Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Management
Plan
Mickey Stinson
MAT 610
Fall 2015
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Table of Content
Rules and Procedures 3-9
Discipline and Consequences 10-17
Teacher and Student Relationships18-24
Mental Set 25-35
Student responsibility 36-41
Getting Off to A Good
Start Classroom Layout and Plan 41-54
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Rules and Procedures
Show respect for yourself, teacher, fellow classmates and the classroom.
This will allow for students to be respectful to those around them. Meaning they will show
respect to property, people, keeping the learning environment clean. Use of appropriate
language, dress, and conduct provides a safe and caring learning environment.
Reality Theory-This will encourage students to make good choices and be actively involved in
their classroom.
Come Prepared to class each day ready to give your best effort.
Being prepared means that students will have completed reading, homework, and arrive on time to
class. They have brought all the materials that they need to be successful within the classroom.
They are awake and ready to give their all to learning as a cooperative team.
Assertive Discipline- This provides clear and concise expectations, and provides students with a
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Come Prepared to class each day ready to give your best effort.
homework, and arrive on time to class. They have brought all the
team.
environment.
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Create and preserve a positive learning environment.
to a minimum. Please sign out and in as you leave and return to the
class. Please bring a water bottle if you need to get drink during class.
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Pay attention, participate, follow directions and ask questions.
Get involved! Students will need to be active learners and listeners. This
will help the entire class stay on-task. Reminding students that if they
have a question others to may have the same question. Students should
clarify for understanding. Listen, read the directions and clarify. Talk when
its your turn, listen when the teacher is speaking, when group leaders are
helping in the learning process, and set a good example to others around
Ginott- this plays well into the no praise or shame model. I believe that if
students can self-monitor and be models of good behavior then others will
follow their example and a active and engaged learning environment will
follow.
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Always be honest!
If you did it be a positive role model and own up t it! Dont cheat,
plagiarize, or copy others work. Do not take credit for others hard work.
behavior. This will help students to make good choices and see how their
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Be Focused!
actively engaged in our work. Our goal is to learn how to be a better writer,
reader and citizen. When working in groups take turns, take notes, be a
listener. When working as class, raise your hand for public question and
place your hand over your heart for private questions. When its your turn to
lead discussions stay on-task and keep your group engaged and active in
discussion.
Kounin- Ripple Effect- I see that if even one student is on-task tat others will
follow suit. Setting clear expectations and positive input and feedback will
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Be a learning community
Show respect for others efforts in the classroom. Being kind will go
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Discipline and
Consequences
Teacher Responses
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Proximity
Moving close to a student who is off-task can redirect the child and create a change
This can done in conjunction with proximity or it can be used from across the room.
This can be a finger the mouth nonverbally asking for a quiet, it can be a shake of
the head, a smile, a wink, a nod and it can be used with facial expressions, like raised
This can be used in conjunction with proximity, and gestures. For me this will be
to others. This can be used in both positive and negative situations, depending on the
situation.
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Tangible Rewards
I like rewarding students for behavior that is
on-task and that creates a positive learning
environment. I feel that giving students
breaks from classroom tasks motivates
students to work had toward getting free
time
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Free Reading Time
library books.
students feel very connected to their friends and family and use
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Direct Cost
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Over Correction
is absolutely needful.
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Home Contingency:
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Phone Calls Home
I feel that students will not be pleased that they have acted in such a way that it
becomes necessary for us to call home. I will have the students call and then together
we will talk to the parental unit and discuss how we can stop the problem behavior.
I also see this a being a great way to let parents know that their child is successful in
the classroom.
In our busy society we all have phones, watches, computers, tablets and even cars
that will relay our messages to us in an instant. Giving a parent a quick note just
saying their child did well or maybe had a bad day will open dialogue not only with the
teacher and the parent but with the parent and student. It is my philosophy that it
takes a village to raise a child and its hard work for parents and for teachers. What
better way to help parent of a struggling student than to simply say your child had a
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What things will you do to
develop good relationships
with students?
Treating students with respect is key in all good
relationships There is no room for anger in the
classroom. Talking down to students or bad mouthing
others. Having a positive classroom environment begins
with me. Creating a classroom community is all about
being open to listening and helping students to problem
solve and aiding them in learning to work with others.
Knowing students names and their interest will aid me in
fostering relationships of trust. Giving feedback and
rewarding on-task behavior will benefit the entire
community. Being good listener ad knowing when be
quiet is on of the signs of a great listener.
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What should you do to learn
about individual students
interest?
