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Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites (Multimedia Kit)
A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development



80 pages | Corwin

Demonstrate how teachers can increase students' academic achievement through proactive classroom management!

Designed around the successful format of Marcia L. Tate's best-selling book Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites, this comprehensive multimedia presentation offers staff developers all the materials they need to help novice and experienced teachers reduce classroom problems and cultivate a physical environment conducive to learning. Workshop leaders will be able to demonstrate how teachers can significantly improve learners' performance by developing a classroom management plan; delivering successful brain-compatible lessons; responding effectively to chronic behavior problems; and using easy-to-implement strategies such as

  • Constructive classroom conversations
  • Classroom rituals
  • Music and movement
  • Lighting
  • Humor

Featuring 20 practical and proven techniques, Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites: A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development provides

  • The companion book, Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites, covering the critical elements of managing a brain-compatible classroom
  • A 70-minute, content-rich VHS video that features Marcia L. Tate discussing brain-friendly strategies and master teachers demonstrating research-based techniques in the classroom
  • A companion DVD with navigation menus and bullets for easy stop-and-search control of the video content
  • A step-by-step facilitator's guide that connects the core content of the book to the video/DVD and includes segment prompts, workshop outlines, extended workshop activities, key points, and discussion questions

This all-in-one package is indispensable for staff developers, principals, and district administrators conducting training on brain-friendly classroom management practices to improve student outcomes.

 
About the Authors
 
Introduction
How to Use This Guide

 
How to Use the Video/DVD

 
Additional Resources for Facilitators

 
 
Strategy-by-Strategy Study Guide: Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites: 20 Techniques for Managing a Brain-Compatible Classroom by Marcia L. Tate
 
Welcome and Workshop Starter
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
 
Strategy 1: Be Proactive, Not Reactive
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 2: Expect the Best!
Defining the Strategy

 
Discussion Starters

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 3: Understand the Symptoms
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 4: Light Up Their World
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 5: Let the Music Play
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 6: Color Their World
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 7: Stop and Smell the Roses
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 8: Create a Natural Environment
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 9: Keep Them Laughing
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 10: "Hook" Them In
Defining the Strategy

 
Discussion Starters

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 11: Make Learning Relevant
Defining the Strategy

 
Discussion Starters

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 12: Teach Your Rituals
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 13: Let Them Talk!
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 14: Let Them Move!
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 15: Accentuate the Positive
Defining the Strategy

 
Discussion Straters

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 16: Celebrate Good Times, Come On!
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 17: Use Low-Profile Interventions
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 18: Deemphasize the Negative
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 19: Get Help With Chronic Behavior Challenges
Video/DVD Clip and Summary

 
Segment Activity

 
Discussion Starters After the Video/DVD

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
Strategy 20: Solicit Parental Support
Defining the Strategy

 
Discussion Starters

 
Workshop Activities

 
Application

 
 
References
 
Overheads
Overhead A: Mr. Bledsoe's Classroom

 
Overhead B: Mrs. Dawson's Classrooom

 
Overhead C: Today's Brain - How Different?

 
Overhead D: Defining the Strategy - Be Proactive, Not Reactive

 
Overhead E: Defining the Strategy - Expect the Best!

 
Overhead F: Defining the Strategy - Light Up Their World

 
Overhead G: Defining the Strategy - Let the Music Play

 
Overhead H: Defining the Strategy - Color Their World

 
Overhead I: Defining the Strategy - Stop and Smell the Roses

 
Overhead J: Defining the Strategy - Create a Natural Environment

 
Overhead K: Defining the Strategy - Keep Them Laughing

 
Overhead L: Defining the Strategy - Get Help With Chronic Behavior Challenges

 
Overhead M: Defining the Strategy - Let Them Talk!

 
Overhead N: Defining the Strategy - Let Them Move!

 
Overhead O: Defining the Strategy - Celebrate Good Times, Come On!

 
Overhead P: Defining the Strategy - Use Low-Profile Interventions

 
Overhead Q: Defining the Strategy - Deemphasize the Negative

 
Overhead R: Defining the Strategy - Get Help With Chronic Behavior Challenges

 
 
Sample Workshop Agendas
Half-Day Workshop Agenda

 
One-Day Workshop Agenda

 
Two-Day Workshop Agenda

 
 
Workshop Evaluation Form

For instructors

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