Survival Tips for Elementary Teachers: 

Strategies for Being an Effective Teacher

Sponsored by the Salem State Collaborative Project for Math,

Science and Interdisciplinary Education (CPMSIE)

                                                                                                     

Location:             Summer Street School Lynnfield, MA 01940

Presenters:             Debbie Guenard and Judi Lucia, Lynnfield Teachers

Time:              3:45 – 6:00 PM

Audience:             Grade 2-6 Teachers (Especially teachers in their first few years of teaching)

Dates:                         Thursdays, January 21, 28, February, 4, 11, 25, March 4

Cost:              $75 for Member Districts $295 for non-member Districts.

For Member List see website   www.salemcollaborative.org                                          

PDP’s:             15 Hours or 1 non-degree Graduate Credit with Completed Project

 

Description: This course is designed to provide elementary teachers with “tools” to assist them with many facets of running a classroom successfully.  Such methods are meant to supply teachers with pragmatic ways to keep their learning environments running smoothly while working within the academic rigors of the state standards and meeting the needs of the variety of learners in their classrooms.   This course is being taught by two veteran teachers using their ideas as well as ideas  from the highly regarded educator, Harry Wong.

 

Sessions 1 and 2:

Setting up classroom expectations, routines and procedures

 

Session 3:

Classroom management including appropriate discipline and reward techniques

 

Session 4:

Communication with parents and with students

 

Session 5:

Cooperative learning for you and for your students

 

Session 6

Opportunities to take actual examples from participants’ own classrooms and to work together to apply appropriate strategies learned to these individual situations

 

Registration Information:

Please register at our website www.salemcollaborative.org, or email the following information to Jim Kearns at registration@salemcollaborative.org.  If you have registration questions, please call Jim at 781-771-4860.

Make checks or Purchase Orders payable to CPMSIE and Bring to the First Session

DEADLINE to sign up for  :  Survival Tips for New Teachers:  December 23rd.