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For the final step of this webquest, reflect upon:
- the content of the past five steps
- advice related to classroom management from our guest speakers
- your orientation experience
- your experience as a learner
In the comment, craft three pieces of advice for new teachers related to classroom management. Synthesize what you’ve learned into these three key pieces of advice.
Once you’ve finished your synthesis comments, please:
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ED 3501 - Classroom Management Webquest 
1) Build relationships with all students
2) Provide logical consequences
3) Remain calm
1) Be prepared! Act as though you know what you’re doing, even if you don’t. Confidence is key.
2) Start establishing relationships right off the bat.
3) Make your behavioural expectations clear at the beginning of the year, and maintain consistency.
Advice
1) Establish your classroom management techniques at the beginning of the year, so that students will be aware of your expectations, and will in turn be more receptive.
2) Know your students and your classroom. Engage individual student interests and be aware of classroom dynamics.
3) Only use explicit consequences when necessary. Low key responses should be used far more frequently.
3 pieces of advice:
1) Rewards do not necessarily mean harder work from your students – do not rely on rewards.
2) Relationships are key to student engagement.
3) When a kid is acting out, low key responses will not disrupt the whole learning environment.
1) Focus on relationships before assignment and class instruction
2) Understand that all students learn differently and need different things to learn – fidgets, pacing strips, step-by-step instruction
3) Know your consequences and ‘punishments’ and be consistent so students feel like they know the rules
1) Problem behaviour needs logical consequences
2) Know your low key response
3) Motivating and building relationships with students help classroom management.
1) Use low key responses first.
2) Make sure that their behaviours have logical consequences
3) Remain calm when dealing with difficult students
1) Remember that they are just as scared of you as you are of them, build trust and learning will shortly follow
2) R E S P E C T find out what it means to the students and incorporate it
3) Re Energize the learning process by keeping activities interactive and engaging
Three Things:
1) Use low key responses first.
2) Make sure that their behaviours have logical consequences.
3) Keep the instruction moving at a fast pace and don’t give students downtime.
1) Not everything works for everyone.
2) Don’t be afraid to try new things – use resources – you don’t need to come up with these things on your own.
3) Set yourself and your students up for success the beginning of the year by setting clear expectations.
THREE KEY THINGS
1.) Be consistent in your management techniques and strategies
2.) Make lesson plans that students will be engaged in, this will eliminate poor behaviour
3.) Build positive relationships with your students
1. Create a safe environment – fosters student learning
2. Keep the students engaged and wanting to learn – by knowing their needs as well as their interests
3. Always be prepared – have back up plans!
1) Organization and preparation is key
2) allowing choices are helpful in engaging students as well as dealing with consequences
3) Building positive relationships and creating a trusting/respectful environment
1. If it doesn’t work, try something new.
2. Let students know what the rules for the classroom are. Teach strategies don’t expect them to just know them.
3. Patience
1) Make sure the students have a say in the classroom and give them choices.
2) Establish positive student-teacher relationships.
3) Time management. Find ways to save time in the class to accomplish more throughout the day.
1. Make rules and procedures very clear at the beginning of the year.
2. Build relationships with your students to ensure successful classroom management and to engage the students in learning.
3. Try new things! The students will have a variety of interests, so by mixing things up you will have a better chance of engaging them.
1. Create a positive classroom by having a good relationship with your students
2. Make your authority very clear at the beginning of the year
3. Always be prepared and always have a backup plan
1.Stay organized and always be prepared
2. Develop a strong relationship with your students from the beginning of the year. Really try to get to know your students and show them that you care about their learning experience.
3. Make sure the consequences to the students actions are logical and make since. Do not always take away recess or punish them in unrelated ways.
1. Create a positive teacher-student relationship by having mutual respect throughout the whole classroom.
2. Have a structured discipline plan and never waver from it.
3. Try as many classroom management techniques as it takes, because there are hundreds to choose from and all students are different from year to year so if one doesn’t work, don’t get defeated.
1. Build positive relationships with your students so they will respond better to your decisions.
2. Use classroom management skills that fit your students’ needs.
3. Use both low key responses to not draw attention and also use logical consequences so students will understand what they did wrong.
