Effective Classroom Management Plan for Teachers

1. The Classroom Management Plan Rules, Protocols, and Preventing Misbehavior Dr. Allen Guidry – ECU HIED

2. A model for approaching CM Discipline Classroom/material organization Policy and procedure Instructional time management Relationships

3. The classroom management plan • Classroom rules • Daily protocols and routines (see subsequent slides) • General procedures • Seatwork and instruction procedures • Student group work • Miscellaneous • Levels of consequences • Intervention strategies • Preventative management/motivation techniques • Implementation plan

4. Establishment of clear, fair, and enforceable rules/expectations A good set of classroom rules/expectations includes: • Forbidden behaviors • Required behaviors (“Be attitudes”) • Consequences for violations • Avoid negative wording • Respect for others permeates rules • Limited to 5-7

5. Establishment of clear procedures • Clear classroom procedures can prevent a number of problems • A good set of procedures includes: • Administrative procedures • Passing papers • Sharpening pencils • Turning in work • Participating in class • Procedures for: • Seatwork • Teacher guided activities • Student group work

6. General procedures • Beginning of period • Attendance check • Previously absent students • Tardy students • Expected student behaviors • Out of room policies • Location of materials and equipment (map showing location) • Pencil sharpener • Overhead, projector, TV, projector screen, etc. • Students desks and teacher desk • Storage of materials (notebooks, supplemental texts, etc.) • Ending of period

7. Seatwork and instruction procedures • Gaining student attention • Eliciting student participation • Seatwork procedures • Talk among students • Obtaining help • Out-of-seat • When seatwork is complete

8. Student group work • Use of materials and supplies • Assignment of students to groups • Student participation and behavior

9. Miscellaneous • Behavior during interruptions • Fire and disaster drills • Split lunch period • Lockers

10. Management of instructional time • Classroom management begins with a well-planned, engaging lesson • High time on task requires three elements: • Preventing misbehavior • Withitness and overlapping of activities (teaching and handling admin matters) • Managing movement • Momentum and smoothness in lesson • Maintaining group focus • Group alerting and encouraging accountability

11. Management of instructional time (cont.) • Most problems occur when (1) there is a “lull” in the lesson and (2) when transitions occur • How will you prevent slowpokes from slowing down your lesson tempo as they transition? • How will you prevent transition problems in the following key transition periods of each lesson? • Beginning of period • Transition from input segment of lesson to assignment • End-of-period

12. Kounin’s principles of group management (preventative) • Preventing misbehavior • Withitness • Overlapping • Managing movement • Momentum • Smoothness • Maintaining group focus • Group alerting • Encouraging accountability • Higher participation formats

13. Common problems (momentum and smoothness) • Dangle – topics left to do or talk about something else • Flip-flop – coming back to topic left from dangle • Thrust – intrusion on activity with some (often irrelevant) information • Stimulus bound – teacher distracted from outside stimulus and attention drawn from lesson