Harry Wong

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Harry Wong

• A Great Influence in Education

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Awards

• Outstanding Secondary Teacher Award
• Science Teacher Achievement Recognition Award
• Outstanding Biology Teacher Award
• Valley Forge Teachers Medal
• Effective Teacher Video Series- Telly Award. Won
  1st place gold in the International Film and
  Video Festival

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Achievements

• Author of The First Days of School-has sold more
  than 1.25 million copies.
• Harry K. Wong Publications, Inc.- teaching
  materials for teachers
• Most exciting, motivational, and dynamic speaker
  in education today
• His students have won over 200 awards
• Subject of a story in Readers Digest
• Has given over 3000 presentations to some
  half-million people. Including the Distinguished
  Lecture at the American Association of School
  Administrators Convention

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Major Concepts

• Have the room ready for instruction, and make it
  invitational.
• There must be an assignment posted, and in a
  consistent location, when students enter the
  room.
• Discipline Set rules, consequences, and rewards
  immediately.
• The shorter the assignment, the higher the
  achievement rate.
• Wait time Wait five or more seconds after
  asking a question.
• Determine the learning style of your students.
  Student achievement is greater when the teaching
  style matches the learning style.

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Major Concepts Continued

• There is nobility in being better then someone
  else. The only nobility is being better than you
  were the day before.
• Each person has unlimited potential. Humans are
  the only species able to improve the quality of
  their lives.
• You can have your achievements or you can have
  your excuses.
• You are the only person one the face on the earth
  who can use your ability. It is an awesome
  responsibility.
• The most important factor to a professional is
  the quality of the work and the commitment to the
  craft.
• Inside every great teacher there is an even
  better one waiting to come out.

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What the Critics Say

• They all think Wong is an educational genius
• Teachers in the Rockdale County school system in
  Atlanta, Georgia take Dr. Harry Wongs advice
  quite seriously.
• All new teachers in the county receive a copy of
  his famous book and staff development sessions
  are spent watching his videos.

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What the Critics Say Continued

• According to Larry Flammer, who began his
  teaching career in 1959, It is safe to say that
  no other tool in your teaching toolkit will be as
  valuable as Harry Wongs book The First Days of
  School.
• Teachers base their success on Wongs ideas.
• Laura Young, a teacher at Edwards Middle School
  in Atlanta states, Hearing the ideas from
  Wonglets educators know they are doing the right
  thing.

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Available Works From Harry K. Wong Publications,
Inc.

• The First Days Of School
• I Choose To Care
• (Video)

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• The Effective Teacher
• How You Can Be A Super Successful Teacher