1. Establish classroom management techniques that best fit you and your class
2. Teach respect across that goes both ways
3. Deal with behavior mishaps in appropriate ways
1. Make sure that your disciplinary actions are appropriate and that the entire class understand them.
2. Be sure to truly get to know your students and build positive relationships with them.
3. Make classroom routines so that students are more likely to stay on track.
1. Create positive student-teacher relationships and classroom atmosphere.
2. Use a variety of classroom management techniques to stay in control of the classroom but also keeping it fun for the students.
3. Be organized and confident in your abilities as a teacher.
1. Create a positive classroom community by building relationships with your students.
2. Establish your presence as a teacher in your classroom early in the year.
3. Use different classroom management techniques that fit your classroom and student’s needs.
1. aware of differentiation and be prepared to teach to all levels
2.have a plan, and a back up plan to bring them back
3.time management!!!!!
1) Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. You’re human, and students need to know that.
2) Establish your presence as a teacher in your classroom early in the year.
3) Incorporate differentiation for each student as this will ensure that misbehaviour will decrease.
Three key pieces of advice that we would offer new teachers regarding classroom management are:
1) Create a sense of classroom community- this would include a personal relationship built between the student and the teacher, as well as between students. This is as easy as greeting your students at the door at the beginning of the day, and wishing everyone a good night. In lower levels desks can be placed together to create belonging and social interaction.
2) Establish classroom routines- this is important to do the very first days of school. They must be consistent, modelled, reinforced. In lower levels they can be written out and displayed within the classroom. It is also effective for students to contribute their own ideas.
3) Classroom expectations- students must be aware of expectations, with little amount of surprise. This is particularly important in higher grades. Rubrics create a great way to include assessment for learning. Teachers must establish with their students their expectations.
1) Get organized with materials and resources
2) Have an appropriate and effective discipline system that students understand
3) Develop relationship with students
1.) Develop strong relationships with your students. This way, a positive learning environment is created and the students become more motivated to participate.
2.) In order to foster motivation within your students, relate the classroom material to their personal interests.
3.) By implementing logical consequences to negative behaviour, students better understand why what they did is inappropriate and more likely to seize that behaviour and make it more positive.
1. Always remain calm
2. Model expected behaviour
3. Include students in the expectations of the class
1. Have a plan.
2. Be prepared and set up early.
3. Use your voice and body language effectively.
Classroom management routines need to be set at the beginning of the year and practiced throughout the year. Rules should be positive (Do…) and not negative (Don’t…) and be consistent with classroom management strategies if broken. We learned from this activity that there are several online resources that we can to if needed. We learned a great attention grabber “face the music” and several other strategies from Kurtis and the guest speaker such as the dog and dog bone reinforcer. As teachers we need to be friendly and not hurt the feelings of students when they misbehave. Reinforce positively.
– Implement classroom rules and expectations from day one. Ensure to repeat and be consistent
– Make sure there are consequences and rewards for student behaviour.
– Build relationships with students. By doing so you will know what interests them and plan activities that will motivate them to learn.
Classroom management is an extremely important component of teaching, however it can be a challenging one to implement.
Develop classroom routines in order to maintain structure in the classroom and promote learning
Try to use subtle, low key responses in order to manage the classroom without disrupting learning
As a learner, it is difficult to learn in a poorly managed classroom
1) Always have a backup plan/sponge activities prepared.
2) Communicate your expectations clearly to students.
3) Repetition and consistency are key to routines/procedures.
The first step touched on how to motivate our students to lower disruptive behaviour. The second was how to establish a positive relationships with all the individuals in the classroom. The third was how to deal with minor offenses to the classroom rules (low-key responses). The fourth was how to deal with continuous (TAB, ZAP, and Mediation) disruptive behaviour. The fifth step was where we explored many materials to find a management strategy that resonated to us.
We feel that the videos and articles that were presented shared a diversity of methods for teachers to use. It is important to remember that everyone is different (including teachers). Together we found many good procedures to utilize in our own special classrooms.
We found that our TA differed in how they managed their class. However, they were both successful. Again, it is important to remember that every class will differ. From year to year, grade to grade.
1) Ask for HELP.
2) Remain calm when dealing with difficult behaviours.
3) Work to build positive relationships with all of your students.
1) Always be prepared and have back ups if needed. Expect the unexpected.
2) Think about the students first, not yourself. If kids feel cared about they’ll act out less.
3) If students are interested they will keep on task more. If you provide differentiation and multiple pathways to learning then more students can experience success.