By Daniel A. Domenech/School Administrator, April 2018 CLASSROOM CIVILITY can depend greatly on classroom management. Those of us who have spent time in the classroom fully recognize that little learning will take place in an out-of-control classroom. In “The Key to Classroom Management” article in Educational Leadership (September 2003), Robert Marzano says research has shown us that …
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Can we motivate students through non-verbal communication? Master of Arts thesis extract by Dirk Lagerwaard (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain) In this extract, Dirk details the results that were found when Michael’s non-verbal skills were applied by teachers in secondary schools. The student’s level of engagement and motivation were evaluated against the non-verbal language used by the teachers. Eight skills …
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A graduate of Michael Grinder’s UK’s Group Mastery program, Helen Oakwater, an adoptive parent, NLP Coach and Trainer, adopted a pre-school sibling group in the early 1990s and has first-hand knowledge of living with ‘the child who hurts’. Her knowledge and perspectives are borne from her own personal journey, membership of adoption panels, books, numerous …
Our friends at GLD Associates in the UK had this great article in their most recent newsletter. They have graciously allowed me to share with all of you. by Graham Willson and Hazelann Lorkins GLD Training Associates gldassociates.co.uk Sarah was enjoying her new customer services role in the organisation where she’d worked for a number of …
By Dr. Kendall Zoller A commentary on Michael Grinder’s model. This slide is from a keynote I delivered at the California Mathematics and Science Partnership Fall Conference in Sacramento. The keynote, Forging Partnerships: Tools for building collaborative groups, proposed to link the works of DuFour, Garmston and Wellman, Grinder, and Zoller & Landry to show …
Gabi Dolke, Michael’s German translator, describes Michael’s strengths and her experiences with his work. “Reading” a person’s traits and finding out about his or her strengths and liabilities is one of his easier tasks. “Reading” a group and conducting ‘Group Wizardry’ through the Art and Science of Non-verbal Communication is his daily masterpiece. His extraordinary …
Interesting article on classroom management in the Portland Tribune March 25, 2008, written by Jennifer Anderson. Read up on how some Portland schools have tackled behavior problems with new ideas. Excerpt Fourteen-year-old Micah Mitchell isn’t proud of his behavior at school over the past few years. He’s acted up in class, talked back to teachers and …
by Leanne Miller It’s never easy, yet getting it right is critical to your students’ success, not to mention your sanity. It’s classroom management. Thanks to teachers at Toronto’s Jarvis CI for their help illustrating some non-verbal management signs. “A teacher can’t get his students’ attention and his volume starts to rise. He glares at …
Guest Blogger: Sharon Sayler It is already midway through the first month of the year. I can hardly believe it! Has that ugly word, procrastination, found its way into your new year’s plans yet? If you find it has, it is not too late to get started. Here are some tips to conquer procrastination. Before …
