Classroom Management Plan
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Classroom Management Philosophy
Kathleen Black Tuesday April 17, 2012 Dr. Minadene Waldrop EDCI-6506 Classroom Management Elementary/Secondary Teachers Mississippi College Clinton, MS
Introduction My conventional philosophy for managing a classroom is a way in which both my students and I can enjoy learning and performing educational activities together. Any management plan should be one of mutual respect and understanding, with these two ideas working together the classroom will run efficiently. Rules need to be set at the beginning of the year and be communicated to the students on the very first day of class. The students, as well as, the teacher need to understand the rules fully and everyone needs to know what consequences are going to take place for breaking any of the rules. No deviation from the plan should have to occur once it is implemented.
Part of my philosophy is to educate my students to the importance of their education for their well being and for their futures. I would like for my students to know that there is a time to learn and a time for fun and together we can do both. Creating an intrinsic and imaginative learning environment is very important. So, applying various learning activities, producing mind-building strategies and maintaining calm learning environments are the most of my effective classroom management goals. After working seven years as a teacher assistant, I have come to believe that effective classroom management arrangements consist of classroom organization, social arrangement, tone of the atmosphere, consistent schedules and nurture. All of these components are important because they all play a major part of a child’s social, mental and emotional growth.
Effective Classroom I visualize exercising ideas center by learning within the classroom. Ideas of strength and comfort present a good display of balance. Establishing a sense of balance is required in order to gain a well-managed classroom, which is what I hope to achieve throughout my first few years of teaching.
Being well prepared by practicing good mobility and proximity skills, being prepared with lesson plans and interacting with all students in order to teacher different lessons without abrupt changes. It is important to keep the students active (busy with class work) also keep them happy in a comfortable learning environment. I believe that students learn and enjoy learning with a teacher they like and can identify with as a friend and as a respectable leader.
Maintaining a well-managed classroom so that little time is wasted on discipline is especially attractive due to the limited amount of time needed to teach required material. By practicing stern yet positive body language and positioning among the students, using facial expressions and good eye contact. These are techniques that teachers can master to their full potential with practice. Also, students should be rewarded for their good behavior.
Believing in parent-teacher-student interaction is extremely important and is another key to connecting with the students. Children need much more guidance that without involving the parents can be detrimental to a child’s ability to learn. Parents can be a crucial part of classroom management. By keeping the parents informed of activities that will help guide their children. Involving the parents may also help keep them informed of the different activities, which will guide their children and help keep a positive relationship between the teacher and the students.
These ideas will help bring together my classroom management plan. Overall, the ideas will provide a smart start. Perhaps later during my teaching career I will change my views and use other ideas from other theorists who have studied the subject area of classroom management.
Personal Expectations of an Effective Classroom An effective classroom is one where valuable knowledge is being shared, important things are being taught and the students understand the information and know their objectives. Math lessons are being given on the same hour of everyday with a clear objective in mind and the students are figuring out the answers and solving the problems. Within an effective classroom words are being sighted, stories are being read and reading comprehension is at best. The students feel safe and lesson plans are posted. The learning materials are well organized and the classroom itself generates a positive vibe. The teacher is at peace and the classroom almost always presents a clam atmosphere.
The teacher should never raises her voice over the sound of her own thoughts and everyone says a short prayer before grabbing their lunchboxes and forming a straight line for lunch. The effective classroom description is the epitome of a students’ best day or even their bliss in short moments of solitude. For most of one child’s day is safe and calm. Things seem easy and they feel smart all because of me, a teacher brand new teacher of many important things to be taught. The test are always given on time and consistently every week; copies of the test are sent home so their parents can monitor their progress. Some may say a classroom such as this doesn’t exist but I beg the differ. It is the best classroom with plenty of learning tools to be used. It is perfect for molding every student to be come their very best. This classroom, a place that carries you out to far off places and the possibilities of learning never seem to end. This classroom is my classroom with me being the key learning tool.
Creating a Learning Environment and Facilitate Learning “There is a lesson to be taught and the students will learn.” It is imperative for students to enjoy learning and develop a sense of understanding at the same time. Remembering I have to stay focused on lessons as planned and deviate creative things will help set the tone of learning with the children. As a teacher, I have a job to do and teaching students for their future endeavors, dreams and goals is my focus.
Within my classroom, the students would be seated in clusters so that it is possible to maneuver around the classroom with ease. The seating arrangements would shift every nine weeks to help the student’s develop their social skills among their classmates and peers. Different subject matter and lessons would be arranged by subject area and assignments in one section of the classroom for accessibility. Work would be stored in files and sectioned off by monthly planning. Bright spring soothing colors for enlightenment and serenity may be more effective for setting the atmosphere of the room. Our weekly schedule would be posted in big letters close to the front of the classroom so that it maybe clear to the students that the class is conducted in an orderly fashion, daily. Also, posting the schedule in the front of the class will allow visibility at all times. The classroom rules would be posted towards the front of the classroom to remind the students of organization and consistency. In order to portray encouragement and to also build self-esteem a sign would be posted on the front of my desk that reads “with arms wide open.” With arms wide open is an attempt to encourage the students with love and sincerity as an effort to let them know that they are safe and I am open to help them when they need help and support them in areas where they need it the most.
Goals for Students Take notes of each lesson or activity for each student at the end of the day for each student and document how they managed certain lessons or activities may help determine if the students are comprehending the lessons; The notes will be generated through observations and actual work completed. At the end of the day I will also reflect on that day's activities and how the students reacted, how they affected my original lesson plan and how I changed my original plan throughout the day. This will be completed through what I call my teaching journal, because anyone can improve their own ways, in thissituation my teaching methods. These techniques will help me modify my lessons and class activities to improve my management goals.
