Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College »

Doug Lemov is a managing director of Uncommon Schools and oversees its True North network. He is the former president of School Performance and former vice president for accountability at the State University of New York Charter Schools Institute. He also trains school leaders and teachers and has taught English and history at the university, high school, and middle school levels. Visit Doug Lemov at www.douglemov.com.

A comprehensive resource filled with the techniques that have proven it is possible to close the achievement gap.

In this book, author Doug Lemov offers the essential tools of the teaching craft so that you can unlock the talent and skill waiting in your students, no matter how many previous classrooms, schools, or teachers have been unsuccessful. This must-have resource is filled with concrete, specific, and actionable classroom teaching techniques that you can start using in your classroom tomorrow.

Praise for Teach Like a Champion

"Doug Lemov knows that teachers can create powerful learning environments that will help all students make dramatic progress. With Teach Like A Champion, teachers across the country will be better prepared to wake up on Monday morning and help their students climb the mountain to college. This book provides more evidence that highly effective teaching is learnable—that many more teachers can draw from the tactics of their most successful colleagues in order to realize educational equity." —wendy kopp, chief executive officer and founder of Teach For America

"Doug Lemov's Teach Like a Champion is a breakthrough book that is both visionary and comprehensive. If you are a teacher who wants to increase the academic success of your students, you should read this book. If you are an administrator with the same goal, you must get this book into the hands of your teachers!" —Lee Canter, author of Assertive Discipline

"Doug Lemov has captured in one place the specific, practical techniques used by the best teachers in some of our country's best urban schools. Any teacher, principal, or policymaker who is interested in what it takes on a classroom level to close the achievement gap should read this book." —Dacia Toll, co-chief executive officer of Achievement First

"All teachers should own at least two copies of Doug Lemov's Teach Like a Champion, one for home and one for school, so that they are never far from the roadmap to excellence that lies within. Lemov pulls back the curtain to reveal that the apparent wizardry of America's most successful teachers is really a collection of clearly explainable and learnable techniques. This will certainly be one of the most influential and helpful books that any teacher ever owns." —Dave Levin, co-founder of KIPP(Knowledge Is Power Program)

Acknowledgments.

Foreword (Norman Atkins, founder of Uncommon Schools, founder and CEO of Teacher U).

Introduction: The Art of Teaching and its Tools.

Part One: Teach Like a Champion: The Essential Techniques.

Chapter One. Setting High Academic Expectations.

Technique 1. No Opt Out.

Technique 2. Right is Right.

Technique 3. Stretch It.

Technique 4. Format Matters.

Technique 5. Without Apology.

Reflection and Practice.

Chapter Two. Planning that Ensures Academic Achievement.

Technique 6. Begin With The End.

Technique 7. 4Ms.

Technique 8. Post It.

Technique 9. Shortest Path.

Technique 10. Double Plan.

Technique 11. Draw the Map.

Reflection and Practice.

Chapter Three. Structuring and Delivering Your Lessons.

Technique 12. Hook.

Technique 13. Name the Steps.

Technique 14. Board = Paper.

Technique 15. Circulate.

Technique 16. Break It Down.

Technique 17. Ratio

Technique 18. Check For Understanding.

Technique 19. At-Bats.

Technique 20. Exit Ticket.

Technique 21. Take a Stand.

Reflection and Practice.

Chapter Four. Engaging Students in Your Lessons.

Technique 22. Cold Call.

Technique 23. Call and Response.

Technique 24. Pepper.

Technique 25. Wait Time.

Technique 26. Everybody Writes.

Technique 27. Vegas.

Reflection and Practice.

Chapter Five. Creating a Strong Classroom Culture.

Technique 28. Entry Routine.

Technique 29. Do Now.

Technique 30. Tight Transitions.

Technique 31. Binder Control.

Technique 32. SLANT.

Technique 33. On Your Mark.

Technique 34. Seat Signals.

Technique 35. Props.

Reflection and Practice.

Chapter Six. Setting and Maintaining High Behavioral Expectations.

Technique 36. 100%.

Technique 37. What To Do.

Technique 38. Strong Voice.

Technique 39. Do It Again.

Technique 40. Sweat the Details.

Technique 41. Threshold.

Technique 42. No Warnings.

Reflection and Practice.

Chapter Seven. Building Character and Trust.

Technique 43. Positive Framing.

Technique 44. Precise Praise.

Technique 45. Warm/Strict.

Technique 46. The J-Factor.

Technique 47. Emotional Constancy.

Technique 48. Explain Everything.

Technique 49. Normalize Error.

Reflection and Practice.

Chapter Eight: Improving Your Pacing: Additional.

Techniques for Creating a Positive Rhythm in the Classroom.

Change the Pace.

Brighten Lines.

All Hands.

Every Minute Matters.

Look Forward.

Work the Clock.

Chapter Nine: Challenging Students to Think Critically: Additional Techniques for Questioning and Responding to Students.

One at a Time.

Simple to Complex.

Verbatim (No bait and switch).

Clear and Concise.

Stock Questions.

Hit Rate.

Part Two: Learn How to Help Students Improve Their Reading: Critical Skills and Techniques.

Chapter Ten: How All Teachers Can (and Must) Be Reading Teachers.

Chapter Eleven: The Fundamentals: Teaching Decoding, Vocabulary Development, and Fluency.

Chapter Twelve: Comprehension: Teaching Students to Understand What They Read.

Appendix: Behind the Scenes Interviews.

Conclusion.

About the Author.

Index.