Classroom Management

PREVENTATIVE STRATEGIES

VICKI CARUANA
FEBRUARY 2011
Then and Now
 Strategies

Reactive Proactive
 Your Turn

The difference between reactive and proactive

behavior management is . . .
What is the difference between classroom and
behavior management?
6 Principles

1. With-itness

2. Overlapping

3. Movement
management

4. Group
alerting/accountability

5. Valence

6. Seatwork variety &

challenge

Kounin’s (1970) Dimensions of

Classroom Management
With-itness

Awareness of what is
going on in all parts of
the classroom at all
times.
 Overlapping

Being able to
attend to two or
more issues at the
same time.
 Movement Management

Keeping lessons
moving with
avoiding abrupt
changes.
Group Alerting/Accountability

The ability to
keep members of
the class or group
paying attention
to the task
 Valence

What the
teacher does to
attract and hold
students’
attention and
prevent
satiation.
Seatwork Variety & Challenge

Combine
lecture with
group
activities,
discussions,
media, etc.
 Before We Move On

Together in small groups, come up with 2 questions

you have about the material so far.
 A Case Study

In small groups, read the case of “The Unmotivated

Student”
Identify the main problem in the case
Consider Kounin’s 6 principles and provide evidence
for where the principle was present in the case or
was absent in the case
Craft an answer to this question – “What is your own
(teacher’s) role as a powerful element of the social
context in contributing to or improving upon this
problem situation?”
We Return You Now to Our Regularly Scheduled Program Already
in Progress