A Collection of Classroom Procedures and Routines

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A Collection of Classroom Procedures and Routines

• Formulated By
• Jayson Willis
• Violet Satchell
• Amanda Jones

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MISSION

• Together we have compiled a variety of
  procedures, policies, and routines that we feel
  will be helpful in the organization and
  management of the elementary school classroom.

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Suggested Classroom Layout
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Management of Student Desks, Tables, and Class
Materials

• Students are expected to be responsible for their
  own desk and supplies, keeping them neat and
  presentable.
• Students will be allowed to use various supplies
  belonging to the classroom, and will be expected
  to return these supplies to their designated
  locations when they have finished using them.
• In order to maintain an orderly classroom, the
  teacher will designate cubbies or drawers that
  will house paper, colored pencils, glue, tape,
  rulers, scissors, etc.

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Learning Centers and Stations

• Students are expected to
• 1. Be respectful of materials and
  equipment
• 2. Obey posted rules and guidelines assigned
  to each center in the classroom.
• 3. Enjoy the various centers, using them as
  hands-on learning tools.
• 4. Return all materials to their original
  location, leaving the center neat and orderly
  for use by the next group.

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Procedures Regarding the Teachers Desk and
Storage Areas

• Students are not allowed behind the teachers
  desk or in the teachers storage areas without
  the consent of the teacher as the teachers desk
  and storage areas may contain confidential
  materials, grades, identification numbers, etc.,
  that students should not be able to access.

• The teacher is responsible for his/her desk just
  as the students are responsible for their desks.

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Requests to Leave Ones Seat or to Leave the
Classroom

• Reasons to Leave the Classroom
• Restroom
• Water
• Library
• Nurse/Office
• In each of these cases, the student must
  receive permission from the teacher in order to
  leave the classroom, as well as pick up the
  appropriate hall pass.
• Reasons to Leave Ones Seat
• Access Student Materials/Supplies
• Pencil Sharpener
• Technology
• Students are encouraged to wait for down
  time before they request to leave their seats.
  Students should raise their hands and receive
  permission from the teacher before leaving their
  seats to access materials.

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Class Procedures Outside of the Classroom

• Playground
• Students are expected to follow the school
  playground rules when using school equipment. If
  a piece of equipment looks unsafe for student
  use, the teacher must relocate students and
  notify school officials
• Lunchroom
• Students are expected to follow lunchroom rules
  established by the school. Sitting at the
  assigned table, talking in reasonable voices, and
  remaining seated are a few basic rules required
  by most school lunchrooms.

• Bathroom, Water Fountain, and Library
• When the teacher takes the class to these
  locations, students are expected to walk quietly
  in a single filed line when going to and from
  these areas. Boy and Girl Bathroom Monitors will
  assist in moving the class through the area
  quickly and quietly.

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Lining Up

• Students will be asked to line up quietly on
  their own. If this fails to work, the teacher
  will then assign rows or individual students to
  line up. Jobs such as line leader, door holder,
  and caboose will be assigned weekly so that each
  student has an opportunity to hold a job in the
  classroom.

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Field Trips

• Students are expected to follow the rules and
  policies of their school concerning field trips.
  Students should remain with their class and with
  their designated teacher/chaperone. The teacher
  should encourage students to be on their best
  behavior, after all they are representing their
  school!

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Student Participation

• Students will be given work to complete at their
  desks. All directions will be discussed clearly
  and any questions or concerns will be addressed.
  Students are expected to complete their work
  independently unless otherwise noted.

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Signal for Student Attention

• Give Me Five!
• Students will be asked to Give Me Five! At this
  point students should stop what they are doing
  and show the teacher their open palm. The
  teacher will wait to see each students palm
  before issuing any further instructions to the
  class.

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Regulating Talk Among Students

• Students will be expected to be quiet during
  testing situations and when the teacher or other
  students are speaking.
• The teacher will allow the students to have group
  discussions and collaborations but must insist
  that students utilize their six inch voices, so
  as not to disturb others.
• Students that fail to follow the guidelines for
  talking in the classroom will be presented with
  consequences.

