You Can Be A Survivor
Tips for Managing the Classroom
(Sometimes It’s A Jungle Out There)
Agenda
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Welcome
Appointment Clock
Establishing Procedures
Managing Students
Classroom Management Role Plays
Dealing with Parents
Motivators
Timesavers
Appointment Clock Discussions
Directions: Make four different appointments with four other
people in the larger group. Write down the name of the person you
made an appointment with at the appropriate time slot. We will use
the clock to advance conversations around classroom management.
Classroom
Management
Tips
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Your 12:00 Appointment
Meet with your 12:00 appointment and
discuss a classroom management
problem you’ve had in the past and how
you worked to resolve it.
Procedures Vs. Discipline
procedures
Classroom procedures answer such questions as these:
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What to do when the bell rings
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What to do when someone doesn’t have a pencil
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What to do when you finish work early
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What to do when you have a question
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What to do when you need to go to the restroom
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What to do when you are working with a group or are in a center
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What to do when you arrive late
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Where to place work
procedures
Establish and post procedures
Demonstrate and rehearse
procedures until routine
Reteach when not followed
Review after holidays
Your 3:00 Appointment
Meet with your 3:00 appointment and
discuss specific procedures you plan to
implement in your classroom. How will
you make sure your students understand
and follow them?
Managing Students
Handle and Organize Movement
Post the routines of your class
Post assignments everyday
Develop attention signals
Develop a seating chart
Keep students involved
Establish expectations for
participation
Classroom Management
Role-Plays
Directions:
1) Form six teams
2) Each team will read your role-play
scenario
3) Assign roles
4) Discuss how your role-play will help
others think about positive ways to
solve the problem in the scenario.
5) Perform your role-play
Dealing with parents
Communicate often
Make parents feel welcome
When conferencing, start with a positive
Watch your body language
Listen first
Avoid becoming defensive
Your 6:00 Appointment
Meet with your 6:00 appointment and
discuss ways in which you can form and
maintain a great relationship with
parents/guardians in support of students
you’ll teach.
motivators
Show and Tell
Tic-Tac-Toe Boards
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Differentiation+NCTC#tic
Motivators: USE
TECHNOLOGY
Timesavers
Your 12:00 Appointment
Meet with your 9:00 appointment and
share your own timesaver tips.
I’ve come to a frightening conclusion
That I am the decisive element in the classroom.
It’s my personal approach that creates the climate.
It’s my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power
To make a child’s life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or instrument of inspiration.
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations it is my response that decides
Whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated
And a child humanized or de-humanized.
Haim Ginott
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