CKH EXCEL Model
Brittany Baechler
Created on September 4, 2021
Overview for using the EXCEL Model in the classroom. Part of Capturing Kids' Hearts.
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capturing kids' hearts | EXCEL teaching model
The CKH EXCEL Teaching Model provides a framework for using best practices to build and support student-directed classrooms.
Engage
X-plore
Communicate
Empower
Launch
Engage Greetings and Good Things
- Students are greeted at the door with a handshake, eye contact, and a welcome.
- Start class with Good Things.
- Establishes a human connection and sets the foundation for a positive relationship.
X-plore Identify the needs of the group
- Teachers listen and attend to the personal, emotional, and academic needs of our students.
- The Social Contract helps focus discussions around student/class needs.
- Use questioning to determine any needs.
Communicate Meet the needs you can
- Teachers communicate care as well as content.
- Teacher Clarity: learning targets, relevance, and success criteria
Empower Students "use and do" what they've learned
- Teachers empower students to take ownership of their learning/behavior.
- Refer to Social Contract; use checks, fouls, affirmations; involve greeters/raters.
- Student self-assessment
- Four Behavior Questions
Launch "End and send" our students into the world
- Teachers end classroom experiences on a powerful note.
- Feedback, reflections, affirmations
- Clear, meaningful closure