Todd Whitaker talked about this when he was with us in April. "Great teachers have a plan and purpose for everything they do. If plans don't work out the way they had envisioned, they reflect on what they could have done differently and adjust accordingly." (Whitaker, 82). The key words in the previous sentence are "what THEY could have done differently". They referring to themselves.Whitaker gave the example of the lyceum. Great teachers know where the problem children are likely to be seated and they sit themselves right next to those students. The other teachers congregate in the back of the auditorium and try to manage the students from the back (which has been proven to be ineffective time and time again.) Another example is that Johnny and Timmy do not work well together, so instead of allowing kids to choose groups, the teacher figures out a way in which the two young men will not be working together. "Great teachers intentionally arrange, rearrange, alter, and adjust the structures that frame their teaching." (Whitaker 81)
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