GREAT COMMISSION INTERNATIONAL COLLEGES AND SEMINARY 158 Marlo Drive, Monte Vista Park Subdivision, Cainta, Rizal

2nd IN-SERVICE SEMINAR FOR GCICS FACULTY AND STAFF Date Venue Audience Lecturer Topic Description : : : : : : October 19 - 20, 2006 GCICS Premises GCICS Faculty and Staff Rev. MC G. Songalia Classroom Organization and Management The topic deals with the student learning style and strategies for classroom management.

OUTLINE I. The Program

: : Approaches of Learning A. _________________- believes that learners develop their learning ability based on internal controls and that they eventually learn to make the right decisions. These teachers assume the role of a bystander who, at most, helps a student clarify what is happening. B. _________________ - believes that external controls are needed for the proper learning. These teachers assume the role of a boss, taking charge by demanding, commanding, and directing. C. _________________ believes that learning is the product of both internal and external forces. These teachers assume the role of a cooperative leader, guiding students by offering choices, setting limits, and involving students in the process.

II. The Key

Quality of _________________ Interaction Determining exactly what students expect from us and what we expect from students is the key to creating positive and healthy classroom management. This key provides teachers with the skills necessary to create future positive interactions that build student self-esteem.

III. The Technique

_______________ Technique helps students feel competent. While we eventually need to help them connect and contribute to make a real difference in their school performance, our primary goal is to help them feel capable. This technique involves eight categories: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

IV. The Procedure

Descriptions of __________________: 1. Establish a positive ________________________. All school personnel, the school building, as well as room within it, is pleasantly designed, decorated, and maintained as an inviting place to spend the day.

2. Use democratic ___________________________. Students are invited to contribute in meaningful ways to the development and implementation of policies that govern everyday life at school, which includes class discussions, class councils, and schoolwide student councils. 3. Implement ________________ learning strategies. Competition can be eliminated from the classroom when students are divided into learning groups. The students in each group develop a sense of personal and communal responsibility as they work together to achieve specific academic goals. 4. Conduct classroom ____________________. Such activities focus on helping students understand themselves and others and on teaching students to solve interpersonal problems peaceably by using conflict-resolution skills. Armed with this information, students are better able to develop and mature both individually and socially. 5. Choose appropriate _______________________________. This should be an ongoing process that considers the needs of all students. V. The Winner : The ______________________ Community 1. Immediate Winners The _____________ They gain the knowledge and skills to cope with classroom instruction and their satisfaction in teaching increases. They learn how to build and strengthen quality relationships with their students and feel better not only about the students but also about themselves. The possibility of teacher burnout, a real hazard of everyday classroom life, is reduced. 2. Subsequent Winners The _____________ Students want to learn in an orderly, firm-yet-friendly classroom atmosphere. When they have that opportunity, their academic performance is likely to rise and their selfesteem is nurtured. 3. Succeeding Winners The _____________ They gain confidence that their students are being guided according to a specific, carefully constructed educational principles and philosophy. 4. The Ultimate Winners The _____________ They are winners because it can be modeled with consistency throughout a school. In addition, this will serve as an accountability tool that allows the administrators to quickly review and evaluate a teachers course with a difficult student and when necessary, offers assistance.

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