Classroom Management
Definition
Physical arrangements : Arrangement of any tangible objects in a classroom (either on the floor such as chairs and tables, or on the wall such as posters etc.)
Classroom rules
Addressing Serious Issues:
Aggression and Violence
Skills Needed
Importance
Intervening with
Problem Behaviors:
Communication and
Strategies
Classroom procedures
Collaboration with parents and other teachers
Increases meaningful academic learning and facilitates social and emotional growth
Decreases negative behaviours and increases time spent academically engaged
Establishes and sustains an orderly environment in the classroom
Skills and strategies that teachers use to organize instruction and maximize the productive use of their instructional time
The process by which teachers and schools create and maintain appropriate behaviour of students in classroom settings
Overlapping routines
Adapting
Withiness (eyes in the back of your head)
Leadership
Prevention : arranging the classroom environment conditions before the occurrence of a disruption
It is better to have few general rules covering many specific behaviors than having a long list of dos and don’ts
It is better to avoid the use of negative rules (the use of negative statement)
Lesson routines
Housekeeping
Administrative tasks
Student–teacher interactions
Student movement
Student–student interactions
Plan parents’ cooperation from the start
Collaborate with other teachers
Collective self-efficacy
School wide classroom management program
Phone or email
Face-to-face meetings as needed
Samples of student work
Maintain regular communication
Send home reports
Communication
Strategies
Use descriptive language
Show assertiveness
Establish problem ownership
Evaluate your rights in the situation at hand
State the problem to the student involved in terms of consequences to you and his/her peers
Express your feelings about the situation
Ask for what you want in a straightforward manner
Behaviorist strategies
Cognitive strategies
Sociocognitive strategies
Defiance
Violence
Instruct the class to continue with their assignment
Firmly request that the offender steps outside of the classroom to talk with you
Stay calm
First, stop the incident, by shouting or making a loud noise to draw students’ full attention to you
Second, protect the victim, by separating or isolating the victim from the offender
Third, get help, such as taking the students to the main office or calling security