Classroom Management. More Articles of Interest CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TIPS Differentiated Instruction, Flexibility Make Multi-Age Classes Work Multi-grade classes sound like a lot of work for teachers. But by regularly assessing students, differentiating instruction, and using flexible groupings, the experience can be revitalizing for a teacher. Included: Tips for planning lessons in multi-grade classes. Goal Setting Made Easy Teaching students how to set goals is easy with Goal Setting 101, a 3-part article that describes the process, and the Goal Tracker booklet, a student journal for recording goals and focusing on action steps.
Tools for Teaching Supplies Specifics for PBIS and RtI The objective of Tools for Teaching for the past 40 years has been to develop specific classroom management procedures that prevent both discipline and instruction problems. The Really Big List of Classroom Management Resources. Classroom Management. This is an excellent way to strengthen skills in older students while building skills in younger children. At my school, I have long been involved in cross-age Study Buddies. When done correctly, this is not an on and off merely fun experience. At the beginning of every year, my students who are in the intermediate grades, pair up with kindergarten students. In the first week, we go to the room early to help the little ones learn how to load up backpacks, walk through the lunchline(!) , get to the playground after lunch,etc. In these days of limited help in the classes, every extra hand is greatly appreciated that first week.
It is not too late in the year to start this kind of program at your school. SHELLEY BOWEN MITCHELL K-6 SCHOOL ATWATER, CA fambowen@cyberlynk.com A twist in making and displaying the classroom rules. chart paper butcher paper markers paper pencils Tell students to brainstorm on their paper 3 important rules for school. Leadership is a personality trait. DR. Classroom Management. Looking into Learning-Centered Classrooms: Implications for Classroom Management. 6 Classroom Management Tips Every Teacher Can Use.
By Dave Foley Found In: classroom management, discipline, routines & procedures Effective teachers are passionate about educating their students. They want to spend their time teaching, not dealing with classroom disruptions. Here are some classroom management tips to help teachers settle problems, or prevent them from occurring, so that they can spend more of the classroom hour on teaching and learning. 1. Get everyone’s attention before beginning class. 2. If students aren’t paying attention or busy doing other things, get them focused by using nonverbal signals of disapproval.
If non-verbal cues are disregarded, the next step will be imposing discipline measures within the classroom such as having them stay a few minutes after class or changing their seat. 3. At the beginning of the school year, let students sit where they want for a few days. 4. If the student has not made a real effort, then that student will be given a short homework assignment, due the next day. 5. 6. Working Well with Parents. By Cindy Long Picture it: a teacher sits alone in an empty classroom, watching the time tick by, wondering what went wrong.
Packets were sent home, phone calls were made, emails were sent—cookies were even baked! But despite it all, not a single parent showed. Being stood up on Back to School Night can feel like being jilted by your senior prom date, or worse. When attempts to engage parents fail, it can make you feel like a failure as a teacher. “Parent engagement is central to education,” says Nitzah Santiago-McRae, a student member of the Pennsylvania State Education Association and senior at Millersville University in central Pennsylvania. Santiago-McRae hasn’t yet begun her classroom career, but she’s already gone a long way to encourage parental involvement in her own community. “There are times when [parents and teachers] may not see eye to eye on everything, but it’s important to communicate in a way that benefits the child,” says Santiago-McRae. It’s not an uncommon situation.