A Classroom A Safe Environment Through Positive And Authentic Student Interaction

Research has shown that when teachers create a safe-learning environment, students are less afraid to make mistakes, more opt to ask questions, and feel safer to discuss important matters with their teacher. A comfortable classroom environment maximizes opportunities for student learning and impacts governing student behavior. This can be achieved through morning meeting, positive vs. negative discipline, and getting to know your students. Through my field experiences, I have noticed that when I know each student on a personal level and differentiate their individual needs, I develop a meaningful relationship that creates a sense of trust and a level of rapport that enhances my instruction and learning environment.

I believe that each child is unique individual who needs a secure, caring, and stimulating atmosphere in which to grow and mature emotionally, intellectually, physically, and socially. It is my desire as an educator to help students meet their fullest potential in these areas by providing an environment that is safe, supports risk-taking, and invite a sharing of ideas. There are three elements that I believe are conducive to establishing such an environment namely, the teacher acting guide, allowing the child’s natural curiosity to direct his/her learning, promoting respect for all the things and all the people.

Teachers and students deserve school environments that are safe, supportive, and encouraging to teach and learn. Creating a supportive school climate and decreasing suspensions and expulsions requires close attention to the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of all students.

I believe that a well managed classroom provides safety, education and respect and fosters an environment of team work and empathy. In order to support and encourage learning in a classroom environment, students should feel comfortable and safe both physically and emotionally. Behavior, character, independence, attitudes, and academics are all learned in a classroom. They should feel they have the right to contribute and be part of class activities. They should feel they deserve the respect and consideration of myself and their peers. I intend to establish and maintain a classroom where learning will be optimized and rewarding. My role as a teacher is as a guide, it is my responsibility to create an environment where students will develop self management over their learning and the self efficacy that will motivate them to try.

A classroom should be one of inquiry and open-mindedness. In order to foster a classroom of students who feel comfortable asking questions and are open to other students’ ideas it is imperative to create a positive, safe environment and learning community. I believe that students should feel like their classroom has high expectations, in how everyone treated each other, and in how learning took place. Creating a classroom environment where all students feel emotionally and physically safe enough to take risks is a real challenge and one that is worthy of the time it requires. The key to an inquiry-based curriculum is a safe, positive learning environment, therefore, it is foundational that the

I believe that each student is a person who needs a safe, caring, and stimulating environment in which they can grow emotionally, intellectually, physically, and socially. As a teacher it is my desire that each student reached their fullest potential in each of these areas by providing them a warm, safe, caring and cooperative environment in which they work and play in. As a future administrator the philosophy and the game changes quite a bit. As a supervisor you must know where you are going before you can ever get there. The main attraction of education is, “that it

Teachers are responsible for the learning environment they create. Classroom management has been conducted in many ways over the years, and not always for the benefit of the students. It is not simply a format for rewarding or punishing student behavior while hoping students understand the classroom material. An effective classroom environment is something that can be achieved through the help of clear management strategies, discipline that serves students well, class collaboration, and a reevaluation of the classic reward and punishments system. If a teacher can implement these critical elements into a classroom, then the learning process will be a positive experience for the teacher, and all students. A quote that accurately illustrates this would be, “Classroom management is not about having the right rules…it’s about having the right relationships” (Danny Steele).

It is no secret that students will perform to a higher degree when in an environment that is safe and inclusive. We as teachers are responsible for creating these safe environments and there are many different components that makeup a successful classroom environment. In the following reflection I will discuss strategies that I believe are important to fostering a successful classroom environment and why I consider them to be important.

An effective classroom management plan creates an inviting environment in which all students have the opportunity to engage in a learning experience which includes both socially acceptable behavior and content core material. The strategies within the proposal allows the teacher to reach the personal, psychological, and learning needs of the student while encouraging positive, productive behavior in order to reach students’ personal goals (Jones & Jones, 2013, p. 1). One’s philosophy of classroom management becomes individualized because of the personal experiences and perspective which each instructor brings into the classroom setting. Therefore, the components which encapsulate one’s philosophy of classroom management includes an understanding of why students misbehave, what makes a classroom plan affective, keys to student engagement, and how one’s personal experiences shape one’s interpretation of the theory of classroom management.

