Classroom Management Skills Running a Class Running a Club

Running a Class Establish Roles Tutor’s Role Teacher’s Role Chess ! Keeping the children enthused Keeping the teacher on side Teacher’s Role Discipline Joining in ! Helping with difficult children

Running a Class 2. Learn Names Teacher ! Teaching Assistants Head Teacher / Receptionist / others Children disruptive children uncooperative children shy children keen children

Running a Class 3. Plan each lesson Decide on your structure Talk Keep children and pieces apart ! Exercise Paper based / books / with pieces Play

Running a Class 4. Attracting the Children’s Attention Clapping / Hand in the air What you expect when you have their attention Stop talking Stop touching the pieces Look at the chess coach Giving them a time limit by counting

Running a Class Dividing the Class into different groups To start – strong player with weaker players Change to – strong players together and weaker players together Chess Groups

Running a Class Vary your teaching materials and methods CSC Exercise Sheets Photocopies Individual wipe boards CSC Exercise Books Individual Exercises / Group Activities Writing moves down

Running a Class Explain how each lesson fits into the greater scheme of things Introduction at the beginning of each lesson Sum up at the end

Running a Club Establish Rules No eating at the board Shaking hands at the beginning and end of each game Setting up the pieces before leaving the board Leaving the room Method of attracting attention . . . and what you expect when you have their attention

Running a Club 2. Learn Names Register Swiss Pairing Cards Labels

Running a Club 3. Divide into groups Ideally each group has a tutor

Running a Club 4. Run Competitions All Play All Swiss Use 0 – 10 scoring system - rewards Good behaviour Good opening Trying hard Writing moves down Swiss Use 0 – 3 Use 0 – 5

Running a Club Watch out for intimidating behaviour Quiet shy players can be bamboozled by more vocal seemingly confident players. If there is a dispute insist you are called Never allow the word “Cheat” to be used. Explain that everyone is learning and we all made mistakes Agree protocols eg touch piece move piece Never allow fist pumping / gloating etc Congratulate the winner but try to find some aspect about the loser’s game that you can praise, and some aspect that they could improve on so that they move from being a loser to a learner

Running a Club Stay positive Children have chosen to attend the club in their own time and you want them to return Children teach each other so relax !

Running a Club Feedback Tell children and parents where and when they can play more chess Local chess club External competitions Online