Module 2

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Module 2

• The Classroom System

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The Classroom System
Classrooms are like road systems that we travel
each day while driving from one location to the
next. As educators, we should think of our
classroom system with intersections, stop signs,
stop lights, overpasses, exits, crossroads, turn
lanes, etc. If we didnt have a system in place
on our roads then we would have chaos, the same
should be considered for a classroom of learners.
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The Classroom System

• In order to create a proper classroom management
  plan, it consists of many items. It must include
  a set of procedures for everything how to turn
  in papers, pick up materials, hand out papers,
  what to do when students enter class, passes for
  bathroom, nurse, and library, homework
  procedures, and any other things you may need to
  monitor your classroom.

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The Classroom System

• Without procedures and routines a classroom can
  be a big dishevel. Teachers need tools to help
  them create their procedures and routines in
  order for them to have a successful learning
  environment each and every day. 

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The Classroom Systemfrom Harry Wong

• Harry Wong p. 82
• We know what the single most important factor
  governing student learning is. In a study
  reviewing 11,000 pieces of research that spanned
  50 years, three researchers determined that there
  are 28 factors that influence student learning
  and placed them in rank order. The most
  important factor governing student learning is
  CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT.

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Classroom System

• The way you manage your classroom determines how
  your students will learn.
• Teachers should manage a classroom not discipline
  it.

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Three Important Behaviors

• Three behaviors should be taught the first days
  of school
• Discipline
• Procedures
• Rules

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Procedures and Routines

• These should be taught the first day of school.
  There should be a procedure each time students
  are transitioning from one task to the next,
  remind them how you want things done.

Everything should have a procedure!
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Procedures and Routines

• Teachers must have a set of procedures and
  routines in place in order to provide structure
  in a classroom.
• PROCEDURES ROUTINES STRUCTURE

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Procedures and Routines

• Very important- There should be little if any
  wasted time during instruction or transition from
  one task to the next.

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Prime Time

• Harry Wong, p. 133
• Prime Time in school is the first few moments
  in class. If you blow these moments, you
  jeopardize the success of the entire class.

This is crucial!!!
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Instructional Time

• Question- What if a teacher loses 5 minutes each
  day of instructional time because of wasted time?
• How much would that equal in a week? 25 minutes (
  half a class period)
• How much time is wasted in a six weeks? 150
  minutes (WOW!-That is scary.over two hours of
  wasted time, two class periods.)

That is a lot of wasted time!
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Preventing Wasted Time

• How can you prevent wasted time?
• Have procedures in place for your students.
• There should be a procedure for
  everything.details later in this module.
• Transition quickly and have a routine to make the
  transition move smoother and quicker

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Procedures and Routines

• Students must know from the very beginning how
  they are expected to behave and work in the
  classroom
• A procedure explains how you want something done-
  you must clearly state
• A routine is what the student does automatically
  without prompting or supervision.

Know the difference between procedures and
routines!
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Procedures

• Three Reasons why they are not followed
• The teacher had not thought out what happens in
  the classroom.
• The students have not been trained to follow the
  procedures
• The teacher spends no time managing the
  classroom.

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Procedures

• From the first day of school when student enter
  your classroom, you must begin teaching them
  procedures and routines. Tell them as you greet
  them at the door what they should do.

Teach them the proceduresjust like a lesson.
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Procedures

• Example Students entering a room on the first
  day of school, might greet the teacher at the
  door with the teacher prompting, Good morning,
  as you walk into the room, please grab the papers
  on the table and find your name on the desk.
  Thank you.
• This has now become the beginning of a procedure.
  As class starts you remind them that is what they
  will do each day when they come to class.
• The next day greet them the same way and ask them
  to pick up their papers again. Now, it is
  becoming a routine. After a few days, you will
  no longer have to remind them to do this. It is
  a HABIT.

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Procedures

• Class should start as soon as the bell rings.
  Students should be working on a warm-up. The
  day you change a routine, they will question it.
  If you dont have a warm-up one day, they will
  not know what to do, because you have interfered
  with their routine.

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Procedures

• Every day
• Post the assignment in the same place
• Post the objectives in the same place
• Have their warm-ups ready in same place
• The more consistent you keep their routine, the
  more consistent they will be with their routine.

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Three Step Approach to Teaching Procedures

• 1) Explain State, explain, model, and
  demonstrate
• 2) Rehearse Rehearse and practice the procedure
  under your supervision
• 3) Reinforce Re-teach, rehearse, practice, and
  reinforce the procedures until it becomes a habit

REHEARSE
EXPLAIN
REINFORCE
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What Defines Procedures?

• What do they do as soon as they walk into the
  room?
• How to turn in work or get back work
• Where to find absent work
• What to do when you want their attention
• What to do in order to sharpen pencil
• How or when to throw away trash
• How to be dismissed from class

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STRUCTUREHarry Wong, p.191

• Students risk failure because of the lack of
  STRUCTURE
• Procedures and routines create STRUCTURE
• If your class is designed with structure in mind,
  you will have successful students

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Another Way to Design Successful Students

• Give your students respect by saying
• Have a great day as you dismiss them
• Say please to them
• Tell them thank you
• Always address them with a hello in the hallway
• Build a professional relationship with them and
  they will be more productive in class
• Always show respect

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Conclusion

• For a successful class create structure with
  procedures.
• Procedures will become habits and turn into
  routines
• Design class with no wasted time
• Students need structure to be successful

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Conclusion

• This information should be helpful when creating
  your classroom system and how you want your
  classroom to run. SMOOTHLY!
• Follow the next step in module 2, now you are
  ready to create procedures for your students.
• Good Luck! Remember, this is a crucial part that
  will determine your success this year.

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Sources

• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Clipart
• Harry Wong book, The First Days of School