Your most important job as a teacher is to create the conditions in which learning can take place. Classroom management involves both decisions and actions regarding different aspects:

Setting up the activity

Giving instructions

Monitoring activities

Timing activities

Bringing activity to an end

prepare the material

raise motivation and interest

give instructions

run the activity

close the activity

a follow on activity

using silence

grading complexity of language

grading quantity of language

forming groups

Ss work in a team

increase student-student interaction

arranging seating

the layout of the classroom can influence the classroom atmosphere.

adds variety to the classroom

decicing where you will stand and sit

keep a brisky pace of activities

deciding who does what

getting someone to do something

starting the lesson

dealing with unexpected problems

Like other lessons to be learned, disired behaviours need to be taught, not simply demanded.

preventive discipline

establish rules of conduct

not too many, 10 is ok

finishing the lesson

spreading your attention evenly

using intuition to gauge what students are feeling

elicit honest feedback from students

listen to your students