Seven Simple Secrets

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Seven Simple Secrets What the Best
Teachers Know and
Do Annette Breaux Todd Whitaker
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Secret FourThe Secret of Attitude

• We get to choose
• One saw a glass half empty
• The other, a glass half full
• What? IT was the same glass?
• What stunt were they trying to pull?
• No stunt was pulled at all, you see
• Our attitudes shape our vision
• We all get to choose for ourselves
• Whether lifes an adventure or a collision!

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Part 1.How to Be in Control of Your Attitude
Its Up to You!

• Attitude is everything!
• One of the main thing that separate the
  not-so-good from the good from the great teachers
  is simply attitude.
• Teaching is all about breaking bad habits,
  forging new paths, opening doors, and leading
  students to make different and better choices and
  to have better attitudes.

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We are the teachers. We are the leaders. We are
the role models. Every day, our attitudes help
to share the types of teachers, leaders, and role
models we become
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Part 2.How to Handle Yourself in the Teachers
Lounge

• Gossip basically serves one purpose it harms!
• Being around negative people is never likely to
  have a positive impact on you.
• Always do what a professional does and stay away
  from the negative buzz!

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Part 3.How to Improve the Attitudes of Your
Students

• Our attitudes spill over onto our students.
• Negative attitudes are never tempered by negative
  responses.
• The more out of control a student is, the more in
  control we, as teachers, have to be in dealing
  with that student. Is it easy? No. Is it
  effective? Yes!

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Part 4.How to Portray an Attitude of
Responsibility

• The fact is that the very best teachers accept
  responsibility for the success and performance
  of every student they teach.

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• Scenario 1 Student Sleeping in Class
• Ineffective teachers will usually do one of two
  things (1) let sleeping dogs lie, or (2)
  reprimand the student.
• Effective teachers will always speak to the
  student and find out whats causing them to fall
  asleep.

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• Scenario 2 Grading Papers
• Ineffective teachers use a technique called
  Trade and Grade
• Effective Teachers us a technique well call I
  will grade my students papers, just like a
  teacher is suppose to do.

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Part 5.How to Diffuse Negative Coworkers

• Do your best at attempting to diffuse these
  people.
• Walk away!
• Finally, Dont let them affect you.
• Interesting Fact Walking away from negative
  people not only protects you from becoming one of
  them ,it also burns calories

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Part 6.How to Work Cooperatively with Parents

• The very best teachers keep in constant contact
  with the parents of their students.
• Try to always remember that parents have the same
  goal as you do the success of their child.
• Remember that your attitude toward both students
  and their parents will help to determine the
  parents attitudes toward you!

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Part 7.How to Have the Best Attitude on the
Faculty

• The most effective teachers know that to be as
  effective as they can be, they must portray a
  positive attitude.
• One person really can make a difference so be
  that one person.
• Shape up your attitude, and your students will
  remember you with gratitude!

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Secret 4 Chapter Summary

• Regarding attitude, remember the following
• Attitude is everything!
• Find whats good, and focus on it. Find whats
  not so good, and make it better.
• Our attitudes help to shape the types of
  teachers, leaders, and role models we become.
• Our attitudes help to share the types of
  teachers, leaders, and role models, we become.
• Dont gripe, groan, or gossip in the teachers
  lounge or anywhere else.
• Your attitude and approach can either ignite a
  volatile situation or extinguish it.
• Portray an attitude of responsibility. Take your
  students failures and successes personally.
• Burn calories by walking away from negative
  coworkers.
• Convince a parent that youre on the side of his
  child by being on the side of his child!
• Have the best attitude on your faculty!