Classroom Management Plan
Lauren Romano
December 1, 2015
ED 565 – Classroom Management
Table of
Contents
1. Statement
of Purpose
2. Expectations
3. Discipline
Plan
4. Problem
Solving
5. Procedures
and Routines
6. Classroom
Arrangement
7. Plan Articulation
Statement
of Purpose
As a
teacher, I plan to implement this classroom management plan in my classroom. It
is important to have a classroom management plan in place in a classroom to
ensure that my students have the best learning environment possible. I want to
instill the love of learning in my students so that they are excited to come to
school and learn everyday. I believe that creating a class climate that is
responsive to and respectful of the learning needs of children with diverse
backgrounds, interests, and performance levels.
My
goal is to create a classroom environment where all of my students care about
each other and all of the materials in the classroom. I want my students to
learn to be responsible and have jobs around the classroom. I believe that it
is important to have a structured classroom that my students will feel
comfortable learning in. This classroom management plan is going to map out
exactly how I plan on creating a safe and friendly environment in my classroom.
Expectations
In my
classroom I plan on having certain rules in place starting on the first day
right when my students arrive. On the first day of school, I plan on asking my
students what rules they feel that we need in our classroom. I will be in
charge of making the consequences if someone in the class breaks the rules.
Once we have our list of rules completed, I will have each of my students and
myself sign the sheet. By signing the sheet, we are acknowledging and agreeing
to the rules we have created together as a class.
Rules
Rules that I will have posted in
our classroom all year round include:
1. We will
treat everyone with kindness and respect.
2. We will
listen when someone is talking.
3. We will
follow directions the first time they are given.
4. We will
take care of our school and our classroom.
5. We will
work and play safely and quietly.
I will create fun and
eye-catching posters with my rules written on them for my classroom. I will be
sure to send a list of these rules home to each of my students’ parents so that
they are aware of my expectations for my students.
*
I have attached a copy of the posters I will hang in my room to the end of my
classroom management plan.
Rewards
I believe that in order to create
a happy and healthy environment in a classroom, students need to be be rewarded
positively. I will have a behavior chart
in my classroom that will have 7 different levels of behavior. The levels will
go in this order (from best behavior to worst behavior):
·
Super Student
·
Great Job
·
Good Choices
·
Ready to Learn
·
Think About It
·
Teacher’s Choice
·
Parent Contact
I will use individual clothes
pins with each student’s name on one to keep track of my class’ behavior
throughout the day. This gives me the ability to move one student at a time,
and I have the ability to move the whole class if I feel they deserve it. If a
student’s name is on “Super Student” at the end of the day, they will get a
sticker on their “Poppin’ Behavior” chart on their desk. Once they have
completed a chart, they will get a prize from the treasure box.
Another reward system that I will
use in my classroom is called
*I
have attached my behavior charts at the end of this classroom management plan.
Discipline
Plan
While I believe that positive
reinforcement is a great way to enhance learning in the classroom, I also
believe that there needs to be punishments in place for when my students
misbehave or break the classroom rules. On the class behavior chart, if a student
gets on the color yellow or “think about it” I will give a verbal warning to
the student on this color. Giving them a verbal warning means that they have
one last chance to fix their behavior before I decide what their consequence
will be. Once they reach the orange color or “teