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Radka Malá

8 + 1 Habits of Effective Teachers

There will always be better teachers. Most of them in your head.

secondary

TAKE-AWAY

BAG

SATs

WHEEL

primary

EAR

kindergarten

How to get a PhD in habitology

6 HOURS

GCSEs

GOLDILOCKS

uni degree

CURVE

A levels

PETS

sixth form

THE textbook for effective teachers

Speakout

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Your very own action plan

THE EAR

kindergarten

know & share purpose

give feedback

Teachers

who are good communicators

listen

Effective teachers communicate with their students.

THE WHEEL

primary

from Speakout 3rd ed. A2

Effective teachers cooperate and don't reinvent the wheel.

THE BAG

SATs

What kind of TV show?

'It's safer to travel together. Here in the streets, there's something very dangerous.'

Effective teachers are organised.

Won't habits/routines make my teaching dull?

Make it obvious + easy:

Digital

--- Excel sheet --- computer folder

Physical

Creative

What's not in your lesson plan is not going to happen.

Do I really have to write the list?

• new vocabulary

• unfinished tasks

• materials I'll need

• next lesson

Effective teachers take notes

Effective teachers are organised. They keep a bag of activities, keep & recycle lesson plans and take notes.

THE TAKE-AWAY

secondary

from Speakout 3rd ed. A2 Unit 7

Skill

--- language skill --- life skill --- what about conversation lessons?

What can my students do in English when they leave the classroom that they couldn't when they entered?

from Speakout 3rd ed. A2 Unit 3&5

Skill

--- language skill --- life skill --- what about conversation lessons?

Knowledge

--- facts --- useful tips about the real world

What can my students do in English when they leave the classroom that they couldn't when they entered?

Skill

--- language skill --- life skill --- what about conversation lessons?

Knowledge

--- facts --- useful tips about the real world

Smile

What can my students do in English when they leave the classroom that they couldn't when they entered?

Effective teachers make sure their lessons are meaningful.

THE 6 HOURS

GCSEs

from Speakout 3rd ed. A1 Unit 6

What is the challenge?

What would you teach your students if you had just 6 hours' worth of English lessons before they...?

Life Skills

teach students --- how to learn --- how to communicate

Independence

from Speakout 3rd ed. A1 & A2

teach students --- how to learn --- how to communicate

Life Skills

Independence

teach students --- how to learn --- how to communicate

Life Skills

Independence

--- how to learn and practise ANYTHING on their own

Interactive speaking feature

Interactive speaking feature

Effective teachers teach their students how to be independent learners.

THE PETS

sixth form

from Speakout 3rd ed. A1 Unit 5

Effective teachers know their students (and their pets).

THE CURVE

A levels

• what comes first and last
• the unexpected
• using the real world

• spaced repetition
• being active
• personalisation
• visuals (colours, pictures, moving objects, ...)

MEMORY HACKS

Effective teachers make students remember their lessons.

GOLDILOCKS

uni degree

Effective teachers seek improvement both for themselves and their students.

the Goldilocks rule

4 %

reasonable

Effective teachers seek improvement both for themselves and their students.

YOU

PhD

Effective teachers know themselves & take care of themselves.

James Clear

There's a version of every habit that can bring you joy & satisfaction. Find it. Habits need to be enjoyable if they are going to stick.

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