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Making Assignments

• The teacher will always attempt to explain the
  relevancy of each assignment given to the
  student.
• The teacher will make every effort to make
  his/herself available to the student so that
  questions and concerns regarding assignments may
  be resolved.

• Daily assignments as well as homework assignments
  will be posted in a designated place on the board
  so that students may easily find out what they
  are expected to do.

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Passing Out Books and Supplies

• The class will have weekly student helpers that
  will be responsible for helping the teacher pass
  out papers and supplies.

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Procedures for Whole Class Activities

• TURNING IN WORK
• There is a designated area where a filing crate
  is placed for students to put any work being
  turned in. Completed work and any incomplete work
  will each go in their own labeled color folder.
  Prior to turning in any work I will remind the
  students to put the shape of the day around their
  name- example heart, circle, square, flower,
  etc. This will eliminate the likelihood of a
  nameless paper being turned in.

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Handing back Homework

• I will hand back graded assignments and student
  helpers will assist with others. This will keep
  the all students privacy and self-esteem in tact
  about their work.

• I will explain to individual students about their
  grade to help them with future work. Clear
  directions will be given to the student helpers
  regarding how to return the papers to their
  owners.

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Out of Seat Policies

• Students will be reminded to stay on task and in
  their seats. This will eliminate the possibility
  of disturbing others who are working and keeps
  the learning process in tact. If students choose
  to wander out of their seats I will inquire what
  is needed and remind him of our task at this
  time. Should it happen a second time while the
  class is working, then a verbal warning will be
  given. If it occurs a third time there will be a
  consequence.

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Activities after work is completed

• Students who have completed their assigned tasks
  will have choices of specific quiet activities to
  do while the rest of the class finishes.

• These will be placed in a specified area of the
  classroom for easy access by the students.
  Students will be made aware of this prior to
  starting their activity.

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Other

• For those students who are working on a higher
  academic level there will be work that they can
  be perform independent of the teacher. For those
  students who need remediation adaptations will be
  made accordingly. The teacher will facilitate the
  work that is being done by the class and offer
  assistance throughout as needed.

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Small Group Activities/Cooperative Learning
Groups

• Benefits of Cooperative Learning
• Interaction with peers
• Promotes support and encouragement of peers
  rather than competition
• Students on all ability levels have a boosted
  achievement
• Allows for team work

• Cooperative Learning is NOT
• Students sitting side by side at the same table
  talking as they do their individual assignments
• A group assignment that is completed by one
  student.
• Having students complete a task in which the
  student who finishes first helps the slower
  students.

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Effective Cooperative Learning IS

• A way of bolstering both individual
  accountability as well as group effort.
• Teaching students how to come together as a group
  quickly, quietly, and efficiently.
• Focused on the learning task rather than a winner
  or a loser.

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Movement Into and Out of Groups

• Begin the Year with the Rules
• Rules regarding expected behavior during
  transitions into and out of groups need to be
  gone over at the beginning of the year with the
  students.
• Points the teacher should address in rules
• Noise level Quiet voices are expected as the
  transition is made.
• Conduct Students should be aware that this is a
  time in which orderly and calm behavior is
  expected. Bring to the students attention that
  injury is much more likely to occur when they are
  running and joking around.
• A chart located on the bulletin board or wall can
  help the students know exactly where they are to
  go each day when they are in groups.
• Student Responsibilities Each student needs to
  have an equal responsibility in the group

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Example Group Chart for Reading/ Spelling
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Bringing Materials To Groups

• Assign each member of a group a job to perform
  within that group ahead of time in order to avoid
  confusion.
• Possible Tasks are
• Principal Investigator
• Materials Manager
• Recorder
• Reporter
• Maintenance Director

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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Principal Investigator
• Checks assignment
• Asks teacher for information
• Leads group discussions
• Certifies the recorded results
• Materials Manager
• Picks up all materials for task
• Returns all materials and equipment
• Helps clean up

• Reporter
• Asks for group comments before results are turned
  in
• Reports results to class (oral or written)
• Maintenance Director
• Cleans up work station
• Enlists help of other group members
• Disposes of cleanup materials
• Recorder
• Collects info
• Records Info

