Classroom Management Philosophy

Student discipline is one of the most important aspects of the classroom. I believe that structure and classroom management are two components that contribute to this greatly. Teachers in the beginning of the year must implement rules and routines that all Students are expected to follow. It would also be beneficial if the students took part in creating these rules. Within the first weeks of school, the teacher and students should be practicing these procedures so that students can get comfortable with the routine and know what is expected of them. If the students are aware of the rules of the classroom then there will be no surprises when the consequence is given for breaking them.

I believe classroom management is extremely significant for teachers and effective teachers know how to manage the classroom while helping students to behave appropriately. In order to be an effective ESL teacher, I will use demonstrating expectations, creating a safe learning environment, building a positive relationship, redirecting inappropriate behavior, and motivating in managing my future classroom.

I believe that classroom management is the very essence of effective and skilled teaching. It is imperative that as a future educator, I have sound understandings of the impact that child development and growth can have on classroom management, as no one child is the same. Drawing on theorist Jean Piaget’s four stages of development; thinking abilities, reasoning, logic and articulation, all develop at different times during a child’s growth and maturation (McDevitt & Ormond, 2010, p. 198). This influences greatly on a child’s reactions, concentration levels, memory skills, verbalisation, self-control and self-regulation (Blake & Pope, 2008, p. 60). I will strive to foster individual abilities,

Education opens the door for endless opportunities. Children begin learning long before they enter the classroom. The school years are used to continuously expand their learning and educate them to be a functioning member of society. I believe every child has the right to receive quality education through quality instruction. Teachers hold one of the most powerful roles in society. Teachers spend more time shaping children each day than many parents do. Therefore, it is vital for teachers to set high expectations, model these expectations, and do everything in their power to help students achieve these expectations. As an educator, I make a commitment to my students on the first day of every school

As a teacher my goal is to challenge students, cover the required curriculum and provide them with the necessary support and resources that will enable them to achieve to their best potential. My primary responsibility is to promote students’ social, emotional, intellectual and physical development as they learn. I believe that prevention of inappropriate behaviour needs to be applied within the classroom to enable students to be actively engaged with their learning. Thus, teaching young minds is a role which I believe is full of challenges, responsibilities and immense satisfaction.

Once again, my student teaching time has given me new challenges that I had not encountered to this point. As students have become more comfortable with me as their teacher, their behavior has slightly changed and is no longer the quiet, hesitant students that I had started with. It is nice to have them now willing to participate but they are beginning to blurt out answers and not properly raise their hands. It is these minor things that they are starting to neglect to do and causing slight problems with classroom management. Even though these problems do occasionally bubble up it provides me with the chance to use some of my classroom management skills that I have not been able to work on.

When I think of classroom management I often picture a classroom in which students learning is being carried out with minimum interruption. Teacher is there as a facilitator of the learning process through authentic learning activities which allow students to share and exchange information through respective and cooperative manner. A description of a good classroom management for some teachers or administrators or even parents may be focused or aimed at the physical order of how the classrooms should look like in terms of students sitting at their seats or teacher pointing at a student to answer her question one by one. I depict the picture

A.        The philosophy that I am developing behind my classroom management plan is one that is based on clear communication with my students.  I believe that it is important to value relationships with students because that is the starting point of creating a classroom climate that is positive and consistent.  It is my goal to cultivate self-directed students so that the behavior management is not taking up lots of valuable class time.  Although school seems competitive in its nature because we use grades as the form of evaluation, it is my thought that competition in the classroom should be limited because this will increase better behavior and achievement in all students.  Promoting the success of all

By reflecting on my prior discussion questions and assignments, I have solidified the importance of establishing an all encompass classroom management plan in order to execute an effective learning environment. By refining my classroom management plan by incorporating strategies which enhance student engagement while decreasing disruptions within the classroom. For example by clearly stating expectations both to students and their parents, all parties are aware of the standards by which the classroom will function and the means by which failure to meet such standards will be dealt with and communicated. Or by responding to misbehavior by instilling habitude and kaizen characteristic in order to engage students to stay on task and develop skills to cooperate in group’s activities so they might achieve their goals for the 21st century learning

Each year, I have many goals for my students to accomplish but a couple of very important goals stood out that I set

After meeting my teacher and seeing the overall design of the classroom I have found some positives and negatives of the design. In order to have an effective classroom management plan, you need to consider the five processes of classroom management, organizing the physical design, establishing rules and routines, developing relationships, implementing engaging instruction and addressing discipline. The first step, organizing the physical design is one of the most essential step towards and effective classroom. When considering the design of the classroom you should consider the children’s security and shelter, social contact, and task instrumentality. I strongly believe a child must feel comfortable in order to want to learn. If you student

The first goal I have for this term is to get to know all of the students’ names and learn things about each individual. The second goal I have is to take on activities/ do most of the work and help the 7with it. The third goal

The goal of my classroom is create a strong learning environment where students increase their abilities to be responsible, respectful, and active members in not only our community as a class but in the community around them.

In the elementary classroom, there is a clear distinction what is the learning goal from learning activities. I post a learning goal for every subject on the board in the front of the classroom. Each student also has their own scale from level one which is an entry level to level four which is above expectations. As a whole group we are expected to get to a level three, which is at grade level. My students also track their progress on their scale. Finally, when a student reach the level three or four on the learning scale, I recognize them and celebrate their growth.

The role that the teacher plays in molding student behavior is the rule keeper, the love giver, and the judge. Every teacher needs 3-4 standard rules that will be followed. For me, the rules students will be expected to follow are: