Harry & Rosemary WongDavid Bly, Scott Slivken, and Emmanuel Lopez

Arizona State UniversityEED 521: Fall 2011Deb Preach

“…the most sought after speaker in education today.”

-American Entertainment International Speakers Bureau

H. Wong has given over 3,500 presentations

to one million people.

Rosemary WongRosemary Wong Rosemary Wong is originally from New

Orleans and taught K-8 in her hometown as well as in California.

She is the CEO of Harry K. Wong Publications and a very involved philanthropist, sitting on the board of several non-profit and charitable organizations.

Harry WongHarry Wong Harry Wong is a former secondary

science teacher in Menlo Park, CA. It was there that he developed much of his theory about classroom management.

Although he has over thirty publications, he is best known for the book he and his wife co-authored, “First Days of School,” which has sold over 3.5 million copies.

The First Days of School

Puts a large emphasis on classroom management,

especially setting clear procedures and expectations

on the first days of school.

Gives an outline of what an effective teacher does and

believes.

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The importance of The importance of being an effective being an effective

teacherteacher Wong and Wong say students who are in

consecutive classrooms with effective teachers are put on a dramatically better educational path than those who spend consecutive years with ineffective teachers.

With increases in teacher effectiveness, it is lower-achieving students who benefits the most.

1) Exhibits positive expectations for all students.

2) Establishes good classroom management techniques.

3) Designs lessons for student mastery.

“The Effective Teacher”

What should we know?

An effective teacher spends the first two weeks

of school establishing procedures, expectations,

discipline, and routines.

Classroom management has a direct correlation to

teacher effectiveness.

Criticism of Wong and Criticism of Wong and WongWong

Teachers in critical need of help must take the time to adjust and modify the approach for their needs.

Only covers the initial part of the academic year thoroughly.

The procedures take time to develop and teach to students, a large investment many educators and

administrators do not support.Some say Wong’s approach is too elementary to be

applied universally.

Strengths of Wong and Strengths of Wong and WongWong

Very practical and easy to grasp.

Gives concise and thorough instructions on how to approach the beginning of the school year.

Very well known and popular, meaning support and clarification is accessible.

An abundance of resources available online and in print.

Resourceswww.teachers.net

www.effectiveteaching.com

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