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:

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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:

working with people

listen to your students

elicit honest feedback from students

using intuition to gauge what students are feeling

spreading your attention evenly

critical moments

finishing the lesson

maintaning discipline

not too many, 10 is ok

establish rules of conduct

preventive discipline

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

dealing with unexpected problems

starting the lesson

authority

getting someone to do something

deciding who does what

holding attention

keep a brisky pace of activities

grouping and seating

decicing where you will stand and sit

arranging seating

adds variety to the classroom

the layout of the classroom can influence the classroom atmosphere.

forming groups

increase student-student interaction

Ss work in a team

tools and techniques

grading quantity of language

grading complexity of language

using silence

speaking clearly

using gestures to clarify instructions

using the board

activities

Steps to run an activity

a follow on activity

close the activity

run the activity

give instructions

raise motivation and interest

prepare the material

Bringing activity to an end

Timing activities

Monitoring activities

Giving instructions

Setting up the activity