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Classroom Size Chatboard

Survey for child emotional intelligence

Jan 10, 2023

Hello, l am looking for TEACHERS working with children aged 7 - 9 years old for my PhD in design. All l need is for you to complete a short 5-minute survey. As l need 300 people, your participation will mean the world to me!

https://lboro.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/perceptions-of-7-9-years-old-childrens-emotional-intelligence

by Mia

Jul 28, 2021

We have a small class size in https://georgia.edu.ph/ my students are 1-4 years old. about 15 students with 2 teachers. and during the online class we have about 5 students in a zoom so we can observe and interact with the students more. And i can say it is truly a nice idea to have smaller class sizes.

Educational equality

by John Cornillon

May 12, 2015

Smaller class size is definitely a goal to aim for. In my 25 years of teaching, I have found that on the whole smaller class sizes lead to a more positive class atmosphere, allow teachers to pay closer attention to individual student needs, and result in better student focus and achievement, and allow for more creative lesson opportunities and expe...See More

MD ALANUR ALI AKAND Well said Mr. Comillon. Smaller size class is a must as teachers can pay closer attention to every one.I think to maintain educational quality, a smaller class is a must.

Nov 18, 2017

by Ms. J

Jan 11, 2013

I just started my first teaching job 3 months ago and I am already thinking about quitting. I am teaching first grade and I have 35 students. I have all of the problem children that the kindergarten teachers had in my room. Instead of separating them, I have all of the disruptive ones. It is me alone and I have an aide for 45 minutes. Discipline at...See More

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Mark On 11/30/14, Allyce Holman wrote: > RE: New Teacher (Class Size) > > I too had a large class (29) but with year 6 students. The best thing > that I found was to talk to my supervisor and see how he was > handling the class size. I found also that including parents in day- > to-day life was very beneficial to me and my class. I fou...See More

Mar 11, 2015

ATLTeacher Hi. This is 4 years later and I'm curious about what you ended up doing.

Aug 11, 2017

by John Cornillon

May 12, 2015

Smaller class size is definitely a goal to aim for. In my 25 years of teaching, I have found that on the whole smaller class sizes lead to a more positive class atmosphere, allow teachers to pay closer attention to individual student needs, and result in better student focus and achievement, and allow for more creative lesson opportunities and expe...See More

Class size isn't just about management skills....

by Tallytchr

Jun 16, 2011

It's about the amount of documentation required and the time it takes to keep track of 175 benchmarks, the RTI interventions, the behavior management plans, the lesson plans that must have objectives and benchmarks documented, and the day to day communication that has always been necessary.

We have to do so much more "proving what we do" n...See More

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catherine I totally agree on the issue of us teachers having to prove ourselves to some people who are not in the classroom to learn first hand how the size of the class affect individualized help in class. The paperwork also is driving us nuts. I have tons of papers at home and in class , ahhhhh God help us! On 6/24/11, Cyndie McKee wrote: > I can not ag...See MoreI totally agree on the issue of us teachers having to prove ourselves to some people who are not in the classroom to learn first hand how the size of the class affect individualized help in class. The paperwork also is driving us nuts. I have tons of papers at home and in class , ahhhhh God help us! On 6/24/11, Cyndie McKee wrote: > I can not agree with you enought. The paper work is becoming to > be a true issue. after completing and documenting everything > there is less time to plan and enjoy teaching. I find me > arriving earlier and leaving school later to keep up with the > enormus amount of paper work. Then throw in the increase in > class sixe, what is one to say. In Indiana students now may > attend any school in the state without paying for tuition. Our > system picke up 125 students so far. I guess that is a compliment > to the school system, but the classes are getting bigger. > > > > > > On 6/17/11, Terry wrote: >> I agree with you concerning paperwork being a major issue. As >> a MS English teacher I spend more time grading papers and >> reading essays at home then ever before. There is not enough >> time at school because of parent conferences (175 students >> compared to 100--many moons ago) and working with other >> teachers on SST's and IEPS's. >> >> I can manage a larger class size with no problem. I just >> don't have enough space in my classroom for the extra desks. >> Grouping desks and students is almost impossible because of >> space. I end up with my desks in rows and I hate it. >> >> Terry >> >> On 6/16/11, Tallytchr wrote: >>> It's about the amount of documentation required and the >>> time it takes to keep track of 175 benchmarks, the RTI >>> interventions, the behavior management plans, the lesson >>> plans that must have objectives and benchmarks documented, >>> and the day to day communication that has always been >>> necessary. >>> >>> We have to do so much more "proving what we do" now than in >>> the past. The difference between 22 students and 30 >>> students can be hours of documentation. >>> >>> Of course good teachers can manage a larger class size, but >>> the time spent on the paperwork is more of an issue to me. >>> >>> Anyone else agree? Disagree? >>> >>> I know I spend many more hours on documentation now than I >>> did 10-15 years ago and it does take away from how much >>> time I have for planning and creating lessons and >>> activities for my students.

