Classroom Mgt 2008

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CLASSROOMMANAGEMENT :

why,what and how ? Pt 1


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Contents

Why It Is So Important

Identifying Where You Go Wrong

Proactive Classroom Management

You Can Do It !


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WHY IT IS SO

IMPORTANT

1 Without good classroom

management, even the best

teachers cant

actually teach their pupilsanything


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2 Class management is ascience and an art. It CAN be

taught and learnt

3 .. Most teachers keep making

the same mistakes theyre

the same ones I used to make.


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THOUGHTS

Teaching like acting,thrives on audience

empathy Develop your own style

of class management


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IDENTIFYING WHERE YOU GO

WRONG

FIGHTING

FIRE

Similar problemseveryday to get

class started

Have to deal with

classroommanagementissues all the time


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Never learn from past mistakes

Rush through teaching

Situation gradually gets worse, loseself-confidence, become more and

more negative


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SHOUTING

Shouting TOO MUCH acommon mistake

a noisy teacher has anoisy classroom


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If you make your voice

increasingly QUIET, the noiselevel in class gradually goes

down

if you shout over them theyll just

talk louder to one another


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SARCASM

You want to show they cant outwit

youBut your job is to MOTIVATE and

ENCOURAGE

not to humiliate or embarrass them infront of their peers


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You will only annoy themThey will fight back harder

It diminishes good will in theclassroom situation


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UNPREPARED

Do you turn up for work with minutes to

spare and no resources ready ?

If youre unprepared youll spend all your

time rushing around, feeling flustered

If you cant be bothered to prepare

properly for a lesson then the

consequence will be poor student behavior


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NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH

If you never follow through with threats, or

carry out sanctions, the students will

notice

You try to save time by not following

through, but you actually increase the

amount of poor student behaviour in

future


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And once theyrealize that

they can get

away with it,theyll push

you again. And

again. Andagain.


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LOW EXPECTATIONS

A lot of people have forgotten what young

people are capable of

We have low expectations of student

behavior : if they forget their homework, if

they sleep in class, if they misbehave, we

consider it normal as they are not

expected to do better

In fact they CAN


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Explain to your class your expectations

Explain what sanctions WILL happen if theexpectations are not met

Impose the sanction consistently

RAISEyour expectations of your class andthey will live up to them; lower your

expectations --- they will prove youre right

too !


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PLAYING FAVOURITES

You have to act like you like all the kids in

the class the same, and treat every kid the

same fairly

This is actually surprisingly difficult to do

How would you react if a difficult child

forgot his homework ? Would you react

the same way if a usually well-behaved

child forgot his ?


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PROACTIVE CLASSROOM

MANAGEMENT

Being proactive in the class is absolutely

vitalProactive means you have to act to

prevent situations, BEFORE they happen

THINK and PLAN AHEAD


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Classroom management prevention is

much better than the cureLook at your next lesson plan : do you

foresee any difficult moments ? Highlight

and make a note of what they are andwhen they are expected to happen

ie you anticipate the danger orFLASH

POINTS: how can I plan to preempt them


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LESSON PLAN

identify Flash Points, plan Counter-

measures

Plan half- way house breaks

:jokes / humour / anecdotes /

questions / real life situations /

Under-planning vs Over-planning


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YOU CAN DO IT !

Study the following ,try them out one at a

time

A) TALKING Pupils talk as youre talking. This low

level disruption is most frustrating

DO NOT CONTINUE TALKING untilevery single person in the class is paying

attention


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TALK QUIETLY, do not engage in a

shouting match with the children

Make clear the class rule that only ONE

PERSON TALKS at any one time

Enforce rule that to respond or to askpermission to speak, one has to RAISE

HIS HAND and wait till permission is

granted


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Go near to the source of the noise

disruption, position yourself there,then when silence is restored,

continue your delivery from there

A period ofSILENT WORK gives aperiod of calm in the classroom and

allows children to really do some

thinking.Pupils can listen. They can work in

silence.


