The Purpose-Driven Classroom
Seven Productive Behaviors for Student Success
In The Purpose-Driven Classroom, author Daniel L. Vollrath uses dispositional teaching to address productivity and promote positive habits in the classroom. He presents seven productive behaviors that general education teachers can teach to all students across all content areas. In utilizing this book’s productive behavior strategies, K–12 teachers can help students build necessary interpersonal and intrapersonal skills and increase their academic achievement.
Benefits
- Explore seven productive behaviors that are essential to students’ success in the classroom and beyond
- Access a multitude of strategies and choose whichever best suits the classroom
- Consider insights from teachers who have used this book’s strategies and found success
- Utilize chapter-ending charts to plan how to implement the strategies
- Gain quick strategies that work for spontaneous use
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Observation
Chapter 2: Self-Control
Chapter 3: Responsible Decision Making
Chapter 4: Persistence
Chapter 5: Attentive Listening
Chapter 6: Cooperation
Chapter 7: Organization
PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES
Chapter 1: Observation
- Figure 1.1: What Is Your Barometer Reading?
- Figure 1.4: Student Operator’s Manual
- Operator’s Manual Template
- Best-Self Manual
- Observation Chart
Chapter 2: Self-Control
Chapter 3: Responsible Decision Making
- Figure 3.2: Example of Four-Step Decision Tracker to Choose Class Free Time
- Responsible Decision-Making Chart
Chapter 4: Persistence
Chapter 5: Attentive Listening
- Figure 5.1: Bullets, Bundles, and Views
- Figure 5.2: Two Sentences, Three Pictures, or Four Words Activity
- Attentive Listening Chart
Chapter 6: Cooperation
- Figure 6.1: Example of Student Group Accountability Contract
- Figure 6.2: Blueprint Strategy Outline
- Cooperation Chart
Chapter 7: Organization