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More Strategies, Tips and Resources for Managing Your Classroom

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As Maria Montessori noted (almost 100 years ago):

…create the right environment and even small

children will “explode” into learning

The Right Environment


Key Component for Success


Proficiency - The extent to which one possesses an acceptable level of knowledge and skills to be effective

Effectiveness – The ability to produce results

Keys Components for Success

Teacher as a Manager

Effective teaching and learning cannot take place if the teacher manages his or her classroom poorly.


Establishing Procedures

“The number one problem in the classroom is not discipline; it is the lack of procedures and routines.”

Harry K. and Rosemary Tripi Wong, The First Days of School


Three Steps to Teaching a Procedure

• Teach

• Rehearse

• Reinforce


Establish Classroom Procedures:

– Entering the classroom

– Seating chart

– Submitting assignments

– Tardies

– Absences

– Train your students

FOLLOW THEM CONSISTENTLY

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Build a community that has a safe, well-managed and friendly environment.

Some fundamentals for working with any age of students are:

• Providing engaging, age-appropriate instruction

• Organizing a well-managed classroom

• Developing positive relationships with students

Classroom Management Tips


• Create a variety of communication channels

• Always stay calm and in control of the classroom

• Know the students you teach

• Be consistent

• Address conflict wisely and quickly

• Keep in contact with parents / guardians

Classroom Management Tips


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Plan for High Engagement• Application of knowledge

• Appropriate routines

• Display zest for teaching

• Fair and equitable treatment of students

• Humor and games

• Physical movement

• Verbal feedback

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Classroom Management Guidelines

• Explain the behavior you expect in your classroom.

Your classroom guidelines might include to:

• Be respectful

• Be responsible

• Follow directions

• Be punctual

• Be organized

• Be a self-starter

• Be prepared

Classroom Guidelines


Caring and Control: Creating a Safe and Caring, Positive Classroom

(click on link)

Creating A Safe and Caring, Positive Classroom


https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/create-a-safe-classroom


Tips for Getting Students’ Attention

• Noise maker

• Routine

• Visual reminder

• The unexpected

• Countdown

(click on picture)

http://youtu.be/u086rr7SRso



Getting Everyone's Attention in Class

(click on link)

Teaching Like a Champion

http://youtu.be/EC0ltKOwF_A


Classroom Management Resources

Classroom Management

(click on link)

http://cte.sfasu.edu/rgroup/classroom-management/


Teaching Effectiveness Quiz

Check Your Teaching Effectiveness

(click on link)

https://www.effectiveteaching.com/teacherquiz.php

Questions?



Images:

Microsoft Clip Art: Used with permission from Microsoft.

Textbooks:

Ferlazzo, Larry. Classroom management Q & A’s expert strategies for teaching. Bethesda, MD: Education Week Press, 2013.

Lemov, Doug. Teach like a champion: 49 techniques that put students on the path to college. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,

2010. Print.

Marzano, Robert J., Debra Pickering, and Tammy Heflebower. The highly engaged classroom. Bloomington, IN: Marzano

Research, 2011. Print.

Putting It All Together, Texas Tech Curriculum Center for FCS, 2010.

Reaching to Teach, The Texas Tech Curriculum Center for FCS, 2005.

Wong, Harry K., and Rosemary Wong T. The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher. Mountain View, CA: Harry

K. Wong Publications, 2009. Print.

References and Resources


Websites:

Edutopia. Ten tips for classroom management. The George Lucas Educational Foundation. Edutopia.org. 2013.

http://www.edutopia.org/classroom-management-resource-guide

Harry K. Wong Publications, Inc.

Check Your Teaching Effectiveness


YouTube™:

Classroom Management Strategies to Take Control of Noisy Students

These strategies were obtained from this video. It explains a little-used and often-forgotten but very effective classroom

management strategy for taking control of tough groups of students right at the start of lessons.


Teach Like a Champion: Getting Everyone’s Attention in ClassAuthor Doug Lemov shows how teachers use the 100% technique to get everyone's attention during a class.http://youtu.be/EC0ltKOwF_A

Teaching Channel

Caring and Control: Creating A Safe and Caring, Positive Classroom

Valuable resource for teachers and students to learn strategies for creating effective classroom environments.

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/create-a-safe-classroom

References and Resources

http://www.edutopia.org/classroom-management-resource-guide



http://youtu.be/EC0ltKOwF_A

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