Classroom Management

"Management refers to your role as a teacher in creating a classroom environment where success is possible. It refers to how order is established and maintained in the classroom"

(Savage & Savage, 2010, p.6).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwlhUcSGqgs

What is classroom management?

• It’s effective discipline• It’s being prepared for class• It’s motivating your students• It’s providing a safe, comfortable learning

environment• It’s building your students’ self esteem• It’s being creative and imaginative in daily

lessons

Book to use for classroom management….

Have You Filled a Bucket TodayBy: Carol McCloud

#1: Establish classroom rules immediately and enforce them consistently.#2: Set logical rules and consequences.#3: Use positive instead of negative language

Tips for classroom management

http://www.simplykinder.com/author/jennifer/

http://www.simplykinder.com/2014/07/why-i-took-my-behavior-chart-off-my-wall.html

• “So we started focusing on rules more! I made these great rules to use in my room and we began to make that the focus. Every day we would stand behind our chairs and my handy helper would point while the entire class recited the rules. Every day… we never missed.”

Rules and contracts• Have a contract

for students to sign at the beginning of the year

• Make sure students understand and know the rules and your expectations of them

Continued…

Tips for classroom management #4: Make your students feel

responsible for their own learning environment.

#5: Praise efforts and achievements for their own sake, not for the sake of teacher approval.

#6: Be mindful of different learning paces and keep the students occupied.

Pass the positive

Here I just took an object and the kids passed it to the person I saw doing something good.  So if there was a student with an undesired behavior – I would say oh thanks Johny for sitting quietly, please pass the fish to Amy who is sitting on her bottom.

Parent communication

During small group

During small group continued…

Tips for classroom management#7: Avoid confrontations in

front of students.#8: Connect with the

parents.#9: Interactively model

behaviors.

Voice levels

Check out teacherspayteachers.com

Tattling

Tips for classroom management#10: Get the attention of

every student before beginning class.

#11: Use proximity and directness to your advantage.

#12: Be organized.

HAND SIGNALS

HAND SIGNALS CONTINUED

Checking for Understanding

(**informal assessment)

Calming areas

5 steps to classroom management

1.Take advantage of the new school year or term to set the stage for cooperation

2. Be particularly prepared and organized

3. Minimize transition time 4. Utilize a communication

style that establishing non-threatening, comfortable environment

5. Clearly establish expectations for conduct

www.usu.edu/ata/docs/classroom_management.ppt

What stuck with you today? Write on your post-it note the one classroom

management strategy you could see yourself using in your future classroom.