Unique in both content and format, this course is a gold mine of down-to-earth methods for improving your teaching skills and providing you with powerful insights on what your students want and need from their teacher.
You will find wisdom, inspiration, and the nuts and bolts guidance on the basic tools of teaching. This class pinpoints the behaviors and attributes necessary to be the kind of teacher your students will follow to new levels of performance. If you are one of the hundreds of students that enjoyed the graduate course, Teacher Toolbox 101, you will thoroughly enjoy this course.
Teacher Toolbox 101 and Teacher Toolbox 201 may be taken in any order.
***This course was written in 2010, it’s an oldie, but a goodie. Teachers still LOVE the content and is still applicable to today’s changing classroom***
In this course you will:
- Learn proven strategies to optimize your learning environment and student achievement.
- Be exposed to proven methods that will strengthen your leadership and communication skills.
- Learn research-based, hands-on techniques from experienced teachers and educational professionals who have actually used them with great results.
- Examine the common traits successful teachers tend to exhibit.
- Discover how to correct student behavior without demeaning self-esteem.
- Learn how to create a learning climate that builds community, confidence, and self-esteem in all your students.
- Discover how your attitude helps or hinders the performance of your class.
- Learn how to create a classroom that minimizes disruptive behavior, maximizes learning and provides an emotionally safe environment.
- Identify the factors that will enhance or inhibit the performance of a student.
- Learn simple, practical ways to inspire your students to be the best they can be!
BAGT –
“This course had great information and content. Everything was presented thoroughly and professionally. The concepts, information, and strategies will be very useful in my classroom.” –Anton H., NE
BAGT –
“Just like with Teacher Toolbox 101, I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It had me reflecting on current approaches and practices I use in my classroom. It provided me with so many new ideas and approaches to take into my classroom for the next school year. It also allowed me to reflect on my own personal journey. Thank you for another incredible, effective course!” –Jennifer G., NE
BAGT –
“GREAT course! The lessons make you think about what you are or have done in the classroom and how to build upon them.” –Floyd M., MI
BAGT –
“The course is extremely manageable and can be done at your convenience. This course gives you meaningful activities or in this case behavior fixes to use in your classroom. This course will benefit me because it gave me many things to use in my classroom next year as well as remind me of other ones I used to do and would like to start implementing again.” –Ginger W., OH
BAGT –
“Excellent class on leadership, classroom management and goal setting. Thank you so much for providing teachers with the opportunity for advancement!” –Amanda S., IL
BAGT –
“Thank you for this course! I’m looking forward to the new school year and implementing everything I’ve learned. I would recommend this course for anyone involved with children; teachers, coaches, babysitters, and parents! The course was well written and very thorough. It was obvious a lot of time went into the preparation of making this class available. This course will benefit me in amazing ways as a teacher, and as a mother! I feel that this course was personable with the videos; it wasn’t about just reading information. I learned so many strategies from Bob Fink!” –Tammy B., OH
BAGT –
“I have thoroughly enjoyed taking the Teacher Toolbox courses. Thank you for providing a rich, authentic curriculum and work that can be transferred over to the job that I do day in and day out. I appreciate the thoughtfulness behind the content you create and the way that I am able to use it and compare it to my everyday job/life.” –Jill K., NE
BAGT –
“This was a great course. Be a Great Teacher did a great job building off of Teacher Toolbox 101. I love the videos! The speakers had great ideas that were easy to understand and implement right away in my classroom. I look forward to using information and ideas into my classroom this school year.” –Bart E., IA
BAGT –
I really like how this course was set up because it is relevant to my classroom today. It provided information that I can use to be reflective about my classroom and how I interact with my students. I also like the point of view of Listen up, Teacher! You Are Making a Difference! because it was from student’s perceptions which I think is an area I could improve in. Kayla R., OH
BAGT –
Thank you, I learned a lot. I was inspired by Denny Smith’s video on attitudes. And the new traditions that I would like to incorporate in my class. Holli Y., NE