Tools

 for  Teaching  
by  Fred  Jones  

Part  One:  Building  a  Classroom  Management  System  

Chapter  1:  Learning  from  the  “Natural  Teachers”  
Chapter  2:  Focusing  on  PrevenFon  
 Advice  from  the  “natural  teachers”  
•  You  have  to  mean  business.  
 
•  The  classroom  will  either  belong  to  you  or  it  
will  belong  to  them.  God  help  you  if  it  belongs  
to  them.  

Chapter  1  
 Typical  classroom  problems  
Have  you  experienced  any  of  these?  
•  Squandered  Fme  
•  Passivity  
•  Goofing  off  
•  Helpless  handraisers  
•  Nagging    
•  What  else?  

Chapter  1  
 This  doesn’t  work.  
Chapter  1  
 Focus  on  prevenFon:  The  challenge  
•  How  do  you  get  kids  to  do  what  you  want  
them  to  do  when  you  ask  them  to  do  it?  How  
do  you  get  kids  to  stop  doing  what  you  don’t  
want  them  to  do?  How  do  you  get  kids  to  
cooperate?  

Chapter  2  
 Your  students  are  a  motley  crew.  
Chapter  2  
 A  useful  classroom  management  
procedure  must  produce:  
•  BeUer  behavior  
•  More  learning  
•  Less  hassle  for  the  teacher  

Chapter  2  
Chapter  2  
 A  look  ahead:  We’ll  be  talking  about…  
1.  InstrucFon:  Maximizing  the  rate  of  learning  
while  helping  students  become  independent  
learners.  
2.  Discipline:  GeZng  students  to  quit  goofing  
off  and  get  busy.  
3.  MoFvaFon:  Giving  students  a  reason  to  work  
hard  while  being  conscienFous.    

Chapter  2  
 1.  InstrucFon  
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Chapter  2  
 2.  Discipline  
•  Think  about  the  cost  of  your  classroom  
management  system  in  terms  of  Fme,  effort,  
and  aggravaFon.  Keep  it  “cheap.”  
•  You  have  to  mean  business.  No  means  no.  

Chapter  2  
 3.  MoFvaFon  
•  Students  think,  “Why  should  I?”  We  have  to  
give  them  a  reason.  

Chapter  2  
 Tools  for  Teaching  Workshop  

Chapter  3