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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks everyone for tips. OP here. Thing is there are few more experienced teachers at the school. A coach has told me everything is great (when she observed one class), but I need to be more student driven, so I've tried to implement that.

The struggles really come in transitions. Just the whole class refusing to stop talking. They have had issues with behavior in academic classes consistently throughout the year (I only began teaching them a few weeks ago as it is a semester class). The issues are not specific to my class. [/quote]

transitions:  the old "do now" helps with that.

Try a short straightforward written assignment on the board as they enter.  use it as the lead in to whatever you are teaching about that day so they are actually gearing up for the discussion.  Give them not quite enough time and then collect it and grade it (needn't make it worth much).  Do that a few days in the row.

Did this coach give you specifics on how to be more student driven?  Without specifics that advice isn't worth anything. [/quote]

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