Doing a beginning of term interest inventory will help
me get a glance at what the student is interested in
both inside and out of school. Listening to student
interactions within the classroom an with peers helpful
in gaining an understanding of a students point of view.
Asking students what they like and how they prefer to
work is often helpful. Having students write about
themselves will help me to get to know them better.
Looking at the kinds of books they read and the music
they are listening to will help me to relate with my
students.
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Equitable student
interactions. What specific
things will you do to ensure
this?
It is my belief that equitable and equal are two very
different ideas. I will be my goal as a SPED teacher to
ensure that all students have access to the get ed
curriculum. I can foster equality in my daily student
interactions by planning ahead, Having goals for
participation and setting clear expectation for
participation. Modeling and reinforcing these as we
move from one activity to another. Providing students
with honest feedback that is never sugarcoated will help
students will help students to receive and give feedback
not about themselves, but their peers and me as their
teacher.
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My Communication
Style
I am a direct person. You need to always give students
respect and validation for what they feel and think.
Creating a positive environment where students are not
afraid to open up, but to work cooperatively with others is
a valuable life skill. I am good injecting humor into tense
situations.
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Being aware of the needs
of different students in
your classes
Creating a cohesive classroom is one where there is
mutual respect. Using learning inventories and observing
personalities as well as looking at their varied abilities will
help me to meet the needs of all mrs students as i use the
best practice to teach
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Teaching High-Needs
Students
There will be many students in my teaching career
that will have IEPS, RTIS, BIPS, FUBA, and who may
be ELLs. I will be collecting and tracking student
performance data. Progress monitoring will aid me
in helping them to succeed in the gen ed classroom.
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Mental Set
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In terms of classroom
management, why is a teacher's
mental set important?
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What are some behaviors you can adopt to
ensure that you maintain a healthy and
appropriate mental perspective?
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What strategies will you use to maintain or
heighten your awareness of students'
actions in the classroom and to notice and
head off potential problems?
I feel that I will need to model the behavior I desire to see in my students.
I feel that getting to know my students and having clear and explicit
classroom guidelines will stop many behaviors that can occur in the
classroom. I also feel that treating my students will respect and being
flexible when needed will help students to know that I desire their
success in my classroom. I feel that fostering a sense of community and
accountability create a sense of responsibility not only to the students
and the classroom but also to the school and to the teacher. I also feel
that as a teacher a raised voice will not foster the sense of community
that I am seeking to develop in my classroom. While to do realize that
behaviors will occur I feel that feel that is vital to speak directly with
students and talk about the antecedent to the behavior, and find better
coping skills or them to use in the classroom
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y do you think it is important to exhibit emotional objectivity toward stude
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What strategies will you use to renew
yourself after a stressful or otherwise
negative interaction with a student or
colleague?
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The Student's Responsibility
for Management
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Case Study Reflection on Student Responsibility for
Management
1. Two students, Amy and Jacquie, are involved in an
argument. Both of them independently come to see you. They
are angry and blaming the other person for what happened.
What should you do or say?
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2. A student named June asks to see you after class; she is clearly upset. She says
another student who says her name is "dumb" has harassed her and now shes
wondering whether shes responsible, given the discussion in class. What should
you do or say? And how might you use the ideas about assertiveness to help June in
this situation?
I would first ask June to explain the situation. What happened what was said and how she
feels I would tell her that her name is not dumb.
I would help that she needs to be more assertive and stand up for herself. It's not okay to
let others say mean things about us. We are a classroom community that needs to be kind
and supportive. I would talk to her about that assertiveness is standing up for your personal
rights expressing your thoughts feelings and beliefs it a direct honest and appropriate way.
That we should always respect the thoughts and feelings and beliefs about there's that
when we talk to others who have hurt our feelings or said things that we don't agree with,
that we should stay calm that we should be clear that we should stick to our point and that
we should not give up we should avoid blaming others for our emotions we should focus on
ourselves as the center of our emotions by saying I feel angry when you, Or it hurt my
feelings. We should begin and in our conversations with positive statements we need to
be specific and we need to avoid generalizations. And as always we need to remember that
we need to treat others as we want to be treated. As a sidenote to this I would talk to the
other young lady and see exactly what she said and perhaps maybe even set up a
conference between the two of them and actually be a mediator and help them solve this
problem and that hopefully not allowing it to get further into their arena of bullying.
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Fiona and Robert worked on a project together. Now Fiona is taking all of
the credit for the project, but you know that Robert did more than his share
of the work. What should you do? What might you say to Fiona? To
Robert?
