Classroom Management Implementation Plan
1. Think about how rules, routines, and procedures are established and why they are important to your classroom learning community. List a set of general classroom and/or laboratory rules, routines and procedures and briefly describe how you plan to implement rules, routines and procedures in your classroom and how they contribute to the functioning of your classroom learning community.
Rules, routines and procedures are important in classrooms because they help students stay on task and learning is and education is most effective when these rules, routines and procedures are adhered to. One rule that I believe should be followed is to come in to class on time ready to work. Coming to class on time, sitting quietly in the assigned seat, pulling out notebooks and pencils is one of the routines I use for my class. The best way to get students to do this is to write it down for them and see which students model this behavior. Then I walk around with a clipboard labeled participation and comment on how “nicely” a student is sitting quietly and has his/her notebook out and is ready to work and provide a participation point. Sooner or later the whole class catches on and this routine is slowly becoming instilled in my students. This helps because then we waste less time getting students on task, or asking them to pull notebooks out and materials out when I need them to take notes or define something or answer a question. This also ensures that all students have something to write with and are ready to engage in the lesson. Another rule I have is to work at least up until 1 minute of the last bell. I implement this by passing out note cards so that they can review or make their own cards for a class set to review with throughout the semester; cards include important concepts or terms that are taught throughout the weeks.
Some lab rules are no horseplay, being careful, using goggles when asked, cleaning up lab stations afterwards. The best way to do this is to hand out a lab safety sheet and have students read it the day before and answer questions about it the next day as a bell ringer.
2. Observe the physical environment of your mentor’s classroom. Draw a floor plan of your mentor’s classroom, paying attention to the arrangement of furniture and materials and the impact on student behavior. Label the different areas and write a short explanation of how different areas are used and whether and how this supports the classroom learning community.
(Handed in separately)
The back of the room consists of lab stations and lab equipment, which is great for doing labs in the classroom. We have not done any labs yet since the benchmarks so far do not have any good labs that go along with them.
The desks are very traditional and arranged in a traditional manner, I do not like this but I cannot change it because they are all separate desks that are difficult to put together because of their structure.
3. After observing the teacher and student behaviors associated with instruction and academic work, reflect on the impact the observed behaviors have on creating the classroom learning community. Discuss your plans for instruction and academic work and the learning community you hope to create in your classroom.
Some of the observed behavior is that students in this class know how to quietly sit and do their own work without disruptions. They will read and answer questions as told, and will outline chapters however how much these students are learning is unknown, since formative assessments are not implemented. There is not really a learning community, students rarely engage in group work (unless I am teaching) and rarely engage in class discussions or activities. I hope to create a learning community where students are not afraid to question, and the learning environment is a safe place where students are not ostracized. I want students to learn for the sake of learning and interest, rather than just grades. I want my students to be mastery based learners rather than performance learners and I think is something that has to be instilled students by just talking to them and providing them with relevant activities. I want students to work together to understand concepts and be able to learn and teach other students in the classroom different concepts.
The best way to do these things to have balanced interactions with all students, this allows the teacher to understand their students on a personal level and to make lessons and activities more relevant to them; more meaningful for them.
For me, the desks should be long tables with more space for students to spread out and sit in groups. I dislike the single seat desks as they are small and cannot be put together for effective group work. When students are sitting in a way that brings the classroom together it brings a sense of community, (for example if the seats are arranged in a half circle like a conference room).
Appropriate praise helps students excel, and also helps students around them get on task.
4. Observe the teacher and student behaviors associated with discipline in your mentor’s classroom. Describe the most effective techniques used by your mentor teacher when dealing with student behavior. Include any additional techniques you would implement in your classroom.
My mentor teacher is great at disciplining her classroom because she knows how to handle students and knows how to question what they are doing in a non-threatening manner. She talks to her students and they know that she is there to help them and appreciate this about her. They know that she cares about them which can make all the difference when it comes to discipline. She sometimes has to get them to quiet down and work but she does this really easily with one look and they all quiet down. She always waits for pin drop silence and then allows them to get back to what they are doing. (100% compliance).
