Management

by Jessica

Mar 15, 2013

I am in school for Early Childhood Education and classroom management is a huge part of the curriculum. Teachers can teach us how to write beautiful and perfect lesson plans but if a teacher has no management skills then that lesson plan will not be worth much. If a classroom is out of control a teacher will not have much a chance to teach all of the lessons planned. In my opinion positive reinforcement can control classroom behavior massively. If a teacher is always harping on the bad and recognizing the misbehaviors then the students will continue to misbehave. However, giving that positive reinforcement will show the students that you DO see it when they are doing what they are supposed to be doing. This will typically cause a ripple effect in the classroom and you will see more students displaying that positive behavior.

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Debbie On 3/15/13, Jessica wrote: > I am in school for Early Childhood Education and classroom > management is a huge part of the curriculum. Teachers can > teach us how to write beautiful and perfect lesson plans > but if a teacher has no management skills then that lesson > plan will not be worth much. If a classroom is out of > contro...See More

Mar 17, 2013

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AkomaTeach Hi Jessica,

Great post! Balance is key, I agree. Too much attention paid to unwanted classroom behavior undermines the students in the classroom who try hard to stay on task. I'm also interested in classroom management and its relationship to diverse teaching styles. I think it's intriguing to see how much differently a classroom of studen...See MoreHi Jessica,

Great post! Balance is key, I agree. Too much attention paid to unwanted classroom behavior undermines the students in the classroom who try hard to stay on task. I'm also interested in classroom management and its relationship to diverse teaching styles. I think it's intriguing to see how much differently a classroom of students behaves when they see and interact with different teachers. In my opinion, a growing number of teachers are adopting teaching styles that are much too lax and casual. In fact, schools in general have become much too casual and its affecting the way students interact with teachers. Roles played by students and teachers in the classroom are becoming less and less defined and clearly understood. I've had students from other classes talking to me as though I was another student, which has to be corrected. I go into some teachers' classrooms and teachers are talking to students casually, using the most popular loose terms of the day, like, "Yeah whatever and what up dude, etc." To me, this is not the type of relationship that we want to have with students, because it invites problems in the classroom. One minute, you're the teacher who wants to talk to a kid like he's your peer. The next minute, you want to get all serious, like a teacher, with the student when it's time to do math. This inconsistent behavior and teaching representation sends mix signals to students. More teachers, I believe, should seriously question what type of relationship do they want to have with their students and what type of relationship is best for learning (in the long run). As teachers, we must remember that we are NOT competing in a popularity contest to see which teacher can get the most kids to like us. Be a teacher, consistently, and stop trying be these kids best friends is my advice. Then, maybe we wouldn't see as many classroom management issues, bullying, and a loss of precious academic time wasted on constantly arguing with and disciplining students.

Apr 4, 2013

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AkomaTeach Great advice, but if you're in the middle of a lesson, opening up a line of questions to find out what a student desires is just not ideal. There are other students in the class who need your attention and they are waiting for you to finish instruction. Once you give one distraction too much attention, here come the other students thinking they can...See More

Apr 4, 2013

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