Classroom Management Plan
A. Theoretical Introduction
1. Philosophy of Classroom Management
My philosophy of classroom management is that it should be used to meet both the students’ and the teacher’s needs. It should be constantly evaluated and re-evaluated in order to maintain an environment that is effective for both learning and teaching. An effective classroom management plan will enable the students and the teacher to respect each other. It is important in order for classroom organization and for efficiency in teaching.
Effective classroom management begins with the teacher. The teacher must plan well so that the students will be able to meet their learning and behavior objectives. A good lesson plan will help the students to feel a need to learn the material and will help them maintain positive behavior. It is also important for the teacher to deliver the lesson plans well. In order to not have classroom management problems, the teacher must be sure to teach for each type of learning style of the students. The topics should be relevant to the students’ lives and should keep them interested. In order to prevent misbehavior and to keep students focused, the teacher needs to keep the lesson going and progressing.
2. Assumptions of the Nature of Young People and Learning
I have assumptions about the nature of young people and learning. I feel that most young people today are externally motivated. They engage in most activities because of external motivations such as being rewarded for their actions or out of fear of losing these rewards or being punished. However, I also feel that humans are basically good. Therefore, as Rogers argues, we would develop into self-responsible pe...
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... For the students who learned the lesson quickly, they have the opportunity to teach it to the other students in their lab groups. Therefore, the students who need more help are able to get it initially from their peers. As I monitor the groups, I also help the students who need more assistance as well.
I again stand at the door, waiting for my next group of students to arrive. I see some of them walking towards me down the hall. Our eyes meet and we smile at each other. As they approach the door, I say “Hi” and ask them how Mr. Hansen’s class was today, since I know that that is the class they are coming from. They respond as well as ask me how my day has been, enter the classroom, begin to get their materials ready, and being responding to the daily review question in their journals. We are all prepared and ready for another period of learning and fun.
Organization and advancework are essential skills that teachers, especially new ones, must use to ready themselves for life in the classroom. Curriculums may change, policies may shift, technology will continue to advance and unpredictable problems or crises will happen. While a management plan will not prevent problems from impacting the classroom, creating a flexible and adaptable one can give teachers a stronger sense of confidence in their work and ability because they have thought ahead for solutions to address them. The goal is to set up an environment for supportive learning that is friendly, safe and effective; an environment where the students’ success and achievement is the focus; an environment where both the students and teacher will feel more like citizens than tourists of their own classroom (Freiberg, 2005).
In regard to classroom management, much of the research cites effective classroom management as the tool or the blueprint for an effective classroom. One article refers to classroom management as a master plan for success, creating “an air traffic control analogy” to explain the extent of the impact of classroom management on student and teacher success (Mundschenk, Miner, & Nastally 2011, p. 98). Classroom management is critical in the classroom because it provides the framework of the classroom and influences how things are run. In most cases, classroom management pertains to “setting limits”, help students “monitor their behavior and academic progress” through feedback, and establish “safety and transition routines”-- all helpful tools to help both teachers and students become successful in the clas...
Page 2: The second page gives the master plan for managing your classroom. It should indicate what interventions you will use and which type of positive reinforcement you will use. It should also include your class rules or a plan for determining your class rules.
A critical review of Englehart, J. (2012). Five half-truths about classroom management. Clearing House, 85 (2), 70-73. This article is about the assumptions many teachers make about classroom management. Classroom management is a very personal matte to a lot of teachers and often “opportunities for better classroom management are missed by many teachers because relevant details are missing from their foundational belief system, and they assume that they are operating under a comprehensive understanding of the situation” (2012. p.70). This article focuses on five “half-truths”, or important exceptions and considerations that some teachers overlook and discusses them individually. For each of the “half-truths” the basic premise is identified, followed by the remaining reality, which is often over looked by teachers, but just as important. The five “half-truths discussed in the article are: you have to be a good manager before you can be a good teacher, different things work for different people, managing student behaviour just boils down to clearly communicating and consistently enforcing boundaries, it’s all about relationships and finally not much can be done with changing the
In order to have a well-managed classroom it is essential to be an effective teacher. There are a variety of characteristics associated with being an effective teacher, and I believe some of these characteristics must be developed in order to establish a well-managed classroom (Wong). Organization is one characteristic that is key to giving your students a clear understanding of what is going to be expected of them for the day. Not only this but establishing classroom norms for your students and constantly be expressing to them the standards you hold them too.
