What’s the secret ingredient for building a positive rapport with students?

• Free pizza every Friday

• Professionalism and genuine interest

• Always being the "cool" teacher

• Allowing unlimited phone use during class

When creating a positive classroom environment, what should be your top priority?

• Bright decorations

• A welcoming and respectful atmosphere

• Loud music during transitions

• Strict adherence to rules

To model positive behaviors, teachers should:

• Show frustration when things go wrong

• Ignore negative behavior

• Exhibit the behaviors they want to see

• Always use sarcasm

How can you effectively focus the attention of the entire class?

• • Use a magic wand

• • Shout louder than the chatter

• • Pretend to be a statue

• • Implement engaging group activities

What’s a great way to utilize silence in the classroom

• • To make students uncomfortable

• • Use time for reflection and focus

• • To plan your next vacation

• • To wait for the bell

What’s the best approach to transitioning between learning activities?

• Long speeches about the next task

• Playing a 10-minute video

• Asking students to guess what’s next

• Keeping it smooth and efficient

How many classroom rules should you aim to create?

• 20 for maximum control

• 1, because less is more

• 15, just to be safe

• 5 to keep it simple

What’s the magic number of instructions to give at one time for effective processing?

• • A) 10

• • B) 3-4

• • C) 7

• • D) 1, but make it super detailed

If students are off-task during a discussion, what’s the best response?

• • Utilize a silent signal to regain attention

• • Talk louder to drown them out

• • Give them extra homework

• • Ignore it completely

What’s the key to maintaining student engagement?

• • Constantly changing the subject

• • Using the same activity for every lesson

• • Creating varied learning activities with minimal transition time

• • Allowing students to choose their own adventure