Rules, routines and procedures are important in classrooms because they help students stay on task and learning is and education is most effective when these rules, routines and procedures are adhered to. One rule that I believe should be followed is to come in to class on time ready to work. Coming to class on time, sitting quietly in the assigned seat, pulling out notebooks and pencils is one of the routines I use for my class. The best way to get students to do this is to write it down for them and see which students model this behavior. Then I walk around with a clipboard labeled participation and comment on how “nicely” a student is sitting quietly and has his/her notebook out and is ready to work and provide a participation point. Sooner or later the whole class catches on and this routine is slowly becoming instilled in my students. This helps because then we waste less time getting students on task, or asking them to pull notebooks out and materials out when I need them to take notes or define something or answer a question. This also ensures that all students have something to write with and are ready to engage in the lesson. Another rule I have is to work at least up until 1 minute of the last bell. I implement this by passing out note cards so that they can review or make their own cards for a class set to review with throughout the semester; cards include important concepts or terms that are taught throughout the weeks.
Some lab rules are no horseplay, being careful, using goggles when asked, cleaning up lab stations afterwards. The best way to do this is to hand out a lab safety sheet and have students read it the day before and answer questions about it the next day as a bell ringer.
2. Observe the physical environment of your mentor’s classroom. Draw a floor plan of your mentor’s classroom, paying attention to the arrangement of furniture and materials and the impact on student behavior. Label the different areas and write a short explanation of how different areas are used and whether and how this supports the classroom learning community.
(Handed in separately)
The back of the room consists of lab stations and lab equipment, which is great for doing labs in the classroom. We have not done any labs yet since the benchmarks so far do not have any good labs that go along with them.
The desks are very traditional and arranged in a traditional manner, I do not like this but I cannot change it because they are all separate desks that are difficult to put together because of their structure.
3. After observing the teacher and student behaviors associated with instruction and academic work, reflect on the impact the observed behaviors have on creating the classroom learning community. Discuss your plans for instruction and academic work and the learning community you hope to create in your classroom.
Some of the observed behavior is that students in this class know how to quietly sit and do their own work without disruptions. They will read and answer questions as told, and will outline chapters however how much these students are learning is unknown, since formative assessments are not implemented. There is not really a learning community, students rarely engage in group work (unless I am teaching) and rarely engage in class discussions or activities. I hope to create a learning community where students are not afraid to question, and the learning environment is a safe place where students are not ostracized. I want students to learn for the sake of learning and interest, rather than just grades. I want my students to be mastery based learners rather than performance learners and I think is something that has to be instilled students by just talking to them and providing them with relevant activities. I want students to work together to understand concepts and be able to learn and teach other students in the classroom different concepts.
The best way to do these things to have balanced interactions with all students, this allows the teacher to understand their students on a personal level and to make lessons and activities more relevant to them; more meaningful for them.
For me, the desks should be long tables with more space for students to spread out and sit in groups. I dislike the single seat desks as they are small and cannot be put together for effective group work. When students are sitting in a way that brings the classroom together it brings a sense of community, (for example if the seats are arranged in a half circle like a conference room).
Appropriate praise helps students excel, and also helps students around them get on task.
4. Observe the teacher and student behaviors associated with discipline in your mentor’s classroom. Describe the most effective techniques used by your mentor teacher when dealing with student behavior. Include any additional techniques you would implement in your classroom.
My mentor teacher is great at disciplining her classroom because she knows how to handle students and knows how to question what they are doing in a non-threatening manner. She talks to her students and they know that she is there to help them and appreciate this about her. They know that she cares about them which can make all the difference when it comes to discipline. She sometimes has to get them to quiet down and work but she does this really easily with one look and they all quiet down. She always waits for pin drop silence and then allows them to get back to what they are doing. (100% compliance).