classroom-managment1-1234718752830600-1.pdf

class management rules

1. Classroom Management
Heather Kimmel
February, 2009

2. Classroom Management:
/Refers to the process of setting up and
maintaining a positive learning environment
in the classroom. It includes providing
structured class time, providing clear
expectations, and maintaining discipline.

3. Philosophy of Classroom
Management
Classroom management should be proactive. When
students’ time is structured, when they have positive
activities to engage in, and when expectations are clear,
reactive measures become less necessary.
Although classroom management should be proactive,
reactive measures should not be abandoned. It is
important to follow through with rules and consequences
which provide structure to both the class as a whole and
the students as individuals.
Effective classroom management is essential to both
creating a positive learning environment and fostering
student achievement

4. Positive Learning Environment
In order to effectively manage a class the
teacher must create and maintain a positive
learning environment
A positive learning environment is one in
which all students feel comfortable
participating
Lessons must be structured so that the
students are set up to succeed, but there
must also be room for failure and learning
from mistakes
A positive learning environment provides a
place for intellectual and social and emotional
growth

5. /Be in your seat and working when the bell rings
/Do not speak out of turn
/Follow directions
/Stay on task
/No eating junk food
/Show respect to yourself, your classmates, and
this place (or at least pretend to)
RULES

6. CONSEQUENCES
/Verbal Warning/Name on Board
/Detention/Writing Assignment
/Phone Call Home
/Office Referral
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7. Verbal Praise and Recognition
Applause
Kimmel Dollars
Prize Box
Positive Reinforcement

8. Parent Involvement
•Intro letter to parents
•Letter home concerning
any projects
•Phone calls to parents
•Conferences
•Email
•Online grade book

9. Various Procedures
Starting Class
Speaking in Class
Bathroom Breaks
Pencil Sharpening and Materials
Binders
Turning in Homework

10. Starting Class
/Students should be in their seats
working on the warm up when the bell
rings
/I take attendance and check
homework while students are working

11. Speaking in Class
/Most of the time students know they must raise
their hand and be called on to speak. I frequently
remind students of this by saying “hands” after a
question and raising my own hand.
/Students may shout out their answers when I
specifically say the word “class” at the end of a
question, or if I say any one can “shout out.”
/Students are smart, they quickly learn when I
expect them to raise their hands and when they
can shout out.

12. Bathroom Breaks
/Students will be given 2 bathroom breaks per
quarter
/Each term I hang up papers with the students
passes on them. Before a students can take
the hall pass to use use the restroom or get a
drink the must first tare one of their passes
from the sheet and place it in my hand.

13. Pencil Sharpening and Materials
/High school students should be mature
enough to quietly prepare themselves for
class before the bell rings. If they fail to
do so, it counts as their warning.
/I keep sharpeners and other materials on
the back table that students can help
themselves to as long as there is only one
person at the table at time.

14. Binders
/Organization is key to success. Binders
must be kept and will be graded
/Binders must be divided into five sections
/Warm-ups
/Notes
/Classwork/Homework
/Tests and Quizzes
/Extra Paper

15. Turning in Homework
/When told:
/Students pass their assignments forward to the
first person in their row
/The students in the first row passes the papers to
the left
/The student in the left hand corner of the room
winds up with all of the papers
/I collect the papers from this student
/There is a red box in the room where
students can turn in late work for partial
credit

16. The End
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