Module 1 Introduction to Classroom Management TED 377

Module 1 Introduction to Classroom Management TED 377 Methods in Sec. Ed.

Module 1 Students will explain the roles and responsibilities (including confidential record keeping and reporting) of classroom teachers to motivate and manage all students in Secondary programs.

Reading • Read the following in the Duplass textbook: – Topic 6: “Learning Theories and Principles” – Topic 15: “Student Behavior and Effective Learning Environments”

Introduction to Classroom Management

Introduction • Classroom control is one of the greatest concerns to beginning teachers. Management has been compared to driving a truck down a windy road downhill.

n o i s s cu s Di Introductory Thoughts Ø What do you know already about classroom management? Ø What are your concerns about classroom management? Ø What would you like to learn in this course?

n o i s s cu s Di Introductory Thoughts Ø What are the elements of a well managed class? Ø Why do students misbehave/go off task?

Why Do Students Misbehave? • • Bored. Testing rules. Asserting independence. Seeking attention. Misunderstanding teachers’ expectations. Emulating the behaviors of others. Repeating behavior that was rewarded in the past. • Seeking peer approval.

Historical Background • 1800’s: – The era of classroom discipline and punishment. – Children are innately bad. Misbehavior can be prevented by strictness and punishment.

Historical Background • 1900’s: – Thought that children misbehaved due to the punitive system. – Students were given more freedom in deciding what they would learn (progressive education). – Teacher’s role was to provide a rich classroom to stimulate learner curiosity.

Historical Background • Today: – Classroom control vs. classroom discipline. • Control is part of classroom management: – Prevent inappropriate behavior. – Deal with inappropriate behavior. – Help students develop self-control. • Select management techniques that… – Enhance student self-esteem. – Help students learn how to assume control of their behavior and ownership of their learning.

Historical Background • Effective classroom management: – Process of organizing and conducting a classroom so that it maximizes student learning.

Goals • Three goals of classroom motivation and management: 1. To keep students emotionally and physically safe. 2. To have students to pay attention, do what we ask, and stretch as necessary to learn to the best of their abilities. 3. To manage students in ways that will allow them eventually to manage themselves. If we are successful managers, students will trust us and like being in our classrooms, enjoy learning, and will grow increasingly responsible and independent.

Why Is Classroom Management Important? • On Opening Day, Genny (one of your 27 first period seventh-grade students) gets as far as your door before bursting out in tears. She refuses to enter. What will you do?

Why Is Classroom Management Important? • Bobby refuses to do homework. After you give an assignment, Bobby announces to you and the class that he does not want any homework. “If you give me any homework, I will throw it right in the garbage. ” What will you do?

Why Is Classroom Management Important? • About three weeks into the year, Bill (one of your 25 second period students) throws a tennis ball to his buddy Bob misses and the class laughs. What will you do?

Why Is Classroom Management Important? • Fred’s dad has been invisible for the first part of the year, but goes bonkers when he sees Fred’s November report card. He demands a meeting. In the meeting he challenges you to “prove” that his some earned such low grades. What will you do?

Why Is Classroom Management Important? • You have a policy that students cannot use the lav while you are lecturing. If they do, it’s an automatic detention. Before and after, OK, but not during! At about eleven minutes after ten, Karen gets red in the face, bounds out of her seat and, without saying where she is going, dashes to the lav. What will you do?

Most Important Part of Classroom Management • You will find that this course is far less prescriptive than the modules used in TED 271 Classroom Management. • YOU are the central issue in classroom management. Therefore, this course should be about YOU. • This course is less about information (though there is new material) and more about YOU.

A Classroom Management System Includes… • • • Assessment system. Grading system. Attendance policy. Homework policy. Rules, and how you will communicate them to students.

A Classroom Management System Includes… • How you intend to prevent inappropriate behaviors. • How you intend to motivate and consequate appropriate behaviors. • How you will react to “common” and also more challenging behaviors. • How you will record behavior (good and bad). • How you will address harassment and bullying (including cyerbullying).

A Classroom Management System Includes… • How you will address substance abuse. • How you will make referrals and interact with professional colleagues. • How you will communicate with parents. • How parents can communicate with you. • How parents can address medical/dietary issues.

Culmination • This course will culminate with you articulating your own system of classroom management.

Review: MODULE 1 • • • Why do students misbehave? Historical background. Goals of classroom management. Why is classroom management important? Most important part of management. Elements of a classroom management system.