Classroom management

“Withitness,” a term coined by Jacob Kounin, is defined as “the art of running a classroom while having eyes in the back of your head” (aaeteachers.org). Thesis: Withinness has made a significant impact in the development of a positive classroom climate, despite many critics. Kounin’s contribution is significant and remains an important part of classroom management still today. Withitness can be used in the classroom in a myriad of ways. Kounin’s key teachings of withitness is being able to…

importance of acquiring these skills is supported by the Teacher Effectiveness Training Model (Malmgren et al., 2005). PBIS also advocates for intervention before a child experiences an emotional meltdown. This Year 10 boy requires an individualised management plan to support change, with clearly defined goals and expectations to be introduced and employed by the whole school. Staff should gather comprehensive information to establish the antecedents and triggers associated with his behaviour…

In addition to being a passionate teacher, a key to an overall successful classroom is to build trusting relationships between the teacher and student which relates to the environment that has been established at Heir Force Community School. In the book, Classroom Management for Academic Success, the author Lee Canter describes several strategies that build trust with students to provide a successful learning environment. For instance, Canter believes that a teacher needs to get to know their…

Google Classroom is also another tool that allows students to collaborate with members of their class. This big difference between Edmodo and Google Classroom is only students in the class the teacher sets up are allow to interact with each other. A major disadvantage of Google Classroom is parents can’t join the class when they have an outside email other than our school system. Basically, only people that have “shelbyed.org” extension are the only ones allowed into the Google Classroom…

the classroom, teachers should monitor the amount of mobile technology in the classroom, because mobile technology makes it easy to look up answer for assignments and test on the internet, and it takes their intelligence away because no one is learning the material or gaining skills. Technology helps Students and teachers in the classroom because as we sail through the 21st century, technology in the classroom are becoming more predominant and teachers should use technology in the classroom…

learning support, some are co-programmed with the life support class, and a few behavior concerns, but I strongly agree that students with significant cognitive disabilities can effectively learn academic content from being in the general education classroom (Kleinert, H. pg. 326). We may face several obstacles when attempting to teach students with various disabilities in the least restrictive environment. We must consider proper placement, the content that is being introduced,…

field and experience how a classroom operates. Observing gave me the opportunity to look at the classroom from a teachers eyes and not as a student. As a student I had no idea that a teacher had to have classroom management, I really didn’t even know what classroom management consisted of. But observing gave me the chance to really see what classroom management was, if the teachers had good or bad classroom management skills, and what they did to incorporate classroom management. In observing I…

Safe Schools and Classrooms What did I learn? The Creating Safe Schools and Classrooms video is a packed full of helpful information that will help ready teachers in case of an emergency situation. The video states “teachers by their actions or inactions have a direct influence on the educational climate of an individual classroom and the overall school climate that extends beyond the classroom”. This statement really made me think of all the ways I will influence my classroom and it is so…

Apply Theories Regarding Classroom Management to Instruction Classroom management is important to the successful learning of students in PK-12 classrooms. If the teacher demonstrates effective techniques, then the students should demonstrate appropriate levels of academic learning. In retrospect, if the teacher is ineffective, the students’ scores will be representative of their progress. Educational Psychologists William Wattenberg and Rudolf Dreikurs are well known for their contributions…

The essential premise of Wong’s model is that there should be a greater emphasis on teaching students responsibilities, roles, and procedures, rather than disciplining them. Wong provides strategies to structure the classroom environment to minimize misbehavior. For instance, Wong suggests spending the first two weeks of class teaching rules and procedures that will become routine later. In order to establish good procedures, Wong suggests deciding which routines are necessary, listing the steps…