Thoughts from Oct. meeting

Some thoughts from the October induction training;
I appreciated all the movie clips as examples. I am a visual learner and movie lover so that helps me connect to the content. A clip from ET was used to identify inappropriate student behavior and how the teacher dealt with it. It was funny but relevant. It was also a great hook to brainstorming how we as teachers can handle behavior needs in our own classrooms. I took away two things from this part of the training. One was, that I want to be creative and use more "hooks" for learning, especially in the mornings when students are still sleepy. I appreciated the instructor's effort to keep me engaged so late in the day and I know my students will appreciate my effort when they need engagement help as well.
The second was, I want to make sure and not "skip rungs on the ladder" as the presenter shared in the video. He mentioned that as educators we can have a tendency to go from calm to upset and therefore skip steps in the process. This is unfair to the student and create more of an emotional charge in us than need be. If I can communicate clear behavior consequence steps, the student who needs behavior help and I will be more calm.