Classroom Management Planning and Guiding Learning Experiences

1. Chapter 3 Classroom Management Planning and Guiding Learning Experiences

2. Classroom Management Harry Wong states: “What you do on the first days of school will determine your success or failure for the rest of the school year. You will either win or lose your class on the first days of school”.  What have you observed about classroom management in your field-based setting this semester? Would you agree or disagree with this statement?

3. Key Components of Classroom Management Planning Organizing Arranging Monitoring Anticipating

4. Components of Classroom Management Planning To teach for mastery, an effective teacher must do two things: 1. Know how to design lessons in which a student will learn a concept or skill. 2. Know how to evaluate the learning to determine if the student has mastered the concept or skill. How important is planning before you teach? What components go into planning? What have you observed in your classroom?

5. Components of Classroom Management Organizing – Procedure suggestions: How to line up at the door How to turn in homework How to work in a group What to do when you complete your assignment How to sharpen pencils What are examples that you see in your schools? Which ones work, which ones don’t? Why are procedures important?

6. Components of Classroom Management Arranging Seating arrangement – The only way to have students learn discipline rules, procedures and routines is to have the seats arranged so that every pair of eyes is looking at you. There is no one form of seating that should be permanently used the entire school year. Students should be assigned to their seats on the first day so it is not a frustrating treasure hunt. For group work, you should assign students to their groups and then assign groups to their work stations. Discuss the seating arrangement in your schools.

7. Components of Classroom Management Monitoring Experienced teachers are able to communicate to students and they are aware of what is going on in their classrooms. With-it-ness Discuss examples of monitoring in your classroom. What are the best practices that you have observed? What could be done better? How would this be accomplished?

8. Components of Classroom Management Anticipating Transition smoothness – knowing when a task needs to be changed and managing the change so smoothly, that students continue working. Task engagement - repetition of an activity so students become disinterested Ripple Effect – disciplining a child in front of other students does not produce conformity of other children

9. Positive Expectations There is absolutely no research correlation between success and family background, race, national origin, financial status, or even educational accomplishments. There is but one correlation with success, and that is ATTITUDE. Harry Wong, page 35

10. Positive Expectations Your expectations of your students will greatly influence their achievement in your class and in their lives. The Two Kinds of Expectations Positive or high expectations Negative or low expectations

11. Positive Expectations Expectations should not be confused with standards. Standards are levels of achievement. Teachers who practice positive expectations will help their students reach high standards.

12. Grouping Whole class instruction: Allows for the group to learn to care about each other. Good strategy for teaching new concepts to the class. Small-group instruction: Research states that to accomplish creative goals, intuitive thinking, discovery, exploration, and inquiry, this grouping instruction is more suitable. Cooperative learning: Allows for better problem solving and fosters cooperation over competitive learning.

13. Thoughts The ineffective teacher begins the first day of school attempting to teach a subject and spends the rest of the year running after the students. The effective teacher spends most of the first week teaching the students how to follow classroom procedures.