The 1, 2, 3

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The 1, 2, 3s and A, B, Cs of Classroom
Management
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100 beginning teachers were surveyed and asked
the question In what areas do you feel you would
like guidance?
The top three answers are
1. Classroom management
2. Staying on top of everything
3. How to plan lessons
(Gordon and Butters, 2003)
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Why is great classroom management important?

• Invites students to learn

1. Increases positive student behavior

1. Prepares students to survive and thrive in society

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1. Invite students to learn with

• inviting and sincere verbal comments
• I appreciate your help.
• How can I help you?
• inviting personal behaviors
• smiling and listening
• thumbs up or high five
• an inviting physical environment
• live plants
• nicely decorated walls
• inviting thoughts (self-talk)
• Making mistakes is OK.
• I am a patient person.

(Wong, 1998)
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1. Increase positive student behavior by

• Addressing students by name.
• Saying please and thank you.
• Having a controlled, disarming smile.
• Being lovable and capable and showing empathy
  when necessary.

(Wong, 1998)
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1. Preparing students to thrive in society
   involves teaching

• Responsibility
• Cooperation
• Courage
• Self-esteem

Subject matter is certainly an important part of
teaching so is preparing students to survive and
thrive in the kind of society in which they will
live.
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Why teachers help prepare students to survive and
thrive in the kind of society in which they will
live.

• Responsibility
• Democracy demands that its members make
  decisions and accept responsibility for the
  consequences of those decisions.
• Cooperation
• In a democracy, the student who can cooperate
  with others in any enterprise is far more likely
  to survive and thrive.
• Courage
• A students courage enables him to try, fail and
  try again, until he masters the challenges life
  poses.
• Self-esteem
• A student with high self-esteem sees herself as
  a capable human being who has a good opportunity
  to succeed at challenges. (Popkin, 1994)

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What does great classroom management look like?

• Productive environment
• Positive classroom atmosphere
• Cooperative, respectful, and on task students

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1. Productive environment

• Seating
• Students are placed in seats where they can best
  learn science. (Easily distracted students and
  needy students sit near the teacher.)
• Organization
• A system of procedures are in place and executed
  by students knowing what to do when.
• Planning
• Teacher operates with a sense of purpose in the
  classroom.
• Engaging
• Students are engaged in the learning activity.

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1. Positive classroom atmosphere

• Attribution
• Students can recognize his/her strengths and
  operate with a can do attitude.
• Encouragement
• Teacher encourages students to meet challenges
  and exceed expectations.
• CollaborationStudents help each other to learn
  while participating in constructivist learning
  activities.

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1. Cooperative, respectful, and on task students

• Cooperation
• Students are following the class guidelines.
• Respect
• Student discourse is positive.
• On Task
• Students are interested and focused on the
  assignment.

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