Classroom Management and Organization

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Classroom Management and Organization

• Presentation By
• Paulette Banks
• Deborah Dennard
• Geraldine French

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Definition

• Classroom management is the integration of
  teacher actions in four areas
• Establishing and enforcing rules and procedures,
• Carrying out disciplinary actions,
• Maintaining effective teacher and student
  relationships, and
• Maintaining an appropriate mental set for
  management.

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• Establishing and enforcing rules and procedures
  is a prerequisite for effective instruction in
  Pre K-12 classrooms.

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Establishing and Enforcing Rules and Procedures

• Rules and procedures are usually created for the
  following areas
• General expectations of behavior
• Beginning and ending class
• Transitions and interruptions
• Materials and equipment
• Group work
• Student-focused and teacher-focused activities

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Carrying Out Disciplinary Actions

• Four categories of disciplinary actions to
  consider
• Reinforcement
• Punishment
• No immediate consequences
• Combined punishment and reinforcement

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Carrying Out Disciplinary Actions

• Reinforcement involves some kind of recognition
  or reward for positive behavior or removal of
  negative behavior.
• Punishment involves some kind of negative
  consequences for inappropriate behavior.

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Carrying Out Disciplinary Actions

• When providing no immediate consequences a
  teacher may not offer punishment for
  inappropriate behavior but does need to provide a
  reminder when an inappropriate behavior appears
  imminent.
• Combined punishment and reinforcement involve
  recognition or reward in conjunction with
  consequences for inappropriate behavior.

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Carrying OutDisciplinary Actions

• Research has shown that combined punishment and
  reinforcement have the highest average of
  effectiveness.

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Carrying OutDisciplinary Actions

• Research has shown that providing no immediate
  consequence (positive or negative) has the lowest
  average of effectiveness.
• The art of being wise is knowing what to
  overlook. William James

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Teacher and Student Relationships

• If a teacher has a good relationship with
  students, then students accept his or her rules,
  procedures, and disciplinary actions. Positive
  student-teacher relationships enhance the
  classroom environment.

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Advice from Harry Wong

• Learning only takes place when students
• are on task and doing their work, producing
• the results a teacher wants.
• Ineffective teachers discipline their
• students with consequences and
• punishments, whereas effective teachers
• manage their students with procedures
• and routines.

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• Emotional Objectivity is when a teacher
• implements and enforces rules and procedures
• carries out disciplinary actions
• cultivates effective relationships with students

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Discipline

• Discipline is only one part of classroom
  management. You must have a discipline plan that
  consists of a few rules. If a student breaks a
  rule, there must be a definite consequence.
• This consequence is not contingent upon the
  frustration level of the teacher at the time the
  rule was broken, but is predetermined as the plan
  is being devised.

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Discipline

• Handle discipline problems discreetly.
• Deal with students one on one.
• Catch students behaving and comment on it.
• Provide frequent stretch breaks.
• Avoid power struggles with students.

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Discipline

• Contrary to popular belief, lack of discipline is
  not the number one problem in the classroom. The
  lack of structured, well-rehearsed procedures and
  routines is what causes most discipline problems.
• Successful teachers have routines and procedures
  that are clear and their students know what is
  expected of them.
• What is your schools discipline plan?

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Classroom Organization Tips

• Greet your students at the door and welcome them
  daily.
• Be organized and well-prepared. Plan every
  minute of your day beforehand.
• Have some type of clearly marked seating chart to
  avoid confusion.
• Make each day of school a
• success by establishing routines and
• procedures that set the tone for your
• well-managed classroom.

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Classroom Organization Tips

• Tell students what you expect, show them how you
  expect things to be done, practice the procedures
  with them, and reinforce as necessary.

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Final words from Harry Wong

• If you do not plan, the students will plan for
  you.
• Your success can be summed up
• with the single word PROCEDURES.
• The effective teacher
• develops procedures for every possible
  circumstance,
• teaches those procedures,
• practices those procedures, and
• enforces those procedures.