What Happens in the Other Classrooms Doesn't Affect What Happens in My Classroom, Does It?

Sometimes my students look at me like I'm crazy.  I admit it may be a bit unsettling to have your chemistry teacher singing and dancing around the room.  I don't mind the looks so much then.  I do mind the resistance I encounter when I implement practices I learned in graduate school.
Within a school-- agreement about instructional practice is required in order to reap the ultimate benefit of each individual teacher's investment.  Teachers united in consistently applying a real shared vision will see the greatest effect.  This is true because it makes it all simpler and clearer to students.  Similar models and methods are encountered in all classes.  Once learned and understood they can be used by students in any class.  Students working toward common standards they have seen and tried before rather than a multitude of performance measures are more confident in their attempts to meet them.
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