Tips for Effective Classroom Management

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Tips for Effective Classroom Management

• Presented by Jen Romano
• jen_romano_at_yahoo.com

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Agenda

• Preparing for the Classroom
• What to do BEFORE teaching
• Managing the Classroom
• What to do WHILE teaching
• Reflecting
• What to do when the lesson is done

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Preparing for the Classroom

• The Teacher Presence
• Its always easier to get easier
• Planning
• Benefits of overplanning
• Smooth transitions
• Rules as Expectations
• Simple to understand and easy to follow
• Posted in classroom for easy reference

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Practical PracticeRules

• Make a list of no more than 5 rules/expectations
  that you consider most important in your
  classroom
• Organize your list from the most important rule
  (1) to the least important rule (5)

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Managing the Classroom

• General Tips
• Get to know your students
• DO NOT speak over students chatter
• Outline the lesson
• Circulate

• Model appropriate behavior
• Non-verbal cues
• Proximity
• Name dropping
• Point out good behavior

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Managing the Classroom

• Dealing with Disruptions
• Importance of remaining calm
• Avoid making a scene
• Manage problems with as little disruption to the
  lesson as possible
• I messages

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Practical PracticeRole Play

• Scenario 1
• You have just assigned the class to complete a
  worksheet individually, yet there is a group of 3
  students in the back who are a) not even
  listening to you, b) do not have their worksheet
  out, and c) are not prepared with a pen or pencil
• What would you do???

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Practical PracticeRole Play

• Scenario 2
• Your students are taking a vocabulary test. You
  have one student who refuses to even try. He
  turns the test over and puts his head down on the
  desk. You kindly ask him to try to take the test,
  and he explodes in anger. He begins yelling at
  you about how You cant make me and This is
  stupid anyway and distracts the class by
  crumpling up the test paper and throwing it
  across the room.
• What would you do????

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Reflecting

• Keep a log What worked/didnt work?
• Activities
• Classroom management techniques
• Start fresh every day
• Have a positive attitude
• Have high expectations

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And Keep Your Sense of Humor!
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Classroom Management Resources

• The Really Big List of Classroom Management
  Resources
• List of over 400 websites on classroom management
• http//drwilliampmartin.tripod.com/classm.html
• The First Days of School by Harry Wong