Self Study Project

Classroom Management
Goal: To create a classroom management style that fits my personal philosophy and encourages children to be responsible, self-monitoring workers.
How I Learned to Create a Classroom Management Style:

By: Chelsea Duff

Ask fellow teachers for techniques and attend trainings.

School disciplinary plan: Student Responsibility Center training. Individualized conferences with students to discuss behavior. Attention devices: bells, clapping, counting down, waiting, etc. Positive language. Questioning process: What are you choosing? Individualized conferences. Student plans for improvement. Give students three chances for minor offenses, such as talking or being off-task, before asking students to think about their choices and holding a short individualized conference about behavior. Give students six chances for minor offenses before asking them to leave the classroom (SRC, Principals Office, Hallway) to create a behavior plan. Give student one chance for a major offense, such as bullying another student, before asking student to leave classroom (SRC, Principals Office, Hallway) to create a plan. If misbehavior continues, student will have to go home and a conference will be held with parents. Keep even voice tone. Be loving, yet assertive. Give clear rules and expectations. Keep a checklist of students on desk daily and mark each time I talk to a student about misbehavior.

Place responsibility for behavior on students.

Ensure that I have consistent follow-through.

Three Year Plan:

Try different techniques and make observational notes about their effectiveness. Set clear rules and expectations at the beginning of the school year and spend time teaching them to students. Attend further trainings and make time to observe other teachers styles and ask them for new techniques. Read more books and scholarly articles about classroom management. Create self-evaluations to mark progress of consistent follow-through and being loving yet assertive to help students think about their actions. Remain open-minded.