Case Study On Classroom Management

Classroom management is vital to the survival of a positive classroom environment. Rules could be established in a democratic way. Ask the students what rules they think are appropriate in a classroom setting, based on rules from their previous classes. Students should feel that their opinion is important. Communication, respect, and considerate behavior will be encouraged. It is important to manage all discipline problems consistently, effectively and most importantly inside the classroom. As the teacher, it will be important to navigate behavior and promote individual growth when dealing with

Setting clear standards of behaviour - An active classroom will sometimes require movement and discussion when working in groups. Matching the task with acceptable degrees of both movement and volume is an important protocol so a teacher needs to decide as part of the planning what level is optimal. For example, a teacher could use a visual aid to indicate the optimal level of movement and noise on a sliding scale coloured metre; green for optimal levels, amber for escalation, and red for too loud. The metre could be adjusted during an activity so students can moderate their own voice and movement. Explicit behaviour norms for group work and discussion will provide an environment that is respectful and allows everyone to participate.

A classroom is where students spend their days, Monday through Friday. I want to create a classroom that provides structure for my students. Organization of the classroom will allow the students to have access to any and all instruction and materials. According to Linsin, (2010), “A classroom management plan is a contract that you make with your students that promises you will protect their rights to learn and enjoy school without interference,” (date). Creating classroom rules with the entire class gives students a sense of empowerment, thus felling more at liberty to follow the rules “they” created. Often times when there are too many rules in place students can feel overwhelmed with expectations “they” feel they may not meet. In my classroom I do believe rules to follow are important, but believe that goals are far more important for my students.

The ideal classroom is one where there are minimal distractions to learning, focused attention on classroom discussions and positive learning about critical subject material. With this in mind, it is important to understand what causes misbehavior and what can be done to limit it. Misbehavior must be taken in context however, since one must look at the situation and instructor to determine if a particular action falls in the misbehavior category. For example, walking around during a math lesson would be unacceptable, but walking around in a pottery class would be expected (Burden, 1995). In one study by Tiirkniiklii & Galton (2001),

Classroom management can be a difficult situation to stand by. Over the years, teachers and philosophers have argues which way is the right way to manage a classroom. There is not completely right way to run a classroom. What it all comes down to is who the teacher is and who the class is. There are some classes where the children have more say in what is being taught and how and there are other classes where the teacher is the one in charge of the day. In the end, classroom management can be the most beneficial to the students when they take responsibility and when time is used wisely.

As teachers we need to state and continue to follow the classroom expectations, for the students to take us serious. If we aren’t able to support the rules, the students will not support them as well. I believe this was an awesome classroom to observe. I was very surprised to see how the teacher had control over everything, without doing any shouting or saying “shhh”. This is a classroom I would love to continue observing.

Kahlei is an eleven-year-old African American female who attended the intake assessment with her brother and mother. Kahlei was referred to Children’s Advocacy Network, LLC by Dr. Brens due to presenting concerns with disruptive behavior in school. Kahlei is currently being prescribed Adderall for treatment of ADHD symptoms; however, no history of previous engagement in therapeutic services has been reported. Mother reported that Kahlei presents difficulty with being attentive and following classroom directions. Kahlei reported, “being called out” by teachers due to “talking during class”. Mother explained that client demonstrated changes in behavior since the starting of “6th grade”. Mother continued to report that client has difficulty managing

My philosophy of classroom management is to allow students to be responsible for their own behavior at all times. I believe allowing students to be responsible for their behavior and actions allow them to have a sense of freedom. When students have freedom, they seem to be more successful and respectful. Classroom management is more successful when the class is student-centered. Students should be included in the planning of classroom rules, room arrangement, and communication should flow smoothly between teacher and student. Although the class is student-centered the teacher should be in control of the classroom. The teacher should know what is going on at all times, plan interesting and informative lessons, and be

Creating my future classroom for first graders I chose rules that were similar to the SMART classroom management. The rules that I will put in place will target only behavior issues, separating my expectations in the classroom separately. This will allow less confusion for young students, as well as keeping it clear and simple for students to understand the rules themselves. Rules for my class room will be listen and follow carefully the instructions of the day, raise your hand before you speak or leave your seat, shows respect to others, keep hand, feet, and objects to oneself. I want to motivate students to make good choices, for each consequence students break the will have to think about their bad choice they made and how they can do things differently to improve their behavior. Behavior continue I would have to talk to student privately advising them that bad choices are being made and if they continue this route the next level would be contacting parents for bad choices made during class time. Either by sending a note for parent to sign or by phone.

In order to prevent students’ need to act out, rules need to be established not only by the teacher but, more importantly, by the students. These rules or social contract should be positively oriented versus negatively oriented (i.e. we will respect others while they are speaking versus don’t talk when others are talking). The teacher should be consistent with the consequences when students act out regardless of the number of offense. Consistency is a good start to prevent students to act out. Being aware of all the students’ needs and allowing them to set their own rules give them a sense of belonging and responsibility. With the sense of

Classroom management is one of the most important roles played by teachers because it determines teaching success. Effective teachers appear to be effective with students of all achievement levels regardless of the levels of heterogeneity in their classes. Effective classroom managers are those who understand and use specific techniques. Even if the school they work in is highly ineffective, individual teachers can produce powerful gains in student learning. Many techniques include classroom design, rules, discipline, scheduling, organization and communication.

            My philosophy of classroom management is characterized by a teacher-centered approach. I believe that the teacher is the leader of the classroom and should determine the learning needs of the students. To have an effective classroom management, I would begin the school year by dedicating some time in educating my students on the class rules, expectations, and consequences. I would strictly emphasize that these rules, expectations, and consequences are to create a pleasing and productive learning environment. I would use logical consequences with those students who choose not to follow the rules and expectations, and

While in Sheridan I managed to see a variety of different classroom management techniques used in my mentor teachers classroom. Classroom management is something that requires teachers to set the foundation to how the classroom runs, and my mentor did a good job of implementing multiply classroom management techniques into her classroom.

It seemed that the students were not challenged enough and were getting bored in parts of the video. During the time when she split the students into groups she could have rotated around the room to make sure every student was on task instead she tended to stay in one area of the room. I also noticed that she didn’t give positive reinforcement throughout her lesson. I think if the lesson was more challenging, she would have seen more students having trouble doing the lesson; but, in this case, all the students had no trouble. I think she should have had some “one on one” time or “group one on one” time with students to make sure every student was doing the elements correctly, and she could of used one of the assessment tools to help with this. As stated earlier, I prefer the check list because it is simple and effective. One other thing I think she could have done is during the transition from one part of the lesson to another she could have stopped the class, gone over the lesson again, and had a student demonstrate the lesson too. This is just my

Setting up an effective classroom environment is essential in order to be a successful teacher. Good classroom management requires careful planning of the classroom organization, rules, procedures, and instruction. Without these, classrooms would not run smoothly and efficiently. It is not enough to assume that students will behave appropriately throughout the year just because the teacher has taught the students what is expected of them. Good teachers encourage good behavior by constantly implementing classroom rules, procedures, and consequences.