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My Classroom Management Plan When placed
inside the classroom, it was only a matter of a few days before I established
a concept as to what I thought would be most of my classroom management
skills. First I would like to address my classroom setup. Instead of making
the classroom an unfriendly environment, I would have the student’s work and
achievements adorning the room praising their efforts. Also, I would fill my
classroom with motivational tools. Perhaps this would be executed by having
an area full of books and various manipulatives to help the students with
their studies. This could also be achieved by incorporating self run centers
dedicated to particular areas of the curriculum such as math and writing. In
these centers I would make sure the students were well prepared with the
tools that they needed to achieve varied types of inquiries of study. Another aspect of
the classroom that I would like to construct would be to place the students within
groups at their desks. Though grouping students has the potential to be
disruptive, it calls for students to interact various tasks and promotes
social awareness within the classroom. By placing students in groups, it also
helps foster a positive community in which the student is working in. Rather
than forming bonds with only certain students, the students become aware that
they are all part of a bonded community. Pacing your
lessons is also a very important factor in creating a successful classroom. I
would have a steady schedule designated for certain tasks to show the
students the agenda for the day. To be flexible, I will not associate these
activities with times for the students to see. Rather, I will gage the
activities depending on student need to further their exploration on a
subject matter. Finally, I think
it’s important to go over with your student the reasoning behind why you are
asking them to endure a lesson being taught. Therefore, I would open the
lesson with an introductory statement explaining how the lesson connects to
them and what the overall expectation is for them. This way, students have a
setting they can connect with and find purpose to. Around the room I would have
signs also reinforcing lesson objectives or expectations, therefore the
students are provided with non-verbal reminders. This also connects to how I
would implement my classroom rules. Rather than creating a group of rules on
my own, I would use the Responsive Classroom model, and have the students
come up with the rules collaboratively. This way the students have created
together the expectations of the classroom and become equally responsible for
following these guidelines during the course of the school year. |
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@Amber Pike |
Last Revised 3/31/07 |