I need my classroom management to improve NOW!!!!! I'm sure that some teachers make this statement daily. Who wouldn't after being in an under managed classroom with rowdy students all day.
Let's say you don't have time to make a list or jot down ways to improve, and then you'll have to be able to think quickly on your feet. Your reaction time in response to student misbehavior has to happen with milliseconds of its occurrence. Honestly, students' behavior can not change in a day or overnight. Your best bet is to take the slow and steady approach. Or in this case the slow, steady and consistent approach.
Consistency is crucial when trying to get student to follow classroom rules and procedures. Once you know what behaviors and issues need to be addressed you can begin modeling how the classroom should run. In 'What to Expect the First Year', Harry Wong gives a three step approach for teaching new procedures: Explain, Model, Rehearse. So for example let's say your want to teach your students to come in and complete an anticipatory set (warm-up) before you start your lesson.
Teacher's script
EXPLAIN: Every morning when you come in a morning warm-up will be on the smart board. You will need to complete the warm-up in your class notebook. Each entry must have the date and the problem written. Please make sure that you show your work when completing the warm-up. Once you have completed your warm-up you have an option to complete and review last night's homework or help another student complete the morning warm up.
MODEL: Now I am going to show you how to come in and complete your warm-up. (Pretend to be a student coming into to class doing a morning warm up)
REHEARSE: Have students do what you explained and modeled. (Continue to rehearse the procedure for at least 2 weeks or longer depending on the grade level of the students)
I have found that this three step approach can aid in teaching students not only procedures, but rules and concepts as well.
Let's say you don't have time to make a list or jot down ways to improve, and then you'll have to be able to think quickly on your feet. Your reaction time in response to student misbehavior has to happen with milliseconds of its occurrence. Honestly, students' behavior can not change in a day or overnight. Your best bet is to take the slow and steady approach. Or in this case the slow, steady and consistent approach.
Consistency is crucial when trying to get student to follow classroom rules and procedures. Once you know what behaviors and issues need to be addressed you can begin modeling how the classroom should run. In 'What to Expect the First Year', Harry Wong gives a three step approach for teaching new procedures: Explain, Model, Rehearse. So for example let's say your want to teach your students to come in and complete an anticipatory set (warm-up) before you start your lesson.
Teacher's script
EXPLAIN: Every morning when you come in a morning warm-up will be on the smart board. You will need to complete the warm-up in your class notebook. Each entry must have the date and the problem written. Please make sure that you show your work when completing the warm-up. Once you have completed your warm-up you have an option to complete and review last night's homework or help another student complete the morning warm up.
MODEL: Now I am going to show you how to come in and complete your warm-up. (Pretend to be a student coming into to class doing a morning warm up)
REHEARSE: Have students do what you explained and modeled. (Continue to rehearse the procedure for at least 2 weeks or longer depending on the grade level of the students)
I have found that this three step approach can aid in teaching students not only procedures, but rules and concepts as well.
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