I first off I would solve this problem by having a student timesheet for big
projects. This would be a timesheet that each student feels out the details what they
did on their project when they did it and how much time they spent working on the
project. I would also have a partner evaluation form where each partner would
evaluate their they're there other partner and provide positive feedback to me about
their experience with their partner. In this specific situation I would talk to Fiona
and ask her why she feels that she did all the work and Robert did none of the work
I would talk to her about fairness and about responsibility for her own work and the
and the group project.
I would talk to Robert and ask him exactly what his feelings are and then sit down
with both of them and talk about partnerships and group work and that we each
when we come to a partnership bring a set of skills to the table and maybe one
person skills is the research and another person skills is doing graphics and putting
it altogether and because we each have a different skill set. I would reinforce this as
a classroom in talking about group work and the importance of everybody doing
their share of the work but also the skill set of each student
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Jesse has repeatedly not turned in his homework on time. You made it clear that part of the
grade at the end of the semester would reflect the student's timeliness in turning in
assignments. How might you use the principles of personal responsibility to support Jesse
before the end of the semester?
first off I would find out if there was anything that was standing in the way of Jesse being able
to complete his homework on time if there were home issues or work issues or even clash of
issues that were causing problems. In looking for the antecedent
behavior we may find out that there might be a learning deficit there might be an emotional
problem there you know we we never know what's going on at home and looking at those
things may help us to understand the student better. I would also make sure that the student has
all the resources they need to complete their assignments that they understand the assignments
that they that they are clear on on what is to be done for the assignments. I would help the
student to buy providing clear written explicit directions time frames and due dates of
assignments. We may need to help the student set goals, break a large tasks into smaller tasks
and steps. We need to give the student raise for on-time completion of work. We need to create
successful experiences for the student when they hand work in on time. This may be just a
simple praise a great job I'm glad I'm glad you got this done I knew you could do it those kinds
of praise that will help the students to feel like they are successful. as part of my classroom
management I feel that it's really important to express to students that I don't give grades. That
grades are earned through hard work. Through completing assignments on time, through on
task behavior in the classroom. Setting clear expectations for students roles and responsibilities
for their own work and for their own grades. I feel that it's important or students to feel that
they have control and they have power over themselves and their environment. And knowing
that it's their responsibility to earn their grade in my view will help them to get better grades
and to accomplish things on time and within the set framework of the classroom.
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David is a very vocal student. Every week since the beginning of
the semester he has proposed a class meeting. Often his reasons
have been sound and the goals of the meeting have been on
target. But increasingly it seems as though David is using the
meetings just to complain and to get other students to agree with
him. What should you do?
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A diagram of the ideal set up of your classroom. How
the desks will be arranged, where your desk will be,
smart board and whiteboard locations Classroom
Layouts and Design
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This is a layout of a Special Education/ English classroom. I want my room to be
filled with books. I would like a reading nook for students to be able to read and
be comfortable. I want this to be a place where they can relax with a book.
I have a round rug that I will make us of for reading groups. I like the idea that
students dont always need to be in their desks.
Walking into my room I have a bank of computers that student can work on.
Which now most teachers have Chrome book carts, I would store them in the
same as where my bank of computers would be, out of the way but still
accessible. I Have two large white boards to the right of the computers. I like that
they are in an open space where students can access information. Next, I have
an easel, which I will be using for modeling work, or for student use to make
presentations. I have a smart board and an Elmo doc cam so that we can use
technology in the classroom. My teacher desk is In a corner where I can easily
see all students if I was sitting down. On the far wall, I have a wall of bookcases. I
have a bathroom in my room, as many special education classrooms have self-
contained classrooms. Next is the sink and table. There are also three portable
white board easels. These can be uses by small groups to brainstorm and to help
in the learning process. I will have several rolling chairs in my classroom as it will
allow me to sit with groups not be standing over students.
Student desks are actually table. They can be moved to accommodate individual,
small group and whole group work. I choose tables rather than desk because I
feel that its a more modern feel and that it helps to make the classroom more
inviting. Less staunchly!
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A plan for how you will decorate your classroom.
What kinds of things will you put on the walls?
Then explain WHY you have included the various
things youll decorate your classroom with.
Being an English teacher, I feel that I need to have a text rich environment.
I will have a word wall, where students can place words they have trouble
spelling, words we have been exposed to through text, and words that are
important to know in light of our current projects. These are active vocabulary,
there may be SAT and Act words.
