Joshua Olsen
11/20/2014
P475
Classroom
Management Plan
Dr. Fred Jones states that "For
teaching to be enjoyable, you must be able to simply relax and teach. Classroom
management must be built from the ground up so that most problems do not
occur." In order to successfully teach, you have to have a foundation,
that is your classroom management plan. Your classroom management plan helps
set order and structure in the classroom. Knowing how to manage a classroom
with mastery level understanding will make the classroom all the easier to
contain and gear towards effective learning. Without management, the class room
would be more like a warzone, paper planes and paper ammunition plaguing other
students, along with all of the other ruckus going on. In order to setup a
classroom for success for all students, the teacher will need a strong
understanding of classroom management along with being able to apply this
knowledge.
In order for my classroom to have a
strong learning environment is to have specific classroom management skills to
keep order in the classroom. There are a series of useful classroom management
skills that I will use in order to create a strong classroom; establish
relationships with my students, create a positive learning
climate,
encourage
helpful hands, teach needed skills, set up
structure and procedures, organize the lesson,
and use
effective discipline. Establishing a relationship with a
student shows that you are there for them, that you care for them and want them
to succeed. Passion is the most powerful thing in the world if you are
passionate about helping students, show them. This will help them listen to
you. Creating a positive learning climate will help you get the best out of my
students. After getting to know them, I will know their strengths and
weaknesses, what gets them riled up and who brings out the best or worst in
each other. Being able to manipulate the seating based off of their
interactions can save me a lot of stress as a teacher. Encouraging helping
hands will give the students a sense of responsibility and positive
reinforcement for positive behavior. The students will end up taking away the
boredom they may possibly feel, by helping, especially if they finish an in
class assignment early. Teaching needed skills will help the students see
relevance in what they are learning, as opposed to learning something
completely useless, there is practicality in what they are doing. Setting up
structure and procedures will help to best accent my teaching style. Essentially
providing style to best implement my teaching. Organizing the lesson is very
important. Ultimately knowing what will work best for my students and applying
it to the lesson will be extremely useful. The way I plan the classroom will affect
the student’s ability to process the lesson and their self-esteem will also be
influenced by the set up. For example you must spend time on accommodating a
student in a wheelchair and make my classroom just as accessible for them as
for the other students. Also if a student struggles with social
interaction, placing them within a group of students who work well with others,
would benefit them greatly. The way I will layout my classroom will be having
the students desks arranged in a manner where they create a U-Shape, not only
with they be facing the center of the class, I will be able to monitor the
students easier. After the initial layout of the classroom, I will get to know
my students on the first day of class by having a few ice breaker games, such as
the snowball activity and the color based personality test. The snowball activity will be utilized as a
tool to help me see who the rowdier students are and also get to know some
interesting facts about them. The personality test will help me decide where
the students will sit. At first I will have the students who are most similar
sit together, but if that doesn’t work I will separate the students based off
of whose personality will work best together to prevent classroom disruptions.
I will have certain rules set in
place for the classroom. One of my rules will be no use of electronics in the
classroom without my permission. Technology can be very distracting and will
definitely disrupt students learning processes. Another rule that I will have
is only the person that has the floor can talk. The students will only be
allowed 3 bathroom passes throughout each quarter, unless I see it as an
emergency. However, I won’t tell the students the last part, so some of them
won’t try and fake it. If they can convince me that it is real, they deserve
the bathroom pass. Students won’t be able to leave the classroom if there is
trash by their seat as well. Gum will not be allowed in the classroom. For some
reason, students can’t keep gum in either their mouths, or the trashcan. So no
gum, whatsoever. In my classroom there will be an expectation, the students
will be expected to follow the rules, be respectful, knowledgeable,
accountable, and responsible. If the students meet the expectations of the
classroom, along with maintaining a class average of a B, I will allow the
students to bring in food and we will have a class party.
Having control of the classroom will give
anybody a strong advantage when it comes to teaching. Utilizing effective
discipline will create a safe learning environment, allowing students to be
comfortable to learn. I will introduce classroom disciplines and post them on a
bulletin board of some sort at the beginning of the year, this can be extremely
useful. I will be creating a safe zone for all of my students. As a teacher, I
am going to need to demand the attention of my students before I even get
started. Trying to teach over the students would just cause more stress. I will
use silence as a tool to show the students that I will not be competing with
them. I will give direct instruction to also help with discipline. Uncertainty
will cause the students to get rather rowdy. I will monitor what the students
are doing during the class time to prevent them from thinking that they can get
away with things. If I are constantly walking around and demanding eye contact
or asking questions about the work students won’t have time to act up. I will
use myself as a model, if I am yelling, that will enable the students do the
same. I will use non-verbal cueing as well. If I use the proper non-verbals,
students are more likely to respond right away. I will also use environmental
control, this will help the students stay interested. By randomly switching
posters or decorating the classroom, I will bring a level of controlled
excitement to the classroom. Also if a student acts up, I won’t turn it into a
big deal. I will set them aside, possibly to the back of the room to have a
time out. Once an opportune moment appears in my lesson, I will go to the back
of the room and talk to them. This will prevent embarrassment. During our
discussion, instead of blaming students, I will use the appropriate I-messages.
I can’t teach if… works way better than stop that. When it comes to teaching,
classroom management and classroom discipline are integral for being able to
teach. A teacher must be able to control the room effectively.
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