Classroom Management in an ESL Environment

Chungnam TESOL Program Week 8

Classroom Management Study Plan

1. Classroom Set-Up: Make Your Own (1st hour study)

2. Classroom Management & Student Learning (2nd hour study) 3. Lesson Plans: Model & Make Your Own (3rd hour study)

Classroom Set-Up

Things to think about: 1. Student Age: Class Grade Level 2. Class Subject 3. Lesson 3. Homeroom Class vs Multiple Use 4. Teaching Method

Classroom Set-Up: Desk Arrangements

Discuss each. Benefits? Disadvantages? Students Group their Desks Horseshoe Circle Orderly Rows (traditional classroom) Pairs Rows of Tables

Design Your Classroom

On a piece of paper, design your own classroom.

Then discuss with a partner. Questions? Why is your classroom set-up like this? What grade do you teach? Where do you teach? What subject do you teach? How many student do you teach? What is your lesson?

Classroom Management & Student Learning

Effective Teachers MANAGE their classrooms. Ineffective teachers DISCIPLINE their classrooms.

What can a teacher do?

Remember: Effective classroom management begins with effective lesson plans. But first, understand classroom management & student learning

Classroom Challenges

Managing learning time Vary lessons with various approaches Moving toward cooperative learning Facilitating learning time Engaging students

People dont care how much you know until they know

how much you care

No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship

Your Personal Teaching Style Affects the Classroom

Jellyfish Teacher

Brickwall Teacher

Flexible Teacher

Classroom Management: Improve Student Behavior

Preventative Techniques Catch students being good. Teach students how to ask for your attention. Use appropriate level material in your class. Teach students to communicate effectively. Supportive Techniques Accept student diversity Schedule individual conferences to discuss difficult issues. Acknowledge positive traits. Show interest in students outside activities. Listen to students.

ESL Student Learning Needs

Look at the Handout Sheet 1. Adjust Time 2. Adjust Assessment 3. Adapt Teaching Methods 4. Use Alternative Teaching Materials 5. Environmental Adaptations

Active Learning
What Is Active Learning?
Active learning happens when students are given the opportunity to take a more interactive relationship with the subject matter of a course, encouraging them to generate rather than simply to receive knowledge. In an active learning environment, teachers facilitate rather than dictate the students learning.

Why Active Learning?

Research has shown that active learning is an exceptionally effective teaching technique. Regardless of the subject matter, when active learning is compared to traditional teaching methods (such as lecture), students learn more material, retain the information longer, and enjoy the class more. Active learning allows students to learn in the classroom with the help of the instructor and other students, rather than on their own.

How To Incorporate Active Learning Into Your Classroom

Employing active learning techniques in the classroom can pose difficulties to teachers and students not accustomed to this mode of instruction. The teacher surrenders some of the control of the class as s/he becomes a facilitator, and the students take increased responsibility for not only what , but also how they learn.
Incorporating active learning in the classroom, then, requires students to act.

Active Learning Ideas

Group work allows every participant the chance to speak, share personal views, and develop the skill of working with others. Cooperative group work requires all group members to work together to complete a given task. Break the class into groups of 2-5 students. Give each group articles to read, questions to answer and discuss, information to share, subjects to teach to other groups, etc.

Active Learning Ideas

Writing activities of many kinds offer students the opportunity to think about and process information. For example, in addition to minute papers, you could pose a question and then give students time to freewrite their answers. You could also give students time to freewrite about topics. Brainstorming is another simple technique that can involve the whole class in a discussion. Introduce a topic or problem and then ask for student input, which you record on the board.

Active Learning Ideas

Games related to the subject can easily be incorporated into the classroom to foster active learning and participation. Games can include matching, mysteries, group competitions, solving puzzles, pictionary, game shows, movies, songs, etc. Debates staged in class can be effective tools for encouraging students to think about several sides of an issue.

Active Learning Ideas

Case studies use real-life stories that describe what happened to a community, family, school, or individual to prompt students to integrate their classroom knowledge with their knowledge of real-world situations, actions, and consequences.

Maximize Classroom Instruction Time and Minimizing Disruptions

Brainstorming & discussion Drawing & artwork Field trips Games Graphic organizers, semantic maps, and word webs Humor Recipes, labs, experiments, models Mnemonic (memory) devices Movement Music, rhythm, rhyme, & rap

Project-based & problem-based instruction Reciprocal teaching & cooperative learning Role-plays, drama, pantomimes, & charades Storytelling Technology Visualization & guided imagery Visuals Work-study & apprenticeships for top students Writing & journals

Lesson Plan
Look at the example lesson plan handout 1. Lesson Objectives 2. Materials 3. Activities 4. Learning Styles 5. Skills 6. Evaluation 7. Classroom Accommodations

Lesson Plan
In the final hour of class, make your lesson plan based on your materials Students can work in pairs and make one lesson plan 2nd Classroom Management Class: Present your lesson plan: describe your reasoning and ideas to classmates (5 minutes each for individual lessons and 8 minutes for pair work).