student.

5. Explore strategies to help students have a learning and safe environment.

6. I learned new useful ideas from other class members that I’ll try!

12 Word Summaries from last week

Find Someone Who….

This activity will get you up and moving around.

Complete the chart with signatures from your colleagues, making sure no one signs twice!

On your whiteboard write down one question you have about district protocol related to any concern or situation you have experienced.

Share your situations with your table group.

Bellwork

Topic: Where to access district policies, guidelines and protocol

Do: Examine a variety of sources of information

Level of thinking: Understanding / Applying

Objective

There is a 1043 page document that can be accessed on line at

www.mpsaz.org/policy_download

This document has all information on district guidelines and Board policies!

Where are the “District Rules”?

Let’s look at an example of a Governing Board Policy: ◦ Staff-Student Relationships

Each person is being given a hard copy of the Staff Student Relationships policy to complete this activity

Write two questions and answers related to specific information contained in this policy on the handout provided highlighting what you find most important

More on District Guidelines…

CTE Operational Guidelines:◦ 2007 issue – getting it updated and online is a

work in progress, but for now it’s what we have! Topics you might find most interesting:

◦ Student Safety and Health◦ Accident Report Form◦ CTE Guidelines for Hazardous Materials◦ Equipment Transfer Form◦ Equipment Loan Agreement◦ Public Gifts to the District

Even More on District Guidelines…

Each person will choose information from two different tabs in the CTE Operational Guidelines handbook.

Write two questions related to the information found in each tab.

Once everyone is done, you will ask your questions to the group to see if anyone already knows the answers!

Independent Activity

Teachers set the tone for their expectations in class, yet there are resources available

Students receive a handbook and must sign Statement of Awareness forms

Schools typically have campus-wide policies that you should know about, and if you do not, ask!

There is an official Secondary Disciplinary Referral form, but use it sparingly!Always contact parents if used

Expectations for Student Behavior

Time for a break!

Topic: Procedures and Routines

Do: Examine Procedures and Routines

Level of Thinking: Understanding

Objective

Choose one of the two articles to read.

Highlight important points and take notes in the margins as to what you think is most important

Time for a “Quick Write”! You will have 2 minutes to write down whatever you thought was most significant in your article.

Teacher Liability

Procedures and Routines Procedure: What the teacher wants done

Routine: What the students do automatically without prompting or supervision

Lab Procedurespromote structure and allow students to develop respectful and trustful relationships with theirteacher and peers. They enable teachers to effectively manage activities.

Procedures:

Slate activity:

With your table group, brainstorm at least five different situations you could have procedures for that help make labs or run smoothly.

Do your procedures answer these statements of what to do when:

Transitioning from one activity to another Time to clean up Working with groups Getting into groups Students are done with work early Students need to get the teacher’s attention Teacher needs to get the student’s attention Your additional ideas

Complete the left side of your paper independently (Give One)

Meet with at least 3 other colleagues (not in your table group)

Give them one of your ideas on one of the topics

Get one of their ideas and write it in on the right side

Everyone should have 1 or 2 ideas from others on the GET ONE side of their paper for each prompt.

Give One, Get One

You need to directly TEACH procedures

Choose procedures that are most critical for your classroom to focus upon

Clearly explain what needs to be done

Practice until they become routines (most likely this will be different for each class)

Reinforce and reteach until they become efficient habits for all students

Routine What students do automatically without

being prompted or supervised

Well defined and rehearsed procedures become routines.

If reinforced consistently, routines should be established in about three weeks.

Ultimate Goal: Students automatically do what they have been taught to do

Procedures become routines

Teacher does not have to remind

Teacher has a safe and manageable lab

Teacher looks like this at the end of the day!

Not like this!

Identify some rules/procedures that would work for your lab situation.

Let’s look at some lab safety agreements used by others in our CTE programs and in other classes

Respond to the prompts and come up with two things for each topic.

Lab Management Tips-Table Activity

Consistency is critical!!!

Procedures and routines are meaningless if they are not always insisted upon and

reinforced as needed !

Can serve as daily closure on lab days

Holds students accountable

Provides you with feedback

It would be up to you when you collected it but it would need to be part of their grade to be meaningful.

Project Progress Log

https://www.ocps.net/cs/services/cs/currareas/sci/IR/lessonplans/MID_LP/001Lab%20Safety%20Station%20Activity_0910.pdf

Good example of an activity to teach safe lab practices. You would have to adapt it to fit your situation.

On the back of your name tent complete the week 2 closure by answering this prompt:

Write a question you still have or a comment about what you

learned in today’s class

Session Closure