ThePsychologyofClassroomManagementThePsychologyofClassroomManagement

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ThePsychologyofClassroomManagement

•  What is the connection between the picture activity and today’s PD?

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• ThePsychologyofClassroomManagementisaprofessionalstaffdevelopmentseriesthatillustratestheusesofthebehavioralsciencesintothemanagementoftoday’sclassroom.Specificbehavioralstrategiesandtac@csareformedbycombininghumanpsychologyandeduca@onalprac@ces.Thesestrategiesandtac@cshelpcreateaveryfocusedandengaginglearningenvironmentthusimprovingstudentperformanceandreducingteacher-studentconflicts.

Whatwasyourstresslevellastyear?(1–10)Didyougetpaidfortheextrastress?

UnderstandingpaDernsofbehaviorisnotonlyaninsighEulmechanismforenhancingthelearningenvironment,butitcanalsohavearevolu@onaryimpactonyourliferela@onally.

Whatispassion?Whatismo@va@on?Bothpassionandmo@va@onareessen@alforchangingpaDernsofbehavior

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RockyII

Asateacheryoumustbecomeanexpertinthesubjectofmo@va@on.EveryoneshouldhaveapassionforSOMETHINGintheirlife.Ateachermustincorporatethetheirownpassionsormo@vatorsintothewaytheyteach.Usemo@va@onandpassiontomakestudentswanttoengageandthenlearn.

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BehaviorscanchangeonceweexpereincepassionanddriveforjustONEthing….

SessionII

• TheFirst8• ThePhysicalSetup• TheSystem• Percep@on• ThePerformance

TheKeyElements

The First 8…

UnlessyoucorrectlyhandletheFIRST8minutesoftheFIRSTday,youwilllosetheopportunitytotakecontrolofyourclassroomenvironmentcorrectly.

•  Beatyourdoorbeforeeachclass.Beapresence

•  Haveasea@ngarrangementfirstday.

•  Answerques@onswithverydirectresponses.

•  Beginoncethebellsounds

•  Refrainfromover-talking

•  Be methodical •  Dress professional •  Have an agenda posted on

the projector or board. •  Have a handout with detailed

policies and procedures •  Seem organized even if you

are not. Act the part. •  Again I stress…do not

engage in free class conversation

•  Only allow for students to talk when YOU give permission.

•  Do not allow students to leave their ASSIGNED seat until they have permission.

•  DonotallowanystudenttoleavetheclassroomforANYreasonforthefirstday.Unlesstheyarecalledbytheoffice

•  DonottellstudentsANYTHINGaboutwhoyouare.Rememberthisisthefirstday.AllowstudentstheRIGHTtogettoknowwhoyouare.

•  Undertandthatstudentswillreadyouandanalyzeyoumoreinthefirst8minutesthantherestoftheyear.

•  Walkaroundtheroomasyoubegintheclass.Besuretowalkclosetoeachstudent.

•  Ensurethatyouhaveanopportunitytosay“no”toastudentwithinthefirst8minutes.

Remember...Theyarekids.Weareteachers.ThemindsetyouaretakingistoprovideanenvironmentthatwillHELPthemlearn.

TheValueofNo–Canyousay“no”toastudentwithoutgivingareasonwhy?ItsourJOBtosayno.Don’tdevalueyourno….

ThePhysicalSetup

Ron’sDesk

Itisverycri@calforateachertohaveaclassroomsetupthatallowsforcompletecontrolofALLmovement,ac@vi@esandstudentinterac@on

ThePhysicalSetup

ThePhysicalSetupIfspaceprovides….placetheteacherdesk/workspaceseparatefromstudents.Createadivisionwithintheclassroomthatsuggestyourareaisofflimits.Arrangedesksinsuchawaythatrestrictsstudentmovementasmuchaspossible.Theclassroomshouldincludesmallsubsta@ons.

ThePhysicalSetup•  Ifspaceprovides…….Rearrange

theclassroomdesksetupatleast3]mesayear.

•  Createdifferentsea]ngrosters

atrandomthroughouttheyear.

ThePhysicalSetup

Thephysicalsetupisanextremelyimportantvariablewhichcaneffectthelearningenvironmenteveniftheteacherisverycapableatteaching.

ThePhysicalSetup

Themanagementpieceiscri]calinallowingaGREATteachertheabilitytoshowthattheyaregreatatteaching.IfweweretoplaceAlbertEinsteinintoaclassroomtodayteachingPhysics,andhehadnomanagementskills,manystudentswouldlearnnothing.ButIcouldtakeacrackheadoffthestreetandgivehimsomemanagementskillsandtheclasswouldatleastlistentohimteach.

ThePhysicalSetup

Theteacherspendsonaverage9-10hoursadayinthatspacecalled“yourclassroom”.Createanenvironmentthatallowsyoutofeelathomeasmuchaspossibleaswell.Musiccanbeintegratedintoaclassroomsefngat]mes.Tryit.

ThePhysicalSetup

Lastly,analyzeyourdailystudentmovementandclassfunc@oningandmakechangesasyouseetheneed.BeawareofhowthesetuphasanimpactonpaDernsofbehavior..

SessionIII

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TheSystem

•  Employanopera@ngsystemintheclassroomwhichisabasicdefaultforhowyoumanagetherolesandresponsibili@esofateacher

•  NomaDerwhattakesplaceoutsideyourclassroom,ithasnoimpactonthefunc@oningofyourclassroom.

TheSystem

•  Anorganized“methodtoyourmadness”

•  KnowhowtolocateANYTHINGinlessthan10seconds.

•  Setupyourofficespaceinsuchawaythatallowsforthesmallestamountofmovement.

•  Yoursystemwillsolveunforeseenproblemsveryquickly.

TheSystemTheDreaded Notebook..

Wri]ngAssignments

Whattardyproblem?

•  TheSixMillionDollarMan

•  Percep@onisReality

•  Understandthatstudentsformanopinionaboutyouquickly.Usethattoyouradvantage.

•  Diversion(BlackMagic)

•  Ifhavinganalternatepersonalityhelpsyoudoyourjob,thenwhatareyouwai@ngfor?

ThePerformance

•  Everyday…inyourclassroom,treatitasaperformance.

•  Whatwouldpaytocomesee?

ThePerformance

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ACDC

Aperformerinspires.

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