When I say "go"

Recently for my graduate class, I needed to check out a great teacher website by Brent Coley. Mr. Coley is no longer a teacher but an assistant principal. Which I thought was sad because it would appear, from his website that he was a student invested teacher.

From his website, I was linked to his blog about teaching and educational technology. On his blog, I found a post about classroom management. Before he gave directions, Brent Coley would say, "When I say 'Go'" then proceed to give his directions. He said that when he used this phrase in front of a class direction that he drastically reduced waste time in his classroom.

I tried it with my Pre-k students and it was great! They have the hang of it just after a week! I am able to give them several steps of directions instead of one step at a time.

This may be very beneficial for teachers of older students who have to keep track of student attendance from period to period for APPR purposes.

I know that time isn't something that we can just make more of as teachers but there are ways to decrease wasted time, repeating directions, that can prove to be beneficial for everyone.