Aug 29, 2011

Chan in China Remind me to take some pictures of my classrooms. I'm so glad I don't have to do all that bureaucratic paperwork nonsense you folks in the States deal with.

On 6/17/11, Terry wrote: > I agree with you concerning paperwork being a major issue. As > a MS English teacher I spend more time grading papers and > reading essays at home t...See More

Aug 23, 2014

Welcome to the Class Size Chatboard!

by Bob Reap (Teachers.Net)

Jun 15, 2011

Welcome to the Class Size Chatboard. This chatboard is for teachers to discuss issues related to teaching and class size - teaching methods and strategies for large classes, advocacy, budgetary and political issues related to class size increases and class size reduction.

Bookmark this resource and contribute often!

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Katty In my many years of teaching, I always taught in an elementary school where the administration tried to balance the number of students in a classroom. If there were 100 students, five first grade teachers had 20 students. When new students were enrolled, they were given first to one teacher, then another. If I had more students leave, it didn't mat...See More

Jun 17, 2011

sci-saxet We are in a middle school so it depends what the students elect to take such as band or choir or athletics. So if you have more in band one year, certain periods will fill up faster with new students enrolling.

On 6/17/11, Katty wrote: > In my many years of teaching, I always taught in an elementary > school where the administration ...See More

Jun 18, 2011

Smaller class sizes are probably a thing of the past

by Aunty M

Jun 16, 2011

I'm afraid sizes are going to go back up to the levels of the 60s and 70s. In so many ways education is being forced backwards without having the ability to remove the seriously disruptive students and with less support from home. It does seem as though the people with all the power and money are on a mission to shut down schools altogether. I'm so...See More

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unknown On 6/19/11, ncteach wrote: > Sadly, if students were raised to respect educators and schools > could actually discipline students, it might not be so terrible to > have large classes. However, considering I had to make several > phone calls/write many emails every week to parents of students > who were disruptive and disrespectful (a...See More

Aug 29, 2011

Justme On 6/16/11, Aunty M wrote: > I'm afraid sizes are going to go back up to the levels of > the 60s and 70s. In so many ways education is being forced > backwards without having the ability to remove the > seriously disruptive students and with less support from > home. It does seem as though the people with all the power > and money...See More

Jun 6, 2012

Is a class size of one enough to teach Music?

by Novel

Jun 16, 2011

Daughter has been the only student in this Advanced Music Studies class for almost two years. Surely, she is short- changed by having no other students with which to interact. What do you think? (She has been very happy)

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Novel She has been very happy for these two years. Her schooling comes to an end now, as she is off to University (hopefully), to study Music, of course!

Jun 20, 2011

Donna music/TN On 6/20/11, Novel wrote: > > > She has been very happy for these two years. Her schooling comes to > an end now, as she is off to University (hopefully), to study Music, > of course!

Private lessons are very common in music, even in academic (as opposed to applied-i.e. performance) music-I had private lessons in theory and c...See More

Aug 21, 2011

by Mimi Taylor

Jun 16, 2011

I've seen classrooms that run so smoothly with 28 middle school age kids and then classes of 20 that are utter chaos. Seems that the teacher's ability to manage the room of so many personalities is essential.

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BJ Sometimes it's the students. A group of 15 students that don't mesh can be harder to teach than 30 that care and respect one another.

On 6/16/11, Mimi Taylor wrote: > I've seen classrooms that run so smoothly with 28 middle > school age kids and then classes of 20 that are utter chaos. > Seems that the teacher's ability to manag...See More

Jun 16, 2011

Teri I've always felt that every student added over 25 feels like 10. It just makes everything more difficult--classroom management, accomodations, documentation, and differentiation.

On 6/16/11, Rin wrote: > Crowd control is all you can do with too many kids. There is no > time for indivivual instruction of differentiation.. > > On...See More

Jun 17, 2011

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