Classroom management is a term used by teachers to describe the process of ensuring that classroom lessons run smoothly despite disruptive behavior by students.
The most important action an effective teacher takes at the beginning of the year is creating a climate for learning.
Howard Miller, Associate Professor
of Education at Lincoln University (Jefferson City, Missouri) suggests 12 steps
teachers can take at the beginning of the year to promote effective classroom
management.
- Develop a set of written expectations you can live with and enforce.
- Be consistent. Be consistent. Be consistent.
- Be patient with yourself and with your students.
- Make parents your allies. Call early and often. Use the word "concerned." When communicating a concern, be specific and descriptive.
- Don't talk too much. Use the first 15 minutes of class for lectures or presentations, then get the kids working.
- Break the class period into two or three different activities. Be sure each activity segues smoothly into the next.
- Begin at the very beginning of each class period and end at the very end.
- Don't roll call. Take the roll with your seating chart while students are working.
- Keep all students actively involved. For example, while a student does a presentation, involve the other students in evaluating it.
- Discipline individual students quietly and privately. Never engage in a disciplinary conversation across the room.
- Keep your sense of perspective and your sense of humor.
- Know when to ask for help.
The
most important action an effective teacher takes at the beginning of
the year is creating a climate for learning. - See more at:
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The
most important action an effective teacher takes at the beginning of
the year is creating a climate for learning. - See more at:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr155.shtml#sthash.OrphCEPP.dpuf
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