III. Analysis There are numerous new techniques in classroom management and each one looks at their classroom slightly differently. Harry Wong is an American educator as well as author of one of the top selling classroom management books, “The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher”. Wong has developed the Pragmatic Classroom which is a three step approach to classroom management. Wong believes that classroom management and procedures take place over discipline, “No learning takes place when you discipline. All disciplining does is stop deviant behavior, which must be done, but no learning has taken place. Learning only takes place when the students are at work, or as we say in education, on-task” (NEED QUOTE). The three steps …show more content…
However, after reading through the book “Teach Like a Pirate” (Burgess, 2012), I found his methods to be ones that I liked. Burgess states that his method to teach like a pirate is divided up into three parts. The first part is to actually teach like a pirate. He breaks this down by one key step for each letter for the word pirate. The first important step is to have passion. A teacher must have content passion, professional passion and personal passion in order to succeed as a teacher. Secondly, is immersion. Burgess states that in order to be an effective teacher one must completely immerse themselves in the lesson and to be engaged with their students. The third step is rapport. A teacher must get to know his/her students and be able to connect with each one of them. Next is to ask and analyze which deals with asking the right question at the right time and being able to connect your ideas and thoughts to your students. The fifth step is transformation. This means that if your students are not understanding or if you have having difficulty with a student then you need to “transform your expectations” (Burgess, 2012). The final step is to have enthusiasm. A teacher must have enthusiasm throughout the day and the year if they want to keep their class motivated and
In 1954, a drastic change to the educational system by integrating schools across the U.S. Prior to this event, students were sent to certain schools based on their race. R.V Cassill wrote The First Day of School at the point of the transition to integrate schools. Cassill writes a tale of an African American family that was confronted with the challenge of one of six black children to attend and all whites school. Cassill shows progression of John, the protagonist, facing struggles leading up to his first day at and integrated school.
I must ensure that I follow the standards and guidelines set forth in my contract. I must also follow any state, district, or school policy. To ensure that I am within my well within these guidelines, I will inform my superiors of my methods of classroom management. I will also seek prior approval for any system of classroom management that is used in my classroom. With that being said, I hope this will establish a positive and legal management system. Our textbook Teaching with Love and Logic says, “Discipline is one of the major areas in which teachers are susceptible to litigation. Teachers today must be prepared for such factors” (Funk and Fay).I also find it important to accept any input from not only families of students but fellow teachers. I know that due to my lack of experience any constructive criticism or tips would be beneficial. With that being said, I want my superiors and families to know that I will always be doing my best to guide and mentor the
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...
Successful teachers develop the whole child by making integrated efforts to promote their student’s academic, social and emotional learning. Children need to be aware of themselves and others; make responsible decisions, and be ethical and respectful of the people around them.
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
Every teacher has a different method of teaching. The teachers that I have had in my school career have been no exception. In this way, each teacher has set an example for me, as a future teacher, to follow or not to follow as I see fit. With the examples from my teachers and in continuing my education, I am developing my own method of teaching. I plan to use a combination of teaching methods in my own classroom. My method will be an eclectic approach because I will be using components of more than one philosophy. I will be using essentialism, behaviorism, progressivism, and existentialism.
This I Believe Philosophy statement will include my thoughts and beliefs about classroom management with comparison to other theorists’ models. The major theorists that will be mentioned are Barbara Coloroso, Linda Albert, and Lee & Marlene Canter. I highly agree with the Canter’s and Coloroso’s models of classroom management because it best fits my personality as an individual teacher. I believe that an affective classroom management plan is first practiced and then modeled for improvements. My ultimate goal for my Classroom Management Plan is to model self-discipline by teaching it through my daily actions so that students may be able to self-manage themselves accordingly.
This has been a challenge my 1st year of teaching. An effective teacher will know and understand the Common Core Standards. A teacher should be able to bring their own life experiences into the classroom by understanding a remembering what might have kept us from learning. Applying rewards to students as we go through the learning process. Little bonuses are a plus when working, whether you are a student or working in the real world experiences. An effective teacher needs to know the goal and how to motivate their student to the end goal. Begin with the end in mind is a good
As I reflect on my experiences observing in three different classrooms over the last three months, I cannot express how much I have learned by being in the classroom. I began the Master of Science in Education last fall and previous to the practicum experience I had taken 8 classes. I read books, listened to the experiences of my classmates and instructors, reflected on my own education, and tried to imagine how this information was going to prepare me to face a classroom of elementary school students. While I learned theories and skills that should be known by any educator, these classes could not teach me what I most desired to know: what tangible steps could I take to correctly implement all of the correct ways of teaching.
In order for learning to take place in the classroom the teacher has to put in place an effective teaching and learning strategy. Being an effective teacher is not something that can be achieved instantaneously but rather something that has to be continuously developed and improved upon over time. Petty mentions how good teachers are not born but rather make themselves and that effective teaching comes from learning from your mistakes and successes. Petty, p. 516, 2009. This process involves teacher reflection and assessment of the effectiveness of different teaching strategies used in the classroom. It is only then that teachers can learn and advance themselves.
Being a teacher is not an easy task as many people could think. To be a teacher does not only imply to know the subject to be taught, it also includes being willing to constantly improve oneself integrally, as much as updating the resources and materials one uses in teaching. Reflecting and analyzing over and over again the best way to teach to learn and how to make students to extend what has been learned. The many hours spend in the classroom will never be enough to plan lessons, prepare materials, review pupils tasks and exams, as well, all the administrative requirements one has to cover for whatever institution we work. Besides all this a good teacher, a professional one, will have to find the time to keep preparing to improve oneself.
Discipline plays a key part in education. Respect from your students will make the classroom a better atmosphere. Rules should be established on the first day. Rules should be a thoughtful process so they can be carried out to be affective, but logical consequences. We do not want the students self esteem to be damaged.
My personal classroom management style revolves around student rapport and relationship. I went into my classroom the first day with a clear vision of my rules and management, but quickly adjusted to the needs and wants of the students. I allowed them to help formulate rules and consequences for actions. By allowing them input, there was more buy-in and respect build. I had a very strict format for rules and turning in of coursework, but I realized quickly that I needed to be flexible in a high school setting versus
The second step in developing an engaging lesson is to focus on the instructional strategies used to help the students understand the material. It is at this point, the teacher decides what activities they will use to help address the “big ideas” or the “essential questions”.
In this course I experienced an important change in my beliefs about teaching; I came to understand that there are many different theories and methods that can be tailored to suit the teacher and the needs of the student. The readings, especially those from Lyons, G., Ford, M., & Arthur-Kelly, M. (2011), Groundwater-Smith, S., Ewing, R., & Le Cornu, R. (2007), and Whitton, D., Barker, K., Nosworthy, M., Sinclair, C., Nanlohy, P. (2010), have helped me to understand this in particular. In composing my essay about teaching methods and other themes, my learning was solidified, my knowledge deepened by my research and my writing skills honed.