Classroom management can be a difficult thing for teachers to figure out. Some might say it even leads to a degree of anger--> I have had the pleasure of taking some wonderfully taught classroom management classes at Miami University, and it has really taught me a great deal of how to set up the classroom. Well how do you do it!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Great question self! Well what I have learned on classroom management can be summed up with a great quote from some guy who invented the bifocals. |
You need to take all of those collections of information and organize so you have the tools for success. Here is a great PDF going over some classroom strategies and why they are important. Another great tool is "The First Days of School" written by Harry Wong...maturity people. One of Wong's big messages is having resources that you can always refer back to and he again emphasizes being prepared.
In our class we talk extensively on what makes up the class period and how to effectively instruct through all of those periods and those are:
The people at Stanford put out a really good article dealing with another key to classroom management and that is getting personal. Students respond better to teachers that they feel know and respect them. Asking pointed questions regarding student interest is one way of achieving this according to the article and I think we can all agree we have seen this in the classroom.
Well that's it for the day folks, go out and start building your management resources!