I will have a journal prompt bulletin board. I will usually that three choices
students can journal about. One will be related to our unit of study, one will be
a prompt that is relevant to current events, and one will be a free write where
they can pick a prompt from a jar of journal prompts. Helping students to write
everyday is key too not only expanding their writing ability, but it helps with
their vocabulary and increases their ability to read.
I plan on having posters related to English and literature like the following:
(Please see Poster Page) These posters will help me to gave resources that
students can access information that will help them to to be better writers, and
citizens within the classroom community.
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A lesson plan for the FIRST DAY of class. (One content area only.)
What kinds of activities and get-to-know-you strategies will you
incorporate and why. How you will introduce your syllabus, rules &
procedures, etc. Also, how will you greet your students for the first
time and how you will introduce yourself, etc.?
It is my goal to always be standing at the door when students enter my classroom. I
want them to know that I see and have acknowledged them and that I am a kind adult
who see their value and worth in my classroom.
I will at the beginning of each class period on the first day, have name tents folded. I
will have each student take one take about five minutes and they may decorate their
name tent. These should be reflective of who you are. Do you like sports, music, etc?
This will help me to learn students names, and see how creative they are.
I will be doing an introduction: Telling students about where I am from, my favorite
books, movies, soda, candy, etc. I will ask students to tell the class one thing they like
to do or if they have a favorite book.
Who Am I Game: students will be asked to stand in a circle. I will take a piece of paper
that has a title, name, thing on it and be placing it on their back, they will then need to
circulate the room and try and discover who or what they are. For example; they might
have the name One Direction on their paper. They can then ask yes or no questions to
try to figure out who they are.
We will then be going over a few rules and procedures. My expectations, what I will do
and what they should be doing.
I would end the class with explaining my journal wall, and giving each of them a paper
journal. I would then have them do a 10-minute free write about anything they want to 4
write about.
For the 1st 2 weeks of school, detail a plan on how you
will build relationships and set and reinforce
academic and nonacademic expectations and
routines. (See handout: The First Two Weeks of
School)
Day Two, we start the day out with by reviewing and maintaining
classroom rules and expectations. We will be having a round table
like discussion of what on-task behavior looks like. Asking students
what they feel is important to maintain/ create a classroom
community.
We will then be working on a classroom poster. Each class period
will be creating a poster that has the name of their favorite book or
books on it. They can write the title and author and even a favorite
moment from the book, on a piece of cardstock and then glue it to
the poster.
Rug activity: I will start a story prompt, and students will each take a
turn by adding a few lines to the story. We will talk about
expectations for silent readings, and book reports. We will end our
class with 15 minutes of silent reading.
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Day Three:
We will be starting the class with 20 minutes of silent
reading. We will then be doing a formal classroom rule and
expectation review. I will be handing out a copy of
classroom rules and procedures, and will have students
read them with their elbow partner. We will be doing a
overview of what we will be studying this year in my class. I
feel that this is important to help students to see what they
will be learning. It helps them to be focused on their own
learning.
We will be gathering at the rug and then be reading the
story; The Rainbow Fish. Afterwards we will debrief on the
story, asking students to identify the overall theme of this
book. How can we build a classroom environment that will
help us to be all-inclusive and kind to each other?
We will be doing a journal prompt: Have you ever been like
one of the characters in The Rainbow Fish?
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Week #2-3
We will be starting each day in class with a quick review of what we
are doing for the day and what we need to accomplish before the
end of class. I will continue greeting students at my classroom door.
I will have my class list and be working on memorizing names. I
will have students be using their name tents until we are all
comfortable with each other. we will be always starting with 20
minutes of silent reading. We will be talking this week about
responsibility. Referring to Marzano, page 107 figure, 18:2 we will
talk about taking responsibility. Over several class periods we will
talk about the language of responsibility, how we exercise
responsible behaviors and reviewing expectations. I will also be
teaching them a few signs an signals that I will be using in my
classroom. Hand up in the air, its a public question of comment,
hand over heart, is a private question that the teachers need to help
student with.
We will be Journaling 1-2 times per week, we will journaling about
our feelings and thoughts about responsibility and what the
students role is in our classroom.
I will be doing lots of modeling what I expect and how we will
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Conclusion
I feel that having standards and content
posted in my classroom daily will help
students to see where we are going. It not
only will keep me on track but keep them
focused and able to know what we are
doing each day in my class. I will begin
the year by reading these every day to
students. I will eventually be having a
student volunteer to read our daily
agenda. I will continue to model and
reinforce the community guidelines and
expectations.
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