CLASSROOM MANAGMENT
WHAT IS IT?
Are a variety of skills and techniques that teachers use to keep students organized, orderly, focused, attentive, on task and academically productive during a class.
The skills of creating and managing s successful class may be the key to the whole success of a course.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
When the strategies are executed effectively, teachers minimize the behaviors that impede learning for both individual students and groups of students.
Rules and strategies have an influence on:
BEHAVIOR
ENVIROMENT
EXPECTATIONS
MATERIALS
ACTIVITIES
HOW TO MANAGE CLASS
Different techniques
Entry routine
Do now
Tight transitions
Seat signals
Props
Non verbal intervention
Positive group correction
Do it again
MAIN ELEMENTS
Classroom desing
Use the positioning of your desks, displays, storage and equipment to create a warm and welcoming room.
Rules
Develop rules that foster respect, caring and community in your classroom.
Discipline
Classroom rules must have concrete consequences.
Schenduling
Keep your class in order by staying on time and on task.
Communication
It is essential to have clear and consistent lines of communication with your administration, colleagues, students and parents.
Organization
Stay organized inside and out.
TIPS FOR MANAGING CLASS
Take charge of your class
Focus on the disruptive students
Let students choose their seats
Give incentives to do their best on assigments
Keep an eye on your students
Establish consequences for misbehaving