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B) BE POSITIVE

A positive teacher means positive

students

My fear and frustration at the class show;I am irritable ,snappy and impatient

Your mood determines the mood of the

class; negativity breeds negativity


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No matter what the class throws at you

STAY POSITIVE

Most students arent bad kids, theyre just

showing bad behavior.

USE POSITIVE LANGUAGE

Stop Dont Mustnt Cant

are key words in a NEGATIVE

LANGUAGE: reword your command,


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Stop Talking NO

Shall we all keep silence for a momentand give So and So a chance to

contribute ? Thank you. YES

Shall I continue If you succeed in anexercise of selfcontrol then all of use can

try to learn something together. Thank you.

YES


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Too much NO and

DONT make the

students immune tothem.

Try the positive

language and thepositive approach , use

PLEASE, THANK YOU

but all the sameREMAIN ASSERTIVE


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C) CLASS RULES

It is important the know what you want

the class to do

Important for the students to know the

BOUNDARIES

Get the class to formulate HOUSE

RULES / CLASS RULES

Should be simple and clear-cut ; can be

enforced ; few in number ; complete with

rewards and sanctions


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HOW to manage

the exercise , to

ensure that classrules are

properly

formulated and

effectively

implemented ?


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D ) REWARDS

Everyone loves rewards;

everyone loves praise:PRAISE

IS A FANTASTIC MOTIVATOR

Use the existing Whole School

Reward system

Devise yourPERSONAL REWARDSYSTEM


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Have a Main reward system which you

could keep going all year roundwith lots of extras that you use when

and as needed.

MERIT POINTS for individuals or groupsin a class--- for various purposes

GOLDEN TIME or free time or special fun

time as a form of reward


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RAFFLE TICKETS : name ofreceipient written in raffle ticket,

raffle draw at end of year or term

CERTIFICATES :for goodbehavior or excellent work

STICKERS : used a lot with

younger children but older onescare too.


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PHONINGthe home of the receipient of

reward; especially effective in case of onewith a bad record

Rewards are great but they are onlyvaluable if they are given out when

they are deserved. OVER-USE them

and they soon become useless.


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E : SANCTIONS

Rewards always need their partners

in crime : SANCTIONS

BE ASSERTIVE; it doesnt mean to

be rough or to act tough


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TELLING OFF : telling off is not shouting.

you stay calm, you show him that you are

disappointed with him for letting himselfand you down, but that you know he is nota bad person

PHONING OR WRITING HOME; involveparents.

INVOLVE SENIOR TEACHERS ;

ALWAYS FOLLOW THROUGH; timespent to follow through a case is time wellinvested


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PRAISE ANOTHER; to show a student

that his behavior is not acceptable praiseone who is doing as you expect

THE EVIL STARE ; highly effectice with

low level disruption

NON-VERBAL SIGNALS ; without having

to stop your lesson eg wag of the finger,

finger to the lip; putting up your hand;

cupping your ear etc


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F ) NON VERBAL

COMMUNICATION

Save your voice

NON-VERBAL SIGNALS ; without having

to stop your lesson eg wag of the finger,finger to the lip; raising your hand in an

obvious manner ; cupping your ear etc

RAISE HAND : raise your own handwhen you ask a question, follow through

this rule


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HANDS IN THE AIR : standing in

front of my class with one or both

arms in the air is a clear signal for

everyone to stop and pay attention

WRITE SHORT PHRASE ON

BOARD

LOOK AT YOUR WATCH THE EVIL STARE

FOLD YOUR ARMS


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MIMICKING: be creative eg a student is

tapping his pen whilst I am talking, Illpretend to put an imaginery pen down with

my hands, without breaking speech.

CLAPPING A RHYTHM : when I want

attention of the class, often I clap a rhythm,

and I train my students to respond withclapping different rhythm back to me

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