Classroom Management

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Classroom Management

• Multidimensional, simultaneous, immediate,
  unpredictable, public, historical

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Organization

• How will you organize the seating in your room?
• T formation
• Rows versus U formation
• Children with disabilities (e.g. hearing)

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• How will you collect papers?
• How will you deal with the collection of late
  papers?
• How will you handle the students who were absent
  the day before in terms of handouts and perhaps
  returned tests or quizzes?

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• How will you take roll?
• How can you help students come to class with the
  appropriate books, etc.?
• How can you guarantee to start class on time?
• How can you assure a high rate of time on task
  (or engaged time)?
• How do you make a smooth transition from one
  activity to another?

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• How can you be sure homework is complete without
  collecting it every day?
• How can you engage all the students without
  putting them on the spot?
• How will you deal with students who want to go to
  the bathroom? nurse? guidance counselor?

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• How will you deal with late work?
• How will you enforce your rules and procedures?
• How will you establish a hierarchy of
  consequences?

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How do you avoid discipline problems?

• Withitness (overlapping)
• How do you demonstrate it?
• Group Focus
• One person writing on board
• Movement Management
• How do you pace an activity?

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How can you stop misbehavior without involving
the entire class?

• Eye contact
• Proximity control
• One-to-one reminder of the rules
• Put consequence into effect
• Comment on behavior, not the person
• Make the punishment fit the crime

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• Token Reinforcement
• Contract Programs
• Empathetic Listening
• Parental contact
• POST THE RULES!
• MAKE THE RULES KNOWN!

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Special Education Students and Discipline

• Time limit on suspensions
• May not be expelled
• Must check IEP for details