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Classroom
Management
By Taylor Reid
Classroom Management
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How to be an Effective Teacher
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How to have a Well-Managed Class
How to Have your Classroom Ready
How to Introduce Yourself
How to Arrange and Assign Seating
How to Start Class Effectively
How to have an Effective Discipline Plan
How to Teach Students to Follow Procedure
How Procedures Improve the Opportunity to
Learn
How to Have a Well-Managed
Classroom
Characteristics
 Classroom
Management Skills
 Teach for Lesson
Mastery
 Practice Positive
Expectations
“The aim of
education is to
provide children with
a sense of purpose
and a sense of
possibility and with
skills and habits of
thinking that will help
them live in the
world” – Alice Waters
How to Have your Classroom
Ready
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work is ready- The desks, books papers, assignments,
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room is ready-The classroom has a positive
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Teacher is ready-The teacher has a warm, positive
and materials are ready when the bell rings.
environment that is work-oriented.
attitude and has positive expectations that all students will succeed.
Have your classroom ready, every single day,
especially the first days of school
How to Introduce Yourself to
your Class
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Post a Sign on your door
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Your Name
Room Number
Section or period
Grade Level or subject
An appropriate welcome or greeting
Stand at the door on the first day of school. Have a smile
on your face!
As the students stand there to see if your are the right
teacher- Welcome them to the new school year!
Check each student’s registration card.
After you greet a student they should see the same
information that was on the door displayed in the room.
How to Arrange and Assign
Seating
 The
teacher is present in the room or at
the door when the students arrive.
 Assign seating to everyone upon entering
the room.
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Age, Height, Alphabetical Order, Peer-group tutoring, Paired
Problem Solving, Challenging Students at the front of the
room.
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an assignment on each desk ready
for the students.
How to Start Class Effectively
 Have
an
assignment ready.
 Students know
where to find the
assignment.
 They know why
they are to do the
assignment.
Your very first
priority when
the class starts
is to get the
students to
work.
How to Have an Effective
Discipline Plan
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Rules: What the student is expected to follow.
Consequences: What the student encounters if a rule
is broken.
Rewards: What the student receives for appropriate
behavior.
If you do not have a plan, then you are
planning to fail.
How to Teach Students to
Follow Classroom Procedures
 Teach-
State, explain, model, and
demonstrate the procedure.
 Rehearse- Rehearse and practice the
procedure under your supervision.
 Reinforce- Reteach, Rehearse, Practice, and
reinforce the classroom procedure until it
becomes a student habit or routine.
How Procedures Improve the
Opportunity to Learn
 Stating
a class
 Movement of
paper
 Transition
 The pencil problem
References
Wong, H. K., & Wong, R. T. (2009). The First
Days of School. Mountain View, CA:
Harry K. Wong Publications, INC.