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to

Technical
Assistance
 Agenda
Welcome
Needs Assessment
Time & Classroom management
Behavioral Rehearsal Alternatives
Review of Teaching Techniques
Critical Skills
Examples of Level 1 & Level 2 Interactive activities
Lunch
Lesson Plan Development Time
Lesson Plan Sharing
Fidelity & Modifications Review

Synthesis & Closure

 Needs Assessment

Please share a need or expectation

that you have for our training
today by writing your thoughts on
a post it note.
 Classroom
management
Classroom Management

Classroom Monitor
Give a rotating job(s) to some of your
more challenging students
Attendance
Passing out materials
Collecting homework
Calling on students
Classroom Management

You have 10 Seconds

Im going to start at 10 when I get to 1
you need a pencil and your LifeSkills
book on your desk.
 Choose a Count down Time by Clicking a
Button Below.
10 Sec. 10 Min.

15 Sec. 15 Min.

20 Sec. 20 Min.

30 Sec. 25 Min.

45 Sec. 30 Min.

50 Sec. 35 Min.

1 Min. 40 Min.

2 Min. 45 Min.

3 Min. 50 Min.

4 Min. 55 Min.

Close Clock
5 Min. 1 Hour
Countdown Clock
By Dr. Jeff Ertzberger
Classroom Management

Messages on the Board

Start writing a message on the board very

slowly. That will often get their attention
to see what the final message says.

Ex. When I have 27 sets of eyes on me I will

continue.

Ex. When you are quiet I have something

important to tell you.
Classroom Management
Beat Yesterdays Time

When you need students to complete a task,

such as getting back to their seats with no
one talking, you can say, Can we beat the
time?

Use a stop watch or some other timing device

to time them, put the time to beat on the
board every class.
Classroom Management

Daily Self-Starter Themes/Seat work

Make a decision Mondays: Name the 3 Cs

of effective decision making

Technique Tuesday: Name 4 advertising

techniques

Wild Wednesdays: Name 3 stress

management skills.
 Classroom Management

Write the name of students on a stick.

Choose a desired behavior and write on the
board.
Select a stick, but dont reveal the name to the
class.
Throughout the lesson monitor the named
student for the desired behavior.
If he/she achieves the behavior, reveal the
reward or incentive.
If the named students does not demonstrate
the behavior, tell the class that there was not a
winner at this time.
Classroom Management

Cup management
 Classroom Management

Do you have popsicle sticks

with student names on them?
Do you ever lose any of the
sticks?? Try this.

Take your cup and place an

empty paper toilet paper roll
inside. Now you can pull from
the middle and put them on
the outside once they have
been chosen.
Classroom Management

Give Me Five

Extend five fingers out on your outstretched

arm. This mean "two eyes watching, two
ears listening and one mouth closed." The
students will usually give the "high five"
gesture back and begin paying attention.
Classroom Management

Weekly Reward/Point System

The idea here is to make the reward attainable

to any student who follows the rules and does
not disrupt class. The reward can be
something as simple as an early dismissal on
the last day of the school week.
 Time Management

Make transparencies/or embed

directions to tasks into a PowerPoint
(This way you won't have to repeat
yourself several times.)
 Time Management

When students pass in papers, tell them

to pass them across the rows instead of
passing them forward. The people in
the row to whom the papers eventually
come can then pass them forward to
one person. (A side benefit of this is
less poking.)

 Time Management

Create templates for materials you use

regularly.
For example: Store on your computer a
lesson plan template,
such as LST Decision Making
 Time Management

Organization is the cornerstone of

time management!
A big time waster,, is "hunting and
gathering." That is: looking for
materials for a lesson.
Consider a binder!
 Time Management
Work ahead rather than at the last minute.

Prepare for the next week of instruction at least an

entire week ahead.

Advance planning allows you to avert crisis

situations which arise in workplace environments
(broken copiers, illness, borrowing resources, last
minute conferences).
 Coaching Vs. Practice

Coaching
The facilitator describes Practice
the skills being
discussed Students are given the
opportunity to practice
The facilitator models the skill modeled by the
the skill facilitator through:
Facilitator responds to Wagon wheel
questions prior to Line drill
student practice Park bench
Life Skills Training Teaching
Methods
 Critical Skills: Level 1
Lesson Name Skills Being Taught
Self Image Self Self assessment and goal setting
Improvement
Decision Making Effective decision making skills
Smoking Myths & Re-norming of attitudes and information
Realities
Smoking & Biofeedback Taking pulse, Re-norming of attitudes and
information
Alcohol Myths & Realities Re-norming of attitudes and information
Marijuana Myths & Re-norming of attitudes and information
Realities
Advertising Identification of advertising techniques
Coping with Stress Deep breathing, relaxation exercise, mental
rehearsal
Communication Effective verbal & non-verbal communication,
avoiding misunderstandings
Social Skills A Overcoming shyness, initiating maintaining &
 Critical Skills: Level 2
Lesson Name Critical Skills Being Taught
Drug Abuse & Violence Identifying causes of drug abuse,
measuring pulse

Making Decisions Effective decision making

Media Influence Resisting advertising techniques
Coping with Anxiety Techniques for coping with anxiety
Communication Skills Sending, receiving skills, avoiding
misunderstanding

Social Skills Initiating social contacts,

conversation skills

Assertiveness Refusal skills, expressing feelings,

non-verbal assertiveness skills

Resisting Peer Pressure Resisting persuasion, resisting direct

peer pressure
Interactive Techniques

Smoking & Biofeedback

Level 1
Pg. 7.3 Immediate Effects of
Cigarette Smoking

Tobacco Role Play

Interactive Techniques

Advertising Level 1
Pg. 10.2 Purpose of Advertising
Test your Media Exposure

Media Influences Level 2

Pg. 6.5 Advertising Techniques

Advertising Technique Puzzle

Interactive Techniques

Communication Level 1
Pg. 14.3 Introduction

Back Art
Interactive Techniques

Social Skills Level 2

Pg 10.7 Starting a Conversation

Park Bench
 Fidelity & Modifications

1. Does the activity meet the learning objectives of the

lesson?
2. Does the activity present opportunity for peer to peer
practice and acquisition of a cognitive/behavioral skill?
3. Does the activity focus on short & long term consequences?
4. Is the activity developmentally appropriate?
5. Does the activity provide modeling and practice of a pro-
health, pro-social choices & behaviors?
6. Does the activity use interactive teaching strategies?
7. Do you have time????
 Lesson Planning
Please take the next 90 mins to work on specific
lesson plans for the LST level you are teaching

Consider developing a PPT to go with your lesson

plans
Look for possible hyperlinks to embed in the lesson
What variations can you create on the activities
that you use today or have done in the past?

***Remember to stay within the

fidelity guidelines!
 Lesson Planning
Sharing

Please share your afternoon

work by:
1. Tell us the lesson your activity is in.

2. Provide a brief description of your activity.

For Information on
LifeSkills, contact:

National Health Promotion Associates

711 Westchester Avenue

White Plains, NY 10604

Phone: 800-293-4969

Fax: 914-421-2007

Lynne Gochenaur
lgochenaur@mwcsd.org

Email: lstinfo@nhpamail.com

www.lifeskillstraining.com
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