Classroom Management

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Classroom Management

• Surviving and Thriving in Year One and Beyond!

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Classroom Management Challenges

• Challenging Interactions (with parents and/or
  peers)
• Paperwork
• Instruction (Planning for, Delivery of, and
  Assessment of)
• Student Behavior
• Depleted Energy Enthusiasm
• TIME

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Relationships

• Personality Types (COLORS)
• The Languages we speak

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The Gold Learner

• Strengths
• Organization
• Leadership
• Attention to detail
• Loyalty and responsibility

• Needs
• Impatience with incompetence
• Willingness to take risks
• Take on too much

• As a Learner I value clear goals and
  expectations, visuals and concise directions,
  time and resources

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The Blue Learner

• Strengths
• Compassion empathy
• Creativity
• Desire to please
• Patience

• Needs
• Help with staying on task, meeting deadline
• Avoid confrontation
• Cant say NO become overwhelmed

• As a Learner I value a teacher who connects to
  me, positive feedback and support, models and
  opportunities to discuss

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The Orange Learner

• Strengths
• Energy enthusiasm
• Fun-loving
• Sense of Humor
• Competitive nature

• Needs
• Attention to detail
• Patience
• Overly competitive

• As a Learner I value a novel learning
  opportunity, a connected and relevant learning
  goal, hands-on or multi-modality opportunities

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The Green Learner

• Strengths
• Independence
• Ability to think outside the box
• Ability to debate
• Problem solving

• Needs
• Impatience
• Argumentative nature
• Non-conformity
• Empathy

• As a Learner I value seeing the Big Picture and
  knowing the Why of the learning opportunities
  to engage in self-directed learning

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Students Co-Workers
The Practical Learner
The Personal Learner
The Active Learner
The Focused Learner
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The Languages We Speak

• Words of Affirmation
• Quality Time
• Gifts
• Acts of Service
• Physical Touch

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Paperwork

• Folders or binders
• Professional
• Instructional
• Personal
• Using Technology
• Color-coded files / Outlook

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Instruction

• Know what you are teaching and why
• Standards Key Concepts Objectives
• Communicate clearly to your students
• Objectives Directions Expectations
  Observations
• Monitor and adjust
• Wait time proximity checking for understanding
• Engage them
• Qualities of engaging work variety choice

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Transitions

• Procedures and Expectations
• Practice and remind over and over again!
• Anchor activities
• Tic-Tac-Toe, BINGO board, or Menu
• Sponge Activities
• Quick write puzzle Do Now
• Signals and Cues
• Gesture Sound Visual

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Substitute Plans

• Sub folder on desk
• AESOP for messages to the sub
• Clearly labeled and organized room

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Student Behavior

• Recognize Individual Differences
• Backgrounds Rate of learning Learning styles
• Create a Safe Classroom Environment
• Build community Recognize symptoms of fear
  Respect comfort zones
• Be in the Relationship Business
• Relationships vs. Compliance Self-fulfilling
  prophesies Notice them
• Treat Behavior as an Academic Problem -gt Create
  Extra Learning Opportunities
• Do not remove learning opportunities due to
  behaviors

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Taking Care of Yourself

• Network with colleagues (break the isolation)
• Remember to get a life outside of teaching
• Ask for help!
• Help others!!
• Celebrate successes!!!

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TIME
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Sharing

• Keep the conversation going by sharing
  suggestions or asking questions on our Moodle
  site
• https//npsdmoodle.mciu.org/course/view.php?id103