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Title: Establishing and Maintaining an Effective, Safe, and Supportive Classroom Learning Environment

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Chapter 4

Establishing and Maintaining an Effective, Safe,
and Supportive Classroom Learning Environment

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Todays Meaning of Classroom Control and the
Concept of Classroom Management

The most effective teacher is one who is in
control of classroom events rather than
controlled by them.
Classroom control is part of a management plan
designed to
Prevent inappropriate student behaviors
Help students develop self-control
Suggest procedures for dealing with inappropriate
student behaviors

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Todays Meaning of Classroom Control and the
Concept of Classroom Management

Effective classroom management is the process of
organizing and conducting a classroom so that it
maximizes student learning.

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Contributions of Some Leading Authorities on
Classroom Management

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Contributions of Some Leading Authorities on
Classroom Management (cont.)

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Contributions of Some Leading Authorities on
Classroom Management (cont.)

Canter developed the assertive discipline model.
Using a reinforcement approach, their model
emphasizes 4 major points.
You have the professional rights in your
classroom and should expect appropriate student
behavior.
Your students have rights in choosing how to
behave in your classroom, and you should plan
limits for inappropriate behavior.
An assertive discipline approach means you
clearly state your expectations in a firm voice
and explain the boundaries for behavior.
Plan a system of positive consequences for
positive behaviors, and establish consequences
for inappropriate behavior

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Managing Class Meetings

When it is time for the class period to begin,
you should start learning activities at once.
Some teachers recommend beginning the days
lesson immediately while giving a reliable
classroom aide or student assistant the
responsibility of taking attendance.

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Managing Class Meetings (cont.)

Warm-up Activity
Use caution against greeting students with a
rhetorical question such as How was your
weekend?
Effective management procedure is to have the
overhead projector up with the days agenda and
immediate assignment clearly shown.
Warm-up activities can include any variety of
things, such as a specific topic or question that
each student responds to by writing in his or her
journal.

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Managing Class Meetings (cont.)

Principles of Movement Management
Beginning your class without delay
Student movement should be routinized,
controlled, and purposeful.
Lessons should move purposefully, with natural
transitions from one activity to the next and
with each activity starting and ending
conclusively.
Transitions are generally the most (TC to SC)
trouble-some time for many beginning teachers.

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Managing Class Meetings (cont.)

Smooth Application of the Principles of Movement
Management
When giving verbal instructions to students, do
so quickly and succinctly.
Once students are busy at their learning tasks,
avoid interrupting them. Dont give
announcements that get them off task.
Students who finish early can work on a
transitional activity.
If one or two students become inattentive,
redirect their attention without interrupting the
rest of the class.

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Selected Legal Guidelines For The Middle Level
Classroom Teacher

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Selected Legal Guidelines For The Middle Level
Classroom Teacher (cont.)

Before ever transporting students in your
automobile--or in private automobiles driven by
volunteer adults.
Other drivers should inquire from your insurance
agents whether you have adequate insurance
liability coverage.
Our advice is to not use private automobiles for
transporting students for school events.

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Selected Legal Guidelines For The Middle Level
Classroom Teacher (cont.)

Child Abuse and Neglect
Teachers in all states are legally mandated to
report any suspicion of child abuse.

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Student Misbehavior

Teacher Response to Student Misbehavior Direct
and Indirect Intervention
The goal in responding to student misbehavior is
to
Intervene and redirect the students focus, and
to do so successfully with the least amount of
classroom disturbance.
Teachers respond to student misbehaviors in one
of three ways hostilely, assertively, and
non-assertively.

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Student Misbehavior (cont.)

Order of Behavior Intervention Strategies
Redirect a students attention, your usual first
effort should be indirect intervention
(proximity, eye contact, gesturing, silence).
Your second effort should be the simplest direct
intervention.
Your third effort should follow your rules and
procedures as outlined in your management system.

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Student Misbehavior (cont.)

Direct intervention should be used by giving a
direct statement, either reminding the student of
what he or she is supposed to be doing or telling
the student what to do.
Do not become defensive or make threats.
One reason that direct intervention should be
held in reserve is that by interrupting the
lesson to intervene verbally, you are doing
exactly what the student who is being reprimanded
was doing--interrupting the lesson.
When used too often, direct intervention loses
its effectiveness.

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Teacher-Caused Student Misbehavior Scenarios
For Case Study Review

Some student misbehaviors are actually caused by
the teacher.
In addition to ignoring students goofing off, you
should avoid using negative methods of rule
enforcement and ineffective forms of punishment.

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Teacher-Caused Student Misbehavior Scenarios
For Case Study Review (cont.)