Essentials for Teaching – How to Be a Highly Visible Teacher

Description

Being a highly visible teacher has far-reaching effects on classroom management. As Alex Kajitani, author of Owning It: Proven Strategies to Ace and Embrace Teaching and former California Teacher of the Year, reminds us, when our students feel like they can see us — when we make ourselves highly visible to them — they respond positively.

In this engaging and entertaining lesson from Mr. Kajitani, you will learn:

• Why having a highly visible teacher matters so much to your students
• Several easy-to-implement ideas for becoming highly visible outside of class, inside of class, and at the end of class, including one idea that he calls “the No. 1 classroom management strategy of all time”
• How to take at least one of Mr. Kajitani’s ideas for becoming highly visible and implement it right away, no matter how challenging your class might be

Presenter Bio

Alex Kajitani (Kaw-juw-taw-nee) is the 2009 California Teacher of the Year, and a Top-4 Finalist for National Teacher of the Year. He is the co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for Teachers, and his first book, Owning It was named “Recommended Reading” by the U.S. Department of Education. Alex is also on a mission to get every kid in America to learn their times tables, and to make this happen, he created the popular online program www.MultiplicationNation.com. Alex is a highly-sought after keynote speaker who supports and motivates teachers nationwide, and he’s known around the world as “The Rappin’ Mathematician.” Alex has a popular TED Talk, has been honored at The White House, and was featured on The CBS Evening News, where Katie Couric exclaimed, “I LOVE that guy!” For more of his innovative ideas, visit www.AlexKajitani.com.