Students Can't Pay Attention and Other Lies I Believed 16 Lessons to Improve Foundational Skills and Reclaim Your Classroom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mills, Jenny.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Effective teaching.

Reflective teaching.

Teachers--Job stress.

Teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (132 p.)

Place of Publication:

Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Support Material

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Meet the Author

Chapter 1 Laying the Foundation for Sustainable Teaching and Learning

Introduction

The State of K-12 Educators

How Did We Get Here?

Creating a Foundation of Sustainability

Attention, Executive Function, and Social-Emotional Learning

Structure and Use of the Text

Lies and Truths

Teachers Learning Alongside Students

Text Features: Anecdotes

Text Features: Pause and Reflect

Teacher Lessons

Student Microlessons

Microlesson Differentiation and Modifications

The Power of Connection

References

Chapter 2 The Lie: I Can Teach Kids to Read, but I Cannot Teach Kids to Focus

Sage on the Stage

Pay Attention!

Give Me Five

Pay Attention

or Suffer the Consequences

Orienting System: The Flashlight

Alerting System: The Floodlight

Attentional Control Lays the Foundation for Teaching and Learning

Learning a New Skill: The Role of Attention

Attention + Repeated Practice = Automaticity

Limitations of Our Current Teaching Strategies

The Current War on Attention

Teacher Lesson

S.T.O.P.

Five-Minute Student Microlesson

Taking Charge of Attention

Reference

Chapter 3 The Lie: Some Students Cannot Pay Attention

The Teacher's Pet and the Struggling Student

When Foundational Skills Are Absent in Teachers or Students

Uncovering Lies I Believed

Teachers: Growers and Re-organizers of Student Brains

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

A Breakdown of Foundational Skills

A Closer Look at Foundational Skills

Attentional Control

Begin with the Bedrock

Counting Breaths

Five-Minute Student Microlesson

Strengthening Attention

Chapter 4 The Lie: This Job Doesn't Afford Me the Time or Resources Needed for Adequate Self-Care

Misconceptions about the What and How of Self-Care

Sample Self-Care "Unroutine"

Disentangling Teacher Self-Care from School Failures

Exhaustion and Burnout: Not Our Fault, but Our Challenge to Overcome

Burnout vs. Demoralization

Teacher SEL as a Precedent to Education Reform

Oxygen Masks

Teacher Practice: Body Scan

Body Scan

Sample Early Elementary Body Scan Script

Sample Middle Elementary Body Scan Script

Sample Middle and High School Body Scan Script

Chapter 5 The Lie: I'm Stressed Because I'm Constantly Being Asked to Do More, with Less

Good Morning

Let the Stress Begin!

Stress

Are We Addicted?

Do Teachers Even Enjoy Juggling?

When Teachers Misbehave

A Closer Look at Stress

Stress in the Brain and Body

Completing the Stress Cycle

Notice, Pause, Name

Stress Response

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Chapter 6 The Lie: I Can't Help Feeling Overwhelmed All of the Time

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version: Mills, Jenny Students Can't Pay Attention and Other Lies I Believed

ISBN:

9781000871814

1000871819

Publisher Number:

99994377823

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