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Strategies, tools and skills for establishing classroom management systems.
Background Theory - Classroom OrganizationEffective teachers decide on rules and procedures for general classroom conduct before the school year begins. Although the rules and procedures used by effective classroom managers vary from teacher to teacher, one does not find effectively managed classrooms without them. Effective managers typically have three to six general rules of conduct and a variety of procedures for five general categories of procedures. Teacher as a Role ModelIt is worthwhile to explain the purpose of the procedure and why it is important for the students’ benefit in terms of their own learning. This also helps raise the student’s awareness of the importance of the teacher as a role model. Why Plan Your Procedures at the Beginning of the School YearThere are advantages of establishing procedures at the outset of the school year.
Step by Step - Planning Classroom ProceduresIdentify the academic activities, routine procedures and special procedures (if any) a teacher’s students will be engaged in. It is a good idea to pull as many areas as possible for which a specific classroom procedure is required. The next step is to prioritize the items that need to be taught the first week of school, the second week and so on. The guiding principle in sequencing which behaviors to teach first is to teach only those procedures which are absolutely necessary to maintain a proactive classroom where students are not given a chance to be off-task. An important tip: It is important to teach procedures as deliberately and thoroughly as academic content. It is important also to review and reinforce them. Categories of Procedures and Corresponding Examples
Over to YouWhat other procedures can you think of? Fill in the five categories with procedures of your own. share them with your staff. Think of ways to communicate, review and reinforce these procedures to your students. Further ReadingEffective Classroom Management
The copyright of the article Classroom Management Programs in Classroom Organization is owned by Dorit Sasson. Permission to republish Classroom Management Programs in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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