Expectations (Intended Outcomes)
Preventing Student Misbehavior As an instructor I will need to be prepared with lesson plans that will motivate my students to learn the lessons. Keeping their minds active and interesting with the use of extra tools such as visuals, videos and creative readings may be a good way to distract the students and keep them open to new ideas. Overall, as a teacher I must remember to make sure that the appropriate lessons for the grade are taught and meet the school guidelines to fully educate the students.
Getting to know the students on a personal basis as soon as possible is very important. Knowing the students and their parents on a personal level may prove how a student acts under certain circumstances and may help to deflect misbehavior easily. Knowing when the students are loosing interest in a lesson or becoming bored can help quickly change the lesson and correct behavior. When students do begin to act out, quickly interfering to prevent major misbehavior, by either getting the student’s attention with eye contact or proximity is a good adjusting tool to manage the behavior. Altogether, I believe, if students are kept busy with activities that they enjoy or those that they do not like, as much will eventually be rewarded. They will not have time to misbehave, but become more focused on learning.
Preventing Student Misbehavior: Step 2 Using Discipline and forms and accessing administrative support is imperative to helping the students understand the rules and procedures of the classroom.
Rules and Polices (Tools for Correcting Misbehavior) Classroom rules are tools, which will be used for maintaining a well-managed classroom; consequences will be shared with the irresponsibility of breaking each rule as well.
Examples: All homework must be turned in at the beginning of the class period. Incomplete homework or bell ringers such as morning or beginning work will need to be completed during recess or after school hours etc. The rules will be displayed in an area near the front of the classroom or near the door; everyone should be able to view the display with ease. These rules and policies will also be sent home with each student to ensure that the parents are made aware of rules and policies of the classroom and the consequences of their children’s actions.
Motivating Students An important tool to motivate students is to keep them active in lessons they enjoy or find interesting. The fastest way to loose the interest of a student and their motivation is boredom. Young people are capable of absorbing so much yet they need to be kept active and using their energy. Also kids need to know that they are not only learning what must be learned by also that there will be a reward at the end of the lesson whether it is materialistic or not.
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Challenges Faced as a Teacher 1. Dealing with disrespectful and rebellious students seems to be a huge challenge for me when it comes to dealing with children who have not known any structured type of discipline. I have a difficult time determining the true needs of a defiant child. Discovering ways to connect with that particular student may be the key; however, I am not sure of the best approach to use in dealing with the student.
2. Another challenge which I may find difficult is keeping up with time used to perform class work. Working with the two teachers I currently team with has caused me to explore different ways to keep up with the time used in the classroom as class work as well as getting all of the work done as planned within the lesson plans.
3. Using good time management skills is an area which I feel I lack the proper skills needed to accomplish the learning objectives. As a teacher I would like to make good use of every minute with the students because I realize the time is a very valuable necessity used in educating students.
Biblical Principles Used to Develop Philosophy I believe that God, Himself, has ordained me to become a teacher and I believe in His Word that He will never put more on me than I can bare. Philippians 4:13 says “I can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens me.” If I put God first, then He will provide the rest.
1 Peter 5:7 cast all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you. God wants us to trust in Him and in all of His power and His might. If I give Him my troubles, my tired, my sadness and my needs He will take care of me and provide away for me to teach my students to the very best of my ability.
Let brotherly love continue. Hebrews 13:1. Everyone deserves a chance to experience love in some special way. Especially little children, if I can touch a child’s heart and cause him/her to feel just a pinch of love then I’ve done my job. If I can cause a child to feel safe and loved along with their peers, then I gone a farther then I expected. If I can cause students to learn and apply that knowledge to their everyday life and become the best that they can be then I have accomplished my goal as a teacher through the love and strength of Jesus Christ.
Conclusion Each morning the class will begin by completing the daily task which will be provided every morning. We will have a set schedule of materials to be covered for the day along with a specific schedule for each particular day of the week. The children will be required to write in journals as the day comes to a close. Extra activities will be added according to the required curriculum for that particular school district. Talking among students is only permitted during the journal writing times, given that the students use a very low voice tone. Following the journal entry, the students will also receive their assignments for the next day. Test days will go a little differently; the lessons should be very uncomplicated and short-term. This will alleviate some pressure off the students due to testing.
In conclusion, both the teacher and the students play a very important role in classroom management. I would compare it to an intellectual journey seeking self-discovery and knowledge. Along this information accumulation journey within the classroom, which functions as a port for transportation, the teacher plays the role as a guide; a chaperone (if you will) to keep the tour structured and directed in the correct paths to avoid distortion and misdirection. The students would play the role of the navigators or the explorers; the ones seeking knowledge for gain. As the guide, the teacher’s responsibility is to fill those young minds with knowledge and provide those minds with a compass, which give them direction in a progressive path.
Surely, teachers are just as important as the students; ones’ role is completely different from the other. The teachers provide the arrangement and organization within the classroom as well as the nurture and consistent schedule. While the students must learn to align with organization, adapt to the atmosphere with comfort and keep up with the consistent schedule. One is just as important as the other; however, nurture may be the most important received and given by both the students and the teachers. Teachers play the major role as the givers and the nurturers just as the students receive the nurture and began to fall in one accord of knowledge and direction in a progressive path of success. |
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Rule #1. When Ms. Black speaks everyone be silent. Rule #2. Raise your hand before: v Asking questions v Making comments v Leaving your seat *Do only when given permission Rule #3. Keep work area clean at all times. Rule #4. Always be kind and polite. Rule #5. Pay close attention to my directions. Rule #6. Become absolutely quiet when a guest enters the classroom. Rule #7. Show respect toward others. Rule #8. Use your own supplies. Let's make this year FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!! |