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Teacher as Classroom Manager

LEARNING UNIT 5: Managing the classroom through

effective administration and teamwork
Learning Unit5

Managing classroon through effective

administration

INTRODUCTION

This unit aims to expose you to the task of a registered class teacher. If you are already
a practising educator, this unit will help you to reflect on how you can improve your
classroom administration strategy but if you are still learning to become an Educator
this unit will introduce you to how to manage school finances and equip you with
financial administration skills. You will also learn about filing systems which will provide
what is expected of you as an educator. This will therefore be helping manage the
classroom through effective administration tools.

Learning outcomes

After studying this learning Unit, you should be able to:

• Explain the tasks of a register teacher

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• Use relevant filling systems

• Apply financial administration strategies
• Apply appropriate assessment management processes to manage classroom
assessment
• Use technology for classroom administration
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• Reading

To learn more about this unit study your prescribed textbook as indicated below
Prescribed textbook: The teacher as a classroom manager
Chapter 8: Managing classrooms through effective administration

You as a registered class teacher will have to perform particular administrative tasks.
If you are already an educator these tasks will help you to change or improve your
classroom administration. If you are still learning to become an educator, you will
learn about the tasks that will enable you to use effective classroom management
activities

The most important class administrative tasks are the following:

• Financial administration
• Filing systems
• Control and assessment in the classroom
• Role of technology in managing classrooms effectively

THE TASK OF THE EDUCATOR RELATED TO CLASSROOM ADMINISTRATION

ACTIVITIES
The diagram below gives you a picture of classroom administration activities,

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To learn more about this unit study your prescribed textbook as indicated below
Prescribed book: The teacher as classroom manager
Chapter 8: Managing classroom through effective administration

Activity 1

The responsibilities of a registered class teacher are many and sometimes it is difficult for
register class teachers to cope with all their administrative task. Study the picture below
carefully. This picture shows that this classroom is chaotic and there are some
recommendations that need to make to apply appropriate administration activities to bring order
to this classroom.

• Managing the classroom through effective administration and teamwork

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QUESTIONS FOR ACTIVITY 1

a. Make recommendations on how Financial Administration can be used to

lessen the teacher’s workload

b. Design a filing system this teacher can use for her annual work schedule and
for her assessment plan.

c. Make recommendations on how the teacher can control learner’s assessment

in the classroom

The role of technology in managing classrooms effectively

Technology is everywhere and the classroom is no different. When you hear the word
technology possible think of computers and cell phones. Technology refers to any tool
that we use to make our lives easier. Look around your classroom and make a list of
the kinds of technologies that help you with classroom administration.

Information Communications Technologies (ICT) might have changed your classroom

administration tasks. Again look around your classroom and make a list of ICT that
you are using for your classroom administration.

Quiz
Identify two correct answers in each of the following statements:

1. The following data should be part of the learners’ files:

i) Accounting procedures
ii) Social and emotional behaviour
iii) Records of schooling years and progression summary
iv) Dates of the formal assessment tasks

2. The effective course management systems include:

i) Name of school with the stamp
ii) Document-authoring tools
iii) The learners’ names and their marks
iv) Assessment opportunities

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3. The tasks of a registered teacher are:

i) Financial administration
ii) Managing assessments
iii) Creating Education Management Information System
v) Creating positive classroom climate

4. Assessment management process consists of these stages:

i) Offer information
ii) Collecting evidence
iii) Reporting achievement
iv) Check progress

5. These following are classified as non-teaching tasks:

i) Managing finances in the classroom
ii) Managing and updating the filing system
iii) Managing technology in the classroom
iv) Managing communication

6. The SA-SAMS is:

i) Meant for disciplining learners
ii) Designed to meet the administrative needs of public schools
iii) One of the classroom tasks of the teacher
iv) A computer application with EMIS focus