+ Classroom Management

+ Classroom Management: An introduction Classroom management is possibly the most important challenge facing beginning teachers. Effective teachers have a repertoire of management strategies to be used as situations dictate. In short, classroom management cannot be separated from other aspects of teaching (especially instruction).

+ Preventative Management Preventative management is the perspective that many classroom problems can be solved through good planning, interesting and relevant lessons, and effective teaching.

+ Preventative Management: A perspective Planning usually begins before the school year with teachers establishing expectations and standards for both behavior and academics. It is axiomatic among school men that the first day of school, or the first meeting of a class, is all- important in determining the success or failure of a school year (Waller, 1932). Establishing the conditions for success starts when you first meet your students… (expectations, rules, consequences, procedures, processes, goals, etc.)

+ Preparing for Effective Management: Establishing Classroom Rules Establishing rules = Rule creation + Rule enactment How are rules established in classroom settings? -Teacher creates the rules and enacts them. -Students create rules, and with the teachers help, enact them. -Students create the rules and enact them.

+ Creating Classroom Rules with students (1) Articulating hopes and dreams (Students share their individual and collective goals) for the school year. Consider including families to share their goals for their child. (2) Generating rules (The teacher and students collaborate to generate rules that will allow everyone to achieve their hopes and dreams.) (3) Framing the rules in the positive (The teacher works with students to turn the rules into positive statements. (4) Condensing the list down to a few global rules (Teacher/students work to consolidate the list down to three to five global classroom rules.)