Classroom Management Plan
Creating a respectful and supportive learning environment is vital for a positive learning community.
Having a classroom management plan set in place before the school year begins is very important to have. Being prepared, having goals and a management plan can lead to a more organized and successful school year. Building positive teacher-student relationships, building student’s self-esteem and building group collaboration will help students feel comfortable and valued.
It is important to organize the physical environment, set rules, have a student behavior/discipline plan and promote classroom safety and wellness. Creating a respectful and supportive learning environment and interacting with colleagues and parents can achieve classroom management objectives. Procedures and classroom rules should be given and to be understood that they will not change and they are permanent. The procedures for taking attendance, giving directions, distributing materials, performing transitions, preparing to leave, behavior in the hall, behavior in the lunchroom, behavior in the library, behavior in another classroom and on the playground will be the same through the whole year.
To give the students a sense of responsibility and ownership of the classroom is to hold classroom meetings. This helps motivate students to share ideas and come up with their own plan of how to handle situations or change things in the classroom. Expectations can be set, feedback can be shared and students feel that they have a voice in the classroom. By continuing to hold the meeting on a daily basis, reinforces the rules and procedures of the classroom. This is also the time that you can review skills and go over the agenda for the day.
There are four rules within my classroom. They are:
1. I will follow directions the first time.
2. I will follow procedures.
3. I will stay on task.
4. I will KYHFOOTY: Keep your hands, feet, and other objects to yourself.
These will be posted at eye level of the students and will be read every day during the morning meeting. By having these in place sets the expectations for the behavior of the students. By following these rules will avoid disruptive behavior and will provides a safe and positive learning environment. Each school has a school wide discipline program and that will also be followed in my classroom.
With my experience I have found that negative response does not work. The idea of pulling a child’s card is not a way to get a child to behave. It is the positive. I will try to the best of my ability to always recognize the students that are following the rules and procedures. By calling on the student who is following the procedure, the other students immediately follow. Having a rewards system also keeps the students striving to follow the rules and procedures. In my classroom I give out tickets to the students that are behaving as they should. These tickets go into a bucket and at the end of the day I draw out five names and they choose a prize from the treasure chest. Then every month I take all the tickets and put them into individual bags and the students use them to purchase an activity to do on our Fun Friday.
When it comes to a student being disruptive, I will give three warnings, after the third warning they will lose their recess. If the behavior persists, then there will be a phone call home and the loss of participating in a fun activity. The expectations in my classroom are understood and followed. If there are no disruptions in the instructional time then there will be time to do a fun activity at the end of the day. If I have to stop and wait for students to behave, then it will cut into the time for that activity. The students know that they will have this activity and will strive to work for it.
In a situation of excessive disruption or behavior, I will remove the child from the situation and have a “cool” down time. Here the student will Stop, Pause, and then Think. When there has been sufficient time for the student to calm down and think everything through, then it will be time to address the occurrence. We will then discuss what happened and together will come up with a plan to not repeat the incident and what punishment should be enforced. If the need is necessary then the student will be escorted to the office to discuss the mishap with the principal.
As the teacher in the classroom, I will strive every day to make sure that the classroom is a safe and fun learning environment. By having a good support team within the school and the support of the parents at home your student will receive a very positive and enriching education.
Having a classroom management plan set in place before the school year begins is very important to have. Being prepared, having goals and a management plan can lead to a more organized and successful school year. Building positive teacher-student relationships, building student’s self-esteem and building group collaboration will help students feel comfortable and valued.
It is important to organize the physical environment, set rules, have a student behavior/discipline plan and promote classroom safety and wellness. Creating a respectful and supportive learning environment and interacting with colleagues and parents can achieve classroom management objectives. Procedures and classroom rules should be given and to be understood that they will not change and they are permanent. The procedures for taking attendance, giving directions, distributing materials, performing transitions, preparing to leave, behavior in the hall, behavior in the lunchroom, behavior in the library, behavior in another classroom and on the playground will be the same through the whole year.
To give the students a sense of responsibility and ownership of the classroom is to hold classroom meetings. This helps motivate students to share ideas and come up with their own plan of how to handle situations or change things in the classroom. Expectations can be set, feedback can be shared and students feel that they have a voice in the classroom. By continuing to hold the meeting on a daily basis, reinforces the rules and procedures of the classroom. This is also the time that you can review skills and go over the agenda for the day.
There are four rules within my classroom. They are:
1. I will follow directions the first time.
2. I will follow procedures.
3. I will stay on task.
4. I will KYHFOOTY: Keep your hands, feet, and other objects to yourself.
These will be posted at eye level of the students and will be read every day during the morning meeting. By having these in place sets the expectations for the behavior of the students. By following these rules will avoid disruptive behavior and will provides a safe and positive learning environment. Each school has a school wide discipline program and that will also be followed in my classroom.
With my experience I have found that negative response does not work. The idea of pulling a child’s card is not a way to get a child to behave. It is the positive. I will try to the best of my ability to always recognize the students that are following the rules and procedures. By calling on the student who is following the procedure, the other students immediately follow. Having a rewards system also keeps the students striving to follow the rules and procedures. In my classroom I give out tickets to the students that are behaving as they should. These tickets go into a bucket and at the end of the day I draw out five names and they choose a prize from the treasure chest. Then every month I take all the tickets and put them into individual bags and the students use them to purchase an activity to do on our Fun Friday.
When it comes to a student being disruptive, I will give three warnings, after the third warning they will lose their recess. If the behavior persists, then there will be a phone call home and the loss of participating in a fun activity. The expectations in my classroom are understood and followed. If there are no disruptions in the instructional time then there will be time to do a fun activity at the end of the day. If I have to stop and wait for students to behave, then it will cut into the time for that activity. The students know that they will have this activity and will strive to work for it.
In a situation of excessive disruption or behavior, I will remove the child from the situation and have a “cool” down time. Here the student will Stop, Pause, and then Think. When there has been sufficient time for the student to calm down and think everything through, then it will be time to address the occurrence. We will then discuss what happened and together will come up with a plan to not repeat the incident and what punishment should be enforced. If the need is necessary then the student will be escorted to the office to discuss the mishap with the principal.
As the teacher in the classroom, I will strive every day to make sure that the classroom is a safe and fun learning environment. By having a good support team within the school and the support of the parents at home your student will receive a very positive and enriching education.