Help middle schoolers engage in the classroom before it′s too late!
The middle school years mark a critical point in a child′s educational journey. For many educators, these years are the last chance to put in place strong, positive learning patterns.
U-Turn Teaching is founded on Rich Allen′s ‘Green Light’ education strategies, in which every activity is designed to proactively support learning. This book builds on what researchers have discovered about how the adolescent brain learns best, and shows how those discoveries directly relate to effective classroom teaching. Now you can engage all students, even unmotivated ones, and help them make a U-turn by applying these four principles of brain-based learning:
- Build and maintain trust
- Create a collaborative community
- Take a TEAMing approach
- Prime the positive environment
U-Turn Teaching demonstrates how to realistically accomplish these four principles in your classroom. When educators are able to embed positive, efficient, and effective patterns of learning in the middle years, students are far more likely to succeed in high school and beyond!
Table of Content
Foreword: The Story of Jenn
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Why Many Middle School Students Need to Make a U-Turn
2. Creating and Maintaining Trust
3. Create a Collaborative Community
4. Take a TEAMing Approach
5. Prime the Positive Environment
6. U-Turn Teaching in Action
Appendix
References
Index
About the author
Learn more about Rich Allen′s PD offerings Richard Allen is an international consultant with more than 25 years experience coaching trainers and educators. Cofounder and president of Education Illustrated, he has taken the Train Smart strategies beyond the United States and Canada to such diverse countries as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brunei, Russia, Jordan, and Brazil. Allen is also a popular keynote speaker at international conferences, and he facilitates motivational and teambuilding workshops. Allen started his educational career as a high school math and drama teacher. In 1985, he became a lead facilitator for Super Camp—an accelerated learning program for teens—and has since worked with more than 25, 000 students worldwide. He completed his doctorate in educational psychology at Arizona State University, where he studied how the human brain receives, processes, and recalls information—knowledge that informs all aspects of his training strategies.
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