“but i work with grown-ups! classroom management is for children” positive behavioral...
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““But I work with grown-ups! But I work with grown-ups!
Classroom management is Classroom management is for children”
for children”
Positive
Behavioral
Interventions
for Adult
Educators
Warm Up
0What comes to mind when you think “classroom management?” List 4-5 words.
0Recall a time when your classroom management skills were tested. What happened, and what did you do?
Session ObjectivesTeachers will be able to…
0 articulate shift in education over last twenty years from classroom management as ‘disciplining students’ to ‘managing the learning environment’
0 name elements of a caring, productive classroom.
0 mine the highly researched context of early elementary teaching to find useful tips for creating a caring and productive adult classroom.
0 name 2-3 strategies they will try out in their classrooms to create a more positive, more productive learning environment.
Agenda
0 Recognize challenging behaviors in the adult classroom
0 Elements of a positive, productive, and caring classroom
0 Classroom management: from discipline to managing learning environment
0 Examples from the field: strategies that work
0 Reflection and plans for implementation
Elements of a Positive, Productive and Caring Classroom
A paradigm shift in how educators think about classroom management has occurred in the last twenty years, and classroom management is no longer about ‘disciplining students’ (Brophy, 1988).
It is about “the development of classroom communities in which norms are established and academic routines promote constructive work” (LePage et al., 2005, p. 330).
0 https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/create-a-safe-classroom
productive routines
appealing classroom &
sense of community
developmental appropriateness
high expectations
extrinsic & intrinsic
appropriate consequences
observation of what works
teacher “withitness”
consistency
administrative support
communicationengaging
instruction
Build Community
0 Nametags
0 Greetings
0 Morning routines
0 Relate to learners as adults
0 Individual meetings with learners
Design a friendly, well-managed classroom environment
0Serve-yourself Materials0 Classroom supplies0 Extra handouts
0Posted Resources0 Bulletin boards0 Word walls0 minimize distractions
0Workflow0 Point of arrival0 seating arrangements
Class Rules, Norms, and Routines
0Learner-generated norms and social contracts
0Structure day into familiar “chunks”
0Arrival routine
0 familiar activities
Absence and Tardiness Expectations
0Clear and consistent expectations0Procedures for latecomers
Groups and Roles0Grouping strategies
0 Assigned groups0 Self-selected groups
0Classroom roles0 Student jobs
Wrap Up
As LePage and her colleagues (2005) write,
“Skillful classroom management makes good intellectual work possible” (p. 327).
0What strategies are you going to try out in your classroom?