Self-Managed Classroom

“A well-managed school is so important to the achievement of students that it has been identified as a national goal” (Marzano et al, 2003, p. 104). Managing student behavior within a school should be an important goal that helps to ensure the safety of all the students and should provide an effective and safe environment where learning and social growth can occur. A school-wide behavior policy should act as an umbrella covering the whole school and then symbiotically the individual classes should fall under that umbrella using the same framework. Each teacher should consistently have the same expectations so the students know in advance the expectations. In order to be a well-managed school, an understanding of what is expected in every …show more content…
Marzano et al mentions, on page 92, that research indicates that the beginning of the school year is the linchpin for effective class management. Moskowitz and Hayman, researchers who studied beginning-of-the-year behaviors in students, found that not only should teachers focus on classroom management during the first few days but do so in an orderly and systematic manner by clearly articulating rules and procedures and establishing disciplinary consequences for violations of rules and procedures (Marzano et al, 2003, p. 92). This approach aligns with the PBIS approach to creating a “framework” for evidence-based interventions to achieve academically and behaviorally important outcomes for all students (as cited in Sugai et al, …show more content…
PBIS was created to disperse information so that schools can implement a framework for behavioral interventions for all students and foster the connection between social behavior and academics. The books, A Handbook for Classroom Management That Works and Classroom Management That Works : Research-based Strategies for Every Teacher synthesis with the PBIS framework to establish a well-managed school on an individual basis while keeping the focus on both social behavior and academics. There is no one-size-fits-all plan and it is important to realize that since each school is different, so should their framework and course of action. Both PBIS and the books, A Handbook for Classroom Management That Works and Classroom Management That Works : Research-based Strategies for Every Teacher explain how factors such as teacher effectiveness, classroom management, and consistency communicate a strong message to students that negative behaviors will not be tolerated. They all support preventative measures along with behavior interventions and they support positive student-teacher relationships and the importance of the students helping to create class rules which has been shown to directly influence student behavior in a positive way. Once rules are in place and students are aware of the expectations from the teachers and the teachers and staff follow through with consistency and show no