Competency 6 - Managing Student Behavior

Front 1

Analyzes the efefcts of classroom routines and procedures on student learning and knows how to establish and implement age-appropriate routines and procedures to promote an organized and productive learning environment.

Back 1

Establish/maintain routines.
Beginning of school year- establish procedures.

Front 2

Demonstrates an understanding of how young children function in groups and designs group activities that reflect a realistic understanding of the extent of young children's ability to collaborate with others.
Orgainizes and manages group activities to work together cooperatively and productively, assume responsible roles, and develop collaborative skills and individual accountability.

Back 2

Provide shorter large group times for younger students.

Front 3

Recognizes the importance of creating a schedule for young children that balances restful and active movement activities and that provides large blocks of time for play, projects, and learning centers.

Back 3

Provide active involvement of younger students with hands-on activities.

Front 4

Schedules activities and manages time in ways that maximize student learning, including using effective procedures to manage transitions; to manage materials, supplies, and technology; and to coordinate the performance of non-instructional duties (eg: taking attendance) with instructional activities.

Back 4

Reflect on time management skills.
Specify outcome/product for group work, allowing planning, rehearsing, evaluating time.
Plan transitions.
Make materials accessible.

Front 5

Uses technological tools to perform administrative tasks such as taking attendance, maintaining grade books, and facilitating communication.
Works with volunteers and paraprofessionals to enhance and enrich instruction and applies procedures for monitoring the performance of volunteers and paraprofessionals in the classroom.

Back 5

Spreadsheets for grade books provide for efficient grade calculation with weights.

Front 6

Applies theories and technizues related to managing and monitoring student behavior.
Demonstrates awareness of appropriate behavior standards and expectations for students at various developmental levels.

Back 6

Establish and maintain standards of behavior.

Front 7

Applies effective procedures for managing student behavior and for promoting appropriate behavior and ethical work habits (eg: academic integrity) in the classroom (eg: communicating high and realistic behavior expectations, involving students in developing rules and procedures, establishing clear consequences for inappropriate behavior, enforcing behavior standards consistently, encouraging students to monitor their own behavior and to use conflict resolution skills, responding appropriately to various types of behavior.

Back 7

Clarify behavioral expectations and consequences.
State consistent rules positibely with student input.
Seek student input when establishing rules for behavior.
Actively engage students in meaningful/productive learning.
Set up physical environment that is conducive to achieving goals.
Break large projects into pieces using several deadlines along the way.
Provide fair/consistent discipline management plan applied the same to all students.