These jobs may be suitable for only the upper
grades in elementary school but can be adapted to
fit the earlier grades.
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Expected Behavior of Students

• In groups
• No put downs
• Equal effort
• Cooperation
• Respect for others
• Each student has a say in results
• Prepared for group
• Out of Groups
• No put downs
• 100 effort
• Respect for others
• Prepared for class

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Other

• During group work, teacher must provide students
  with
• Expectations for behavior during group work
• Goals of each group task (written and oral)
• Pointers for Teachers who plan on utilizing
  groups in their classroom
• Talk with other teachers and observe their
  methods for cooperative learning.
• Reflect upon personal experiences with group
  work. Think about how the bad experiences could
  have been handled differently, consider how you
  might further enhance the good experiences.

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MORE Procedures

• Beginning of day
• End of day
• Conduct during delays and interruptions
• Fire drill
• Housekeeping
• Substitute procedures

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Beginning and Ending Successfully

• 800- 830 am
• Expected Behavior
• Quiet
• Turn in HW folder
• In seats
• Working on assigned activity
• Items to Address
• Roll
• Lunch
• HW folders turned in
• Announcements
• Days Events

• 200- 230 pm
• Expected Behavior
• Quiet
• In seats
• Items to Address
• Transportation Home
• ASP, Car-riders, Day Care
• Homework Reminders
• Announcements/ Reminders

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Delays, Interruptions

• Many unplanned interruptions and delays can creep
  up unexpectedly on teachers and there are several
  ways to handle these instances.

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Bright Ideas

• At beginning of year, establish rules regarding
  conduct during unexpected events, delays,
  interruptions.
• When these unplanned events occur, be consistent
  and fair in addressing inappropriate behavior
• Have a written list of expected behavior just for
  when these surprises occur

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FIRE, FIRE!!

• Fire Drills can be very unnerving for both you
  and your students. To prevent students from
  becoming scared, disoriented, or confused these
  guidelines can help

• Explain what you will do as a teacher when the
  fire alarm goes off. Also make the students aware
  of what they are responsible for.

• Go over exactly what will happen during a fire
  drill including what sounds they will hear, where
  your class will walk, where they will exit the
  building, etc.

• Explain to students that most of the fire alarms
  are only drills.

• Do a practice run with your students so that
  they can actually feel a fire drill.

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Housekeeping

• Housekeeping
• Dirty floors
• Try having the students find 5 or 10 pieces of
  trash on the floor to pick up and award each
  student who has the necessary number with a
  sticker or a Jolly Rancher.
• Magic Trash Game
• The teacher locates one specific piece of trash
  on the floor and, without telling the students
  which piece it is, allows the students two
  minutes to scour the floors picking up trash and
  trying to pick the magic piece. The one with
  the magic piece at the end gets a reward.

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Student Helpers

• Grade Dependent
• In the lower grades of elementary school, assign
  helpers weekly and post names with job on the
  walls.
• Upper grades can have longer assigned jobs and
  can integrate the application process, building a
  resume, and an interview into their assigned jobs.

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Student Jobs/ Responsibilities

• Boy and Girl Bathroom Monitor
• Monitors bathrooms during breaks and must report
  inappropriate behavior to teacher.
• Line Leader
• Follows teacher to destination. Must set example
  for rest of class.
• Caboose
• Makes sure that all students are in front of him/
  her.
• Door Holder
• Holds door for ALL students.
• Paper Passer
• Helps teacher pass out assignments, tests, etc.

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Substitute Procedures

• Go over expectations with students at the
  beginning of the year and also the day before an
  expected absence regarding expected conduct and
  rules during a substitute teacher day.

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Substitute Folder

• The substitute folder should have enough
  information about the lessons for the day that a
  stranger could walk into the room and execute the
  lesson with moderate ease.
• The substitute folder should be located in an
  easy-to-find place in or beside the teachers
  desk. It should include notes on the lessons, a
  seating chart, class rosters for each period, an
  itinerary for the day, a list of where things are
  located, a list of procedures in case of
  emergency, etc.

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In Closing
We hope that the procedures and guidelines
outlined in this presentation will assist the
Elementary School Teacher in managing a
successful learning environment for students.