Creating effective classroom environments requires educators to set clear expectations for their students to create and maintain a positive learning experience. In the text, Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice, by Robert E. Slavin, classroom management is best described as a way to prevent behaviors before they occur, and encourage growth in each student (Slavin, 2018). Theories, such as the behaviorist and constructivist theory, allow educators to take on a different approach to teaching and guiding by applying strategies to minimize disruptions.

Being an educator is a stressful job, from developing an interactive curriculum to grading papers. One of the most stressful and challenging tasks as an educator is ensuring students have access to a positive and productive learning environment.  As Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a Professional agrees, “Without question, your ability to create an orderly and learning-focused classroom will be one of your most important tasks when you begin your career” (323). A productive learning environment is key to a students' educational and social success in school. An environment that can provide a better education does not happen on its own; it must be created. To achieve that environment, educators must provide classroom management.

Effective education systems should provide school leaders and teachers with the opportunity and authority to take action, information to act wisely, and support to enable them to implement changes. An effective classroom environment incorporates such aspects as safety, inclusion, and engagement of the student in performing the tasks of education (LaCour, McGlawn & Dees, 2016). The safety of a child implies that the child does not feel afraid of the teacher, subject or other students in the class. A student who feels safe will feel motivated to express their feelings and thoughts in addition to learning proficiently and interactively as a result. A good classroom environment plan should offer safety by ensuring that learners feel free to interact with their colleagues and the teacher without fear of intimidation. Secondly, it should have inclusion by ensuring that every pupil gets equal distribution of resources. Inclusion implies that the classroom environment does not humiliate the student regarding access to classroom resources. Inclusion enables the student to achieve constant brain attention in the subject discussed leading to active learning (LaCour et al., 2016). Inclusion allows students who do not see themselves as successful in class to trust the teachers and the other students. Finally, the management plan will ensure that the learners and the teacher work as a community to facilitate learning. Engagement creates a team environment which connects the students with

Classroom management is one of the most essential elements of teaching. Classroom management refers to “the wide variety of skills and techniques that teachers use to keep students organized, orderly, focused, attentive, on task, and academically productive during a class”. Therefore, without good classroom management the classroom will not be an environment of learning, rather it will be an environment of chaos. My personal philosophy of education pulls elements from three different models-assertive discipline, CHAMPS, and capturing kids’ hearts.

Many decades ago, an educational philosopher, Harry K. Wong defined classroom management as, “the practices and procedures that allow teachers to teach and students to learn” (Wong, 1998). The classroom is an environment for students to learn and engage in academics. The classroom is also a place where each individual should be recognized for their achievements, the students should also feel secure and comfortable within their environment. “Managing the learning environment is both a major responsibility and an ongoing concern for every teacher, even those with years of experience” (Good & Brophy, 1990, P. 131). In the first place, a lot goes on in classrooms simultaneously, even when students seem to

In order to have effective classroom management educators need to identify what are the expectations they have for their classroom and future learners. Once educators had establish the goals they wish to fulfill during the school year, then getting to know the learners and establishing authentic relationships with them will be the next step and eventually in a effective environment the goals will be accomplish. Hershfeldt, Sechrest, Rosenberg, Bradshaw & Leaf (2009) stated that teachers who positively support student persistence, efforts and accomplishments find that their students take pride in their work and have a vision about their future. Therefore, as a highly effective teacher, I constantly do an effort to maintain a safe environment where all the learners feel comfortable to take risks. Weinstein, Tomlinson-Clarke & Curran, (2004) mentions that creating a safe climate is a prerequisite for helping our students to develop awareness of ethnocentrism. In addition, setting goals to each student individually help him or her take responsibility of their own learning. Then, they are able to set examples to other and better more, I am able to work on a mutual accommodation (Weinstein et al., 2004) where I accept and build on their language and culture, but equip students to function within the school culture in the areas of needed for academic progress.