In my twelve years of teaching experience, one thing that most of my colleagues have struggled with at some point in their career has been classroom management. Classroom management is one many keys to instructional success. Unfortunately, many have left the teaching field due to lack of knowledge of classroom management best practices.
Emmer and Laura M. Stough are a part the Educational Psychology Department at The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University. They wrote an article called “Classroom Management: A Critical Part of Educational Psychology, With Implications for Teacher Education” in which they discuss the correlations between educational psychology and classroom management. They define classroom management as actions were taken by the teacher to establish order, engage students, or elicit their cooperation (Emmer & Stough, 11/29/16). They convey the importance of maintaining order, and by doing so, students will be involved in activities leaving no room for disruptive behavior. As mentioned above, classroom management is based on leading learning and not the control of the students. Having an organized schedule for the students to pursue the students will focus on what is being learned. Rather than, becoming distracted students will engage in learning and the activities at hand. Therefore, resulting in leading learning. For this reason, teachers should be prepared and organized before the school year begins. Rules and consequences to disobeying any of the rules should be established and repeated for the first couple of weeks. By doing this, the students will know what to expect, will follow these rules, and have a successful academic experience. Emmer and Strough agreed that classroom management is a staged process and is acquired over many
Manning, M. L., & Bucher, K. T. (2007). Classroom management: Models, applications, and cases. Upper
“I organize my classroom in ways that motivate my students to learn. I use positive reinforcement. I have positive posters. I have them siting in groups to help them develop socially.”
My personal philosophy of classroom management focuses on creating an environment where children feel safe and where they feel like they belong. I will create this environment for my fourth grade class through making my expectations of the students clear while developing an engaging lesson plan and personable interactions with my students. I developed my philosophy from studying different theorists and based my philosophy on the theories of Glasser and Kounin. Glasser believed that the teacher’s roll in the classroom is that of a leader rather than a boss. He believed that students should be given power in the classroom and that the teacher should share it with the students. I will use his ‘7 caring habits’ specifically supporting and respecting to help my classroom feel safe and welcoming to my students. Meeting the individual needs of my students will be the focus of my classroom management routine. I will meet individual needs by promoting self management and self efficacy in my students by creating an environment that that has predictable and consistent daily routines while focusing on my student’s successes (Shindler, 2010). Having a predictable routine will encourage a success oriented environment and will reduce anxiety and help towards creating positive self efficacy in each of my students (Shindler, 2010). In Glasser’s Choice Theory he talks about focusing on the present and not bringing up the past (Glasser, 2010). Therefore, I will focus my classroom on being goal driven and will help each student obtain their goals. Thus, helping my students have positive self efficacy. I will apply Kounin’s technique of Momentum (Pressman, 2011). This involves the teacher keeping exercises short and moving around the room a lot so...
Malmgren, K. W., Trezek, B. J., & Paul, P. V. (2005). Models of classroom management as
Furthermore, to ensure academic success, an effective teacher has a plan of action in place to run an effective, efficient classroom. The classroom management plan is outline in the long-range science plan. In order for students to be successful, classroom management has to be a top priority for effective teachers. This plan allows for students’ success as the teacher directs the class to the end of the year goals that is laid out in depth in the long-range science
Classroom management is the foundation of education at all levels. Optimal teaching and learning require an environment conducive to learning through structure, support, organization and guidelines. Classroom layout, routines and procedures as well as a carefully thought out discipline system are the core elements of my classroom management strategies. Lesson planning is also vitally important to ensuring engaged, motivated and on-task students, but even the most imaginative lesson plans can be ineffective in an unmanaged classroom. In my opinion, younger learners need more support and structure than the older students do, especially in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom where communication between the teacher and the students can be very
Classroom management has the largest effect on student achievement, so students cannot learn in poorly managed classroom. Additionally, research has pointed out that the quality of teacher-student relationships is the main aspect of classroom management.(…2). Furthermore, when teachers set classroom management plan, the plan will give structure to everything from seating to lessons to grading to the relationship between students. Teachers should incorporate strategies for addressing student behavior into classroom
I believe Classroom Management is the main component in the educational setting. I believe if students are in a safe environment, then learning can take place. This doesn’t mean punishing behavior problems but rather a combination of setting the tone in a class, preventing behavior problems with interesting and engaging curriculums and effectively including all students in the classroom so that their needs are met. Having the right environment for all students to learn is my major goal of implementing good classroom management--without it the students would not be able to learn.