CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

The Physical Environment of the classroom

Sight, sound and comfort Students are profoundly affected by what they enter the classroom. Seating arrangement How would you want your students to sit in your classroom? Chalkboard use How do you utilize the use of chalkboard? Equipment How do you manage the equipment in the classroom?

 Your Voice and Body Language

Good voice projection Slow down your normal rate of delivery esp . for

beginning classes Clear articulation Non-verbal messages

Body posture Facial expression Gesture Eye contact Movement

 Teaching under adverse circumstances

Teaching large classes Problems solutions Teaching multiple proficiency levels in the same class Suggestions Compromising with the institution Teaching under institutional conditions that do not meet their ideal standards or philisophy of education May focus on individual in charge / administrative constraints. Discipline What to do? Cheating How to deal? Minimizing opportunities to cheat

 Teachers roles and styles

Role Know yourself, your limitations, strengths, likes and dislikes and accept that you are called upon to be many things to many different people Teaching styles Where do you place yourself on the continua? Cultural expectations The effectiveness of playing role and developing styles depends on the culture in which you are teaching and the culture of your students.( what you should or should not do)

 Creating a positive classroom climate

Establishing rapport (connection) How do establish rapport? Balance praise and criticism How much and how less? Genuine praises appropriately delivered, enables students to welcome criticism and to put it into use. Generate energy What is classroom energy? How do you achieve the energy?