25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them

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Mistake 9: Deliberate Mistreatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Scenario 9.1: A Holy Terror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Scenario 9.2: It’s Snowing Down South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Scenario 9.3: Sins of Big Sister Visited on Little Sister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Mistake 10: Racial and Cultural Discrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Scenario 10.1: Cross-Cultural Confusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Scenario 10.2: Cinderella in the Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Scenario 10.3: English-Only Spoken Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Scenario 10.4: The Transparent Mask of Prejudice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Scenario 10.5: Separate and Unequal Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Scenario 10.6: Lesson in Oppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Scenario 10.7: Culture Clash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Mistake 11: Humiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Scenario 11.1: Chalkboard Etiquette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Scenario 11.2: Be Still and the Shame Will Settle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Scenario 11.3: Shake, Baby, Shake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Scenario 11.4: Girls Will Be Girls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Scenario 11.5: Toma- to or Tomäto? Pe- can or Pecän? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 3. CLASSROOM POLICIES AND PRACTICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Mistake 12: Inappropriate Classroom Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Scenario 12.1: New Kid on the School Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Scenario 12.2: Banished to the Underworld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Scenario 12.3: It’s Now or Never . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Scenario 12.4: One for You and One for You and None for You . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Scenario 12.5: Sour Note Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Scenario 12.6: Broken Bones: Give the Student a Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Scenario 12.7: The Shaming of the Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Scenario 12.8: Last Picks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Scenario 12.9: Speak First, Think Later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Scenario 12.10: The Perils and Pearls of Mandatory Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Scenario 12.11: Sounding Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Scenario 12.12: “ Loser of the Week”: A Real Loser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Scenario 12.13: Only “Smart” Questions, Please . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Scenario 12.14: Help Wanted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Scenario 12.15: Off on a Tangent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Scenario 12.16: Worksheet Workout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Scenario 12.17: Let Your Fingers Do the Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Scenario 12.18: Rigid Mortis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Scenario 12.19: Almost Perfect Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Mistake 13: Inappropriate Toileting Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Scenarios 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, and 13.6: You’re All Wet . . . . . . . . . . 94 Scenario 13.7: Wait, Wait ...Too Late . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Scenario 13.8: Right of Privacy: None of Your Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Scenario 13.9: Pass the Pass Pronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Scenario 13.10: Toilet Tyrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
4. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND INSTRUCTION . . . . . . 103 Mistake 14: Inappropriate Educational Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Scenario 14.1: Gifted: One Who Walks on Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Scenario 14.2: I Don’t Know, I’m Just the Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Scenario 14.3: Get Thee to the Second Grade! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Scenario 14.4: Standing the Test of Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Scenario 14.5: Math Mania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Scenario 14.6: No Play, You Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Scenario 14.7: Prime Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Scenario 14.8: Once More, With Feeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Scenario 14.9: Teacher, Can You Spare a Sign? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Scenario 14.10: Wait a Minute ...or Two or Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Scenario 14.11: No Excuses. ...EVER! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Scenario 14.12: Competition Isn ’ t Always Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Scenario 14.13: Keep Working, Rain, Shine, Sleet, or Divorce . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Scenario 14.14: I’m Writing as Fast as I Can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Scenario 14.15: Reading Reticence: To Read or Not to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Scenario 14.16: No Make-Up; I’ll Take a Powder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Scenario 14.17: Can’t You See That I Can ’ t See? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Scenario 14.18: Small but Mighty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Scenario 14.19: Anything Worth Doing Is Not Worth Doing Well . . . . . . . . 117 Scenario 14.20: Ready, Willing, and Able . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Scenario 14.21: Talk, Talk, Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Scenario 14.22: Here an “F,” There an “F,” Everywhere an “F,” “F” . . . . . . . . 119 Scenario 14.23: Academic “Payday ” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Scenario 14.24: If at First You Don ’ t Succeed, Try, Try Again, and Again, and Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Mistake 15: Inappropriate Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Scenario 15.1: Test Error: Demotion to Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Scenario 15.2: “I”: Feedback or Folly? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Scenario 15.3: I Am Not My Brother’s Keeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Scenario 15.4: Caustic Critique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Scenario 15.5: Being Taught Red-Handed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Scenario 15.6: Group Consequences: All or Nothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Scenario 15.7: Inflexible, Indifferent, Illogical, and Inaccurate . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Scenario 15.8: Tragedy on the Classroom Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 5. PERSONALITY AND PROFESSIONALISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Mistake 16: Teacher Insensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Scenario 16.1: Seeing Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Scenario 16.2: And the “Winner” Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Scenario 16.3: Name Sweet Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Scenario 16.4: Exit Front and Center Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Scenario 16.5: Eye to Swollen Eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Scenario 16.6: Diagnosis: Faking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
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Page 12 and 13: Foreword Anita Woolfolk Hoy The Ohi
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Page 16: About the Author Carolyn Orange, P
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Page 24: 1 DISCIPLINE
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Page 37 and 38: 20 Discipline SCENARIO 1.19 Biting
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Page 45 and 46: 28 Discipline SCENARIO 2.2 Pit Bull
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Page 53 and 54: 36 Discipline SCENARIO 4.2 Don’t
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Mistake 5 Favoritism SCENARIO 5.1
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Mistake 6 Physiological Discrimina
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Mistake 7 Personal Attacks SCENARI
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Mistake 8 Inappropriate Teacher-St
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Mistake 9: Deliberate Mistreatment
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Mistake 10 Racial and Cultural Dis
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Mistake 11 Humiliation SCENARIO 11
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Mistake 12 Inappropriate Classroom
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Mistake 13: Inappropriate Toileting
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Mistake 21 Teacher Bias or Expecta
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