Trade secrets for teachers who want high performing classes.
A welcoming tone is set creatively by Teacher Karen Hamman at St Mary's R.C. Primary School Round table discussions with teachers about their trade secrets. Presently, I am having interesting discussions with schools and SMTs about the magic happening in their high performing classes. The first school I engaged was Sibelius High School that is situated in the Steenberg area. We wanted to know how certain teachers like Mr Reading, the Mathematical Literacy subject teacher, for example was able to achieve 100% pass rate and good quality passes in the 2014 NSC 2014 examination. What were the successful teachers doing differently in their classrooms? Here are 10 trade secrets of how to transform your class into a high performing class, straight form the mouths of successful teachers at this school. Ten teaching trade secrets 1. "It's all about your attitude. You have to change your personality before you go into the class. First prepare yourself and the...