Managing The Classroom

By: Angie Vidal

What is Classroom Management?

Classroom Management “is the process of organizing and conducting the business
of the classroom relatively free of behavior problems. Classroom management is
often perceived as related to the preservation of order and the maintenance of
control”
The main goal of classroom management is for educational goals to be
accomplished.
Building a Good Relationship
It is important to build a good student-teacher relationship. Students should feel
comfortable asking the teacher for help. Also it is important to establish respect.
The teacher should always model an ideal behavior so the students know to follow.
Organizing the Classroom and Materials

Organizing the classroom involves knowing how to place desks and where to place
certain thing like bookshelves, posters, materials, etc.
Organizing materials include placing materials where students know where they
are.
Classroom Rules and Procedures

Classroom rules and procedures are very crucial to have in classrooms. It is

need for students to have structure . It helps keep our classrooms organized
and students out of trouble. It also helps students understand the concept of
discipline.
One of the best ways to introduce your rules to your classroom is to make your
students engage in making the rules with you. Make a list with them and make your
students feel apart of the decisions. Kids will respect more something that they were
a part of in making.
Managing Student Work

Grading System- It is important to have a grading system that determines how you
grade the students work.
Feedback-Feedback is important because it helps students know why they got a
certain grade and how they can improve their work.
Managing paperwork- It is important to keep paperwork organized so that the
teacher does not loose track of the students work.
Absence- It is important to have a certain place where students are able to get their
missed schoolwork so that students don’t forget and you won’t have to worry
about missing grades.
First day of School

It is important to go over rules and establish a routine.

On the first day it can be beneficial to come up with rules as a class so that
students are aware of the rules and take part in them
It is important to establish a routine so that the students know what will be
expected throughout the school year.
Planning and Conducting Instruction
1. Creating a personalized lesson plan calendar. This will help a teacher visualize and organize instruction.
2. Creating detailed unit lesson plans, which should include objectives, activities, time estimates, and required
materials
3. Planning for students who might be absent during a given lesson
4. Creating assessments, including classwork, homework, and tests
5. Reviewing how the lesson or unit fits into the overall instructional plan for the school year
6. Writing a daily lesson outline and agenda. The details included will differ depending on how detailed the teacher
wishes to be. At a minimum, the teacher should have an agenda prepared for herself and her students so that she
appears organized and maintains students' interest. It is very easy to lose student attention if the teacher has to
search for a page she wants students to read or has to fumble through a stack of papers.
7. Creating and/or gathering required items ahead of time. This can include making handouts, overheads, lecture
notes, or manipulatives (learning objects, such as pennies for counting). If the teacher plans to start each day with
a warmup, then he should have this created and ready to go. If the lesson requires a movie or item from the media
center, the teacher should check out or order the item well ahead of time.
Maintaining Appropriate Behavior

It is important to let students know when they are not behaving correctly and
remind them of the consequences. Teacher’s should address certain behaviors right
away.

It is important to also reward when there is good behavior in the classroom.

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