Classroom Management Plan

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Similarly, it is important that the teacher create a classroom environment that evokes respect. Without a doubt the school rules should serve as a foundation for all classroom management plans. Nevertheless, the following are a few classroom management strategies that I believe are extremely valuable in preventing disruptions in the classroom before they occur:</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Student-Teacher Developed Classroom Expectation Contract:</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">By promoting students to reflect upon their goals for the class and the rules that need to be established in order to ensure that these goals are met students are taking an active role in their discipline. At the same time, by promoting students to actively develop the contract, signing it, and having their parents sign the expectation contract both parents and students are explicitly aware of the class rules or expectations.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id84.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Classroom Expectations"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">CLICK TO VIEW A SAMPLE CONTRACT</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Greeting Students</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">As students arrive and depart the classroom I believe that it is extremely valuable to greet each student. Similarly it is important to call students by their first name. Greeting students and calling them by their first name shows the students that they are an integral part of the class and that you are aware of their presence. Furthermore this is also a means by which the teacher can connect with each of the students. This becomes a crucial component of classroom management especially after the educator has disciplined a student. By communicating with the disciplined student before they leave the classroom it conveys to the student that the situations is over.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Move Around the Room</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">If students are being disruptive a teacher should walk over to the students and decrease the physical space between the teacher and the students while continuing instruction. Decreasing the physical space can promote a change in behavior. At the same time, when the teacher is walking around the room the student are less likely to engage in off-task behavior because they can not anticipate the teachers actions</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Address off-task behavior before it becomes a problem</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Teacher should look for potential problematic situations before they arise. In other words look for sources of misbehavior that could potentially disrupt the classroom-learning environment. This could be as simple as changing the classroom seating arrangement in order to separate talkative students.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Disciplining</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">When misbehavior occurs address it immediately. However, never by humiliating the students in front of their peers. Rather, ask the student to see you after class. By utilizing a one on one disciplining strategy students are more receptive to the teachers concerns and at the same time the students express themselves more freely due to the lack of peer pressure.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">If inappropriate behavior continues the teacher should place a call to the parents to inform them of the student's behavior and request their insight and assistance.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Finally, if student behavior has not modified the teacher should request a parent teacher conference with the presence of the student to further discuss the behavior and possible options.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>