Empowered+-+Student+Roles+in+the+Classroom

Provide some ideas for roles that students can take within your classroom.

- peer teacher - classroom jobs (table captain) - real life roles = mayor, deputy mayor, librarian, weather watchers, mail courier - tech assistants - active participants/engaged - small group leader - hanging projects around the room - reviewing test questions - give key to a student - sub. student for absent students - a student is in charge of collecting work and giving it to students when they return - homework assistant - graph illustrator for math class - bathroom monitor - calculator and pencil collector -teacher helpers -peer helpers -desk monitored -clock parnters (time management)

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- In the primary grades, use the terms "Today we are going to be scientists" and follow up with questions such as "Would a scientist...." - assigning roles that make students defend their perspective - "Centers" - popular in elementary classes... how would this look in middle or high? - Make sure roles change so students have a chance to experience different roles