Routines, Transitions, Rules

Rules, rewards,
consequences,
procedures
Areas of Responsibility for Classroom
Management and Discipline
• Organize the physical environment
• Manage student behavior
• Create a respectful, supportive learning
environment
• Manage and facilitate instruction
• Promote safety and wellness
• Interact with colleagues, families and others to
achieve objectives
 Guidelines for Rules
• Consistent with School Rules
• Involve students when possible
• Identify appropriate behaviors and translate to
positively stated rules
• Focus on important rules
• Keep to minimum (4 to 6)
• Simple and short
• Observable behaviors
• Rewards and consequences
Principles for working with students
and preventing misbehaviors
• Maintain focus on teaching
• Understand students’ needs
• Understand and respect differences
• Know what CAUSES the misbehavior
• Provide clear rules and procedures
• Have specific plan for responding to misbehavior
• Reduce punitive methods of control
• Establish a cooperative classroom
• Involve students in making decisions
Management Preparations
School Environment
• Become familiar with room,
school, facilities, personnel
services, resources,
policies and procedures,
other teachers, children,
and the community.
Gather Support
Materials
• Curriculum Guide
• Textbooks
• Supplemental or
support materials
• Technology
Organize Materials
• Filing system
– Policy Handbook
– Correspondence from Principal,
Superintendent, or other Supervisors
– Lesson Plans & curricular materials
– Textbooks, resource books, manipulatives
Organizational Suggestions:
• Separate file drawer for individual student file folders
• Separate file drawer for documents that need saved
• IEP Binder
• Parent/Guardian contact information and communication log
• Test Folders - one per student (send tests home, have caregiver
sign, return and save till end of grading period
• Student data binder
• Daily baskets or drawers for weekly copies/materials
• Student mailboxes (homework, completed assignments, daily
papers)
Procedures - Discuss
Room Use - teacher’s desk and storage areas; student
desks and storage for belongings; storage for class
materials used by students; pencil sharpener,
wastebasket, sink, drinking fountain; restroom; learning
stations, computer areas, equipment areas, centers,
display areas
Transitions - Beginning the school day; leaving the
room; returning to the room; ending the school day
Out of Room - Bathroom, drinking fountain; Library,
resource room; School office; Playground; Cafeteria;
Lockers; Emergency Drills
Whole Class Activities - Student
participation; Signals for student attention;
Talk among students; Making assignments;
Distributing books, supplies, materials;
Obtaining help; Handing back assignments;
tasks after work is completed; makeup work;
out-of-seat
Small Group - Getting the class ready;
Taking materials to groups; Student
movement; Expected behavior in groups

Other -
Classroom helpers
Behavior during delays or interruptions
 Management Signals
Zero Noise - Raising a hand

Active Listening - Raising a hand and forming a V with two fingers reminds
students to refrain from talking and apply active-listening skills

Think Time Signal - Pointing to the temple of your head - During think time,
there is no talking and no writing.

My Turn, Your Turn - Pointing a hand to the chest saying, “My

Turn.” Extending indicates it is the students’ turn.
Whole Group Response - Extending a hand toward class

1-2-3 Move Signal - To move students from one location to another - On one,
students gather materials. On two, students stand, and push in chairs. On
three, students move to a new location and sit down.

Partner Pyramid - After partners have discussed a question, they hold hands
and put them up in the air to let teacher know they are ready.

Thumbs Up - Let’s teacher know students are ready, or turn up

the volume if students are reading too softly.

Others??
Class Lists and
Rosters
• Number system
Alphabetize Students
and Assign Numbers -
helps organize papers

for quick check

and
accountability
School-home
• Introductory letter to families - welcome
and information on teacher, curriculum,
grading, homework policy, rules and
procedures
• Will you use emails, phone calls,
progress reports, journals, daily
reports?
Parent Teacher Conferences
Send pre-conference survey at least 3 weeks prior.
Allows you to be prepared ahead of time for concerns
parents have -- time to assess, collect data, and have student
work examples ready for the conference
Send a reminder home with date and time scheduled.
Prepare notes ahead of time - strengths, weaknesses, concerns
Start and end with a positive
Show, don’t tell.
Be specific with concerns - “Needs to improve on math fact
fluency.”
Offer resources.
Birthdays and Celebrations
• Know the specific policies regarding
major holidays - parties dos and
don’ts, religious-based respect,
grade level differences
Distributing textbooks - grade level
differences
• Inventory form and when to distribute
Room arrangement
• Fixed features of the room
• Instructional materials and supplies
• Traffic areas, Work areas, Boundaries
for Work Areas
• Visibility
• Seating Arrangements
Room
Decorations
• Displays - pictures,
posters, bulletin
boards (educational),
student work, charts,
maps, word walls
• Attractive and
comfortable
– Plants, aquarium
INSTRUCTIONAL PREPARATIONS
• Long-range Plans
– Curricular guides and maps - how long to
spend on each subject, each unit
– Consider school calendar - grading
periods and holidays
– Review time, reteaching, school delays
and closings
Supplemental Materials
Create an ongoing list
• Field trips
• Resource people
• Media
• Games
• Assignments
• Bulletin Boards
• Books
 Weekly and Daily
• Time schedules
• Daily plans
• Pre-assessments -
placements in
groups,
differentiation,
inform your
instruction
 Homework
• Procedures for turning in or checking
• Accountability - cooperative learning
points or does it count toward grades
Opening Class Routine
• Attendance, announcements, pledge,
lunch count, bookbags & coats, seat
work
 Back Up Materials
• Puzzles, games, songs,
discussion questions, brain
teasers, creative writing,
riddles
• Are they educational?
Substitute Teacher Folder
• Daily schedule
• Duties
• Preps
• Procedures and rules
• Seating chart
• List of reliable students
• Special needs students
• Lesson plans
• Information on where things are stored
Danielson Framework
2a Creating an Environment of Respect
and Rapport
2b Establishing a Culture for Learning
2c Managing Classroom Procedures
2d Managing Student Behavior
2e Organizing Physical Space