A Classroom Management Plan: Using PowerPoint to Communicate With Parents and Students Jennifer Haberkorn Rebecca Trieger

“The best methods, most carefully planned programs, most intriguing classroom centers or exciting and delicious materials are useless without discipline and management.” (Charney)

Management Plan Goals Promote considerate and responsible behavior. Provide a productive classroom climate with efficient, familiar routine. Establish mechanism for regular communication with parents. Build feeling of community in the classroom.

Basic Philosophy of Classroom Management Children need to have choice in how they learn. Children need to know what they are learning is useful and purposeful. Children need to feel comfortable in their learning environment. Rules give children a sense of boundaries and help structure behavior. Predictable routine is comforting.

Management Philosophies We Use Assertive Discipline (Canter & Canter) Teaching students appropriate behavior. Establishing a discipline plan that provides structure and identifies behavior limits. Consistency in applying consequences. Providing positive recognition.

Management Philosophies We Use Noncoercive Discipline (Glasser) Establish class rules that lead to success. Rules should be formulated by teachers and students. Invoke reasonable consequences following student behavior. Classroom meetings in which students and teachers jointly discuss and find solutions to problems of behavior. To view QuickTime movie, click link on home page.

Management Philosophies We Use Positive Classroom Discipline (F. Jones) Organize classroom environment to minimize misbehavior. Formulation of agreements or rules by students and teachers. Intrinsic incentives and social rewards used to acknowledge appropriate behavior. Use of preferred activity time.

Why Use A Multimedia Presentation? Use of written text with visual graphics increases likelihood that material will be retained (Perry & Perry, 1998). Visual images and/or animation, rather than traditional lecture format, will be retained better in long-term memory. Allows for self-pacing of learning. Presentation is always available for viewing.

District 186 Faculty Survey: Use of PowerPoint as Introduction to Classroom Management Plan Batch sent to 1,123 teachers. Questions If you use PowerPoint to introduce your classroom management plan to students or parents, why did you choose this format? How was the presentation received? 23 responded that they currently use a multimedia presentation.

District 186 Faculty Survey: Use of PowerPoint as Introduction to Classroom Management Plan Responses Looping of presentation allows flexible viewing. Teachers have more time to spend addressing specific parent concerns. Highlights application of available technologies. Guides teacher discussion and helps maintain focus.

District 186 Faculty Survey: Use of PowerPoint as Introduction to Classroom Management Plan Responses (continued) An attention grabbing, high interest means of communication. The visual element reinforces the auditory. Easy to print so that parents have a copy to take home. All parent comments very positive.

Examples on the Web Our Classroom RulesOur Classroom Rules: Mrs. Kennedy’s Second Grade Introduction to Upper School ArtIntroduction to Upper School Art: Mr. Zimmer Mrs. Rouix Classroom Rules Mrs. Wagner’s Classroom Rules

Project Development We met several times to outline the project, divide responsibilities and compile our work. We both researched the use of PowerPoint presentations for sharing classroom management plans.

Project Development Jennifer ed survey to District 186 faculty, compiled responses and researched other examples on the Internet. Becky outlined goals and philosophies. We worked together to create the QuickTime movie and this PowerPoint presentation.

Project Development We each created our own PowerPoint presentation specific to our classrooms. Jennifer modified her existing presentation to incorporate ideas from the Charles text and to align her classroom management system with a proposed school-wide system to be initiated at her school in Becky created her presentation and will use it next year for her new (?) classroom position.

Bibliography Charles, C.M. Building Classroom Management, Longman, New York, Behavior Report CanTeach: Classroom Management, Discipline & OrganizationClassroom Management, Discipline & Organization Creative Classroom Online: One Computer as a Presentation Tool.One Computer as a Presentation Tool. ISTE: Research on Multimedia in Education.Research on Multimedia in Education

Bibliography Meloy, Jeanne. Classroom Handbook, Springfield Ball Charter School, Springfield, IL, Multimedia Presentations: Workshop Summary.Workshop Summary. PBIS Guide for Sandburg School, (Copies available from Jennifer Haberkorn). Reach for the Stars: Conducting Classroom MeetingsConducting Classroom Meetings

Bibliography Sycamore Teachers Use Multimedia in Back- to-School Night Presentations Sycamore Teachers Use Multimedia in Back- to-School Night Presentations, Claremont Unified School District, Close this window to return to the Final Project Home Page.