The school year is coming to a close. Even if your classroom management for the year wasn't great, remember to finish strong. Continue to reinforce the classroom rules and procedures and provide incentives for the students who follow them. As you pack things way and clean your room, begin to think of room arrangement and more efficient ways to move about the classroom for next year. You have the whole summer ahead of your to plan for the upcoming school year. Use your time wisely!
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Thursday, May 3, 2012
TEACH Behavior!!
I was reading an online article today by Ruth Wells on Classroom Management. In the article she discusses teaching behavior to students. I agree completely with teaching behavior. I think that often times as teachers we may assume that children already know how to behave, but that isn't always true. Students have to be taught how to behave at school and in your classroom.
So the idea of teaching a student something they should already know, like good behavior, became clearer when I compared it to my driving dilemmas while vacationing out of the country. Even though I'm a good driver with a license and discounted insurance to prove it, when driving in another country I was unsure of the traffic laws there. I did my best to go with the flow of traffic and follow street signs, but I was still very uneasy when traveling throughout the cities. So even though I had the skill to drive, I was uncertain how to apply my driving to the new setting.
This is the same for students. Whether they are new to the school setting or at the intermediate level, students are uncertain of what is expected of them by each teacher, until the teacher outlines his/her rules. That's why it is crucial to take time at the start of the school year to TEACH students the rules and procedures of your classroom.
I know that the school year is coming to a close, but this is a perfect time to start considering steps of how to improve your management for the 2012-13 school year!!
So the idea of teaching a student something they should already know, like good behavior, became clearer when I compared it to my driving dilemmas while vacationing out of the country. Even though I'm a good driver with a license and discounted insurance to prove it, when driving in another country I was unsure of the traffic laws there. I did my best to go with the flow of traffic and follow street signs, but I was still very uneasy when traveling throughout the cities. So even though I had the skill to drive, I was uncertain how to apply my driving to the new setting.
This is the same for students. Whether they are new to the school setting or at the intermediate level, students are uncertain of what is expected of them by each teacher, until the teacher outlines his/her rules. That's why it is crucial to take time at the start of the school year to TEACH students the rules and procedures of your classroom.
I know that the school year is coming to a close, but this is a perfect time to start considering steps of how to improve your management for the 2012-13 school year!!
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