Event Information
Participants will learn time-tested research-based strategies and techniques designed to:
• Improve student focus
• Drastically reduce problem behavior
• Increase instructional time
(15-20 minutes)
This is especially helpful for teachers who have recently experienced
• students running their classrooms
• spending 50% or more of the class period dealing
with discipline issues
(10 minutes)
Ensuring equitable practices for multilingual learners and for students who are learning a new language
• tools to engage learners from a variety of backgrounds
• project-based learning ideas to use to support multilingual learners in your content-area classroom
(25-30 minutes)
Participants will engage in 3 interactive polls to gage their experience and teaching style. They will also have the chance to share strategies they've used with the group.
Dahlgren, Rick, and Judy Hyatt. Time to teach: encouragement, empowerment and excellence in
every classroom. Hayden Lake, ID: Center for Teacher Effectiveness (CTE), 2007.
Dahlgren, Rick, and Melanie Lattimer. Teach-tos: 100 behavior lesson plans and essential
advice to encourage high expectations and winning classroom behavior! Hayden Lake, ID: Center for Teacher Effectiveness, 2012
Dahlgren, R., Malas, B., Faulk, J. & Lattimer, M. Time to teach! The source for
classroom management! Hayden Lake, ID: Center for Teacher Effectiveness, 2008.