Container #2: Define, Teach, Review, Monitor & Reteach Positively-Stated Expectations

Marzano

• 5.2 The teacher reviews expectations regarding rules and procedures to ensure their effective execution
• 6.3 The teacher provides opportunities for students to self-reflect and track progress toward learning goals 

Note: Blue font indicates GLAD strategy

Teacher

• Identifies necessary classroom routines and expectations for each rule or procedure, e.g., entering classroom, asking for help.
  (T-chart for social skills)
• States classroom rules in positive language – what students should “do”, not what they should “not do” 
  (3 personal standards, T-chart for social skills)
• Develops and uses a lesson plan to teach each rule and procedure
• Explicitly models, teaches, and reteaches classroom routines, including right way, wrong way, and almost-but-not-quite right way (not accepting almost-right)
• Monitors student understanding of rules and procedures, and revisits and reteaches rules and procedures throughout the year
• Classroom rules are aligned with the school-wide expectations
• Students are actively involved in establishing classroom rules
• Teaches students self-control and self-monitoring strategies
• Engages students in specific activities for them to get to know one another and solve problems collaboratively
• Helps students track their individual progress on the learning goal
• Other

Students

• Can restate or explain rules and procedures
• Follow routines and procedures during class
• May be involved in designing classroom routines
• May participate in classroom meetings to teach, review, and process rules and procedures
• May monitor and describe their status relative to the learning goal