Classroom Goal

Teaching in my classroom will be student-centered and students will be held accountable for their learning and modification of his or her behavior.

Each student must be respectful to other students or adults in the classroom. This can be done by using appropriate words and actions. It is also important for the students to raise their hands and to wait to be called on.

My mind is still processing all of the ideas and challenges presented by George Couros during our most recent institute day this past Friday. After this day of professional development, I feel revitalized, encouraged, and motivated to stretch my teaching muscles and rethink how I incite learning in my classroom. Technology has opened a world of opportunity for us as learners, but as Uncle Ben quips in Spiderman, "With great power comes great responsible."

If a student is misbehavior, I will apply a three strike policy. First strike will imply a talk after class, second students will write a letter to themselves that explains why they are acting that way, and the third strike will be detention. Anything after that will students will go to the principle officer after my class. The whole class will come up with rules and guidelines. I will hang up the results in the front of my class room.

My classroom philosophy is to give children opportunities to use knowledge that is taught in learning activities. Teaching children behaviors that result in success that can be established and used throughout their lifetime. Being flexible but firm when implementing rules into a classroom is important to see what will work with students, and adjusting when necessary. Knowing each and every student personally so they feel safe and comfortable is important to my classroom management. Encouraging every student to do their best in a positive manner so that we gain trust in each other. Being a caring person, I can show the student sympathy, yet encourage them to do their best work in all that they do. Using engaging curriculum to help motivate

            The theoretical perspectives of Linda Albert, Lee and Marlene Canter, and Rudolph Dreikurs clarify my perspective on classroom management. These theorist's theories can be classified as teacher-centered, and they focus on how to deal with students' misbehavior. I think it is extremely important to know how to manage a student's misbehavior, so that we can have a pleasing learning environment.

My goal as a teacher is to give my students the tools they need to be contributing citizens of society. I want them to

classroom. I feel that students, teachers, support staff and parents need to be treated with dignity and respect, fostering relationships of trust through fairness, transparency and equity. It is through these relationships that we will be able to work collaboratively to ensure student learning.

For a functional classroom, respect must play a large role. While there are many aspects of respect, three major roles needed are respect of students, respect of teachers, and respect of property. First, in a functional classroom there must be a respect of the students from the teacher. As according to Dr. Seuss, “A person’s a person no matter how small.” By respecting their students, a teacher is more likely to have a positive response in their classroom environment, leading to less classroom issues and adversity. Without these issues, a class is less likely to be distracted by inter-student issues, and more likely to be able to pay attention, as there is less distraction present. This makes the teacher’s life easier, as the easier a class is to control, the less stress is brought

The HBO drama “The Newsroom” in the 3rd episode “The 112th Congress” I was able to identify the both Cultural Studies and Agenda Setting Theory concepts within the episode. This was my first time viewing to the show, however I do think that a viewer should be somewhat knowledgeable of communications or journalism to fully understand the message within this episode.

The fundamental purpose of our education system is to produce more creative, intelligent, and self-sufficient members of society. I believe that in order to achieve such goals it is essential to create a strong classroom environment in which students learn. A strong classroom consists of four major elements: health, respect, support, and challenge. There are various ways in which I would use my developmental knowledge to create a classroom environment that is healthy, respectful, supportive, and challenging for all types of students.

In my classroom I plan on being the ‘head’ of the classroom. I will expect the children to listen to me. I plan on using a blend of assertive discipline, as set forth my Lee and Marlene Canter, and democratic classroom, as set forth by Alfie Kohn. There will be certain rules each child will be expected to follow and consequences and rewards based on the following of the rules. I don’t want to simply punish though; I want to try and understand why a student acts up or

Establishing rapport with students is extremely important. Students should feel like a teacher genuinely cares about their well-being. Trust is an important component of the classroom learning environment. A student should respect and trust his or her teacher and the teacher should be respectful of his or her students and their families. This will encourage a nurturing learning environment and decrease behavioral problems in the classroom. When the teacher is consistently supporting the rules, and allowing the students to feel safe in the classroom, trust begins to develop. Teachers have to work to develop trust and respect in the classroom due to the fact that children in today’s world are often mistrusting because of society’s messages of the world being dangerous (world-view) as well as their own direct experiences (self-view) with abuse, violence, and neglect.

Showing respect – In order to develop positive relationships with others, it is very important to be polite, courteous and respectful, also to be sure you are listening to their points of view. Adults and pupils with whom you work may also be from different cultures and have different beliefs and values from your own. You should ensure that you acknowledge and respect the views of others at all

When implementing this program there will be groups of four to six students working together in teams to complete a certain task (M. Metzler, 2011). Student’s given different roles can better feel like they have an impact on the classroom environment.