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Techniques for Classroom Managenent
1. Be prepared for your teaching day
Even
if you aren’t required to submit lesson plans, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do
them. There’s a lot to manage throughout the day, and not knowing what you are
supposed to be teaching can easily destroy a good day. Develop plans that work
for your teaching style, accommodate all learners, go along with curriculum
standards, and pique the curiosity of your students. It may sound daunting, but
the more you do it, the better you’ll get. A well-planned day can make the
difference between tired and flat-out exhausted.
2. Avoid Punishing the Whole Class
Punishing
the whole class can harm classroom management in the long run because it hurts
the students who are behaving correctly. Instead of punishing the whole class,
it can help to gently call out students who are misbehaving by engaging them
back into the class topic. This can be a question such as, “Do you have a
question?” or “Do you need help?” instead of disparaging the student for
misbehaving.
3. Maintain authority in the classroom
throughout the year
You
meant it when you started the year, but it’s easy to relax a bit as the year
moves along. When you tell kids to stop talking and get back to work, but you
don’t follow through, you are effectively telling them it doesn’t matter that
much. This can lead to teachers raising their voices and saying things they
regret. You don’t have to be mean; you just have to mean it. So make a list of
rules that are effective and really matter to you and then share them with your
students. Post them visibly and refer to them often.
4. Make positive phone calls to students’
families
Another
important classroom management technique is the positive phone call home. Many
teachers fall into the trap of only calling home when there is an issue to
report. While these calls are necessary and worthwhile, calls for celebration
are equally, if not more, important. Every parent wants to hear positive news
about their child, and this reinforcement almost always makes its way back to
the student. Try to make one positive call to a different student’s home every
single day, even if it’s simply to report on a nice comment a kid made in
class. This means so much to parents and students and usually translates to
positive classroom behavior as well.
5. Make sure that students understand the
why and how behind your rules
Just
because you’ve stated, shared, and posted your classroom rules, doesn’t mean
students know what they mean. Your version of no talking might be different
from theirs. Human beings talk for lots of reasons, so keep appropriate
expectations. It might even be okay to joke around a bit as long as a student
is staying focused on the task at hand. Some teachers find great success with
acting out ways of talking that are effective.
6. Keep A Friendly Disposition
This
brings us to the next tip: keeping a friendly disposition in the classroom.
This is a mixture of modelling behavior, offering positive comments instead of
negative ones, and generally approaching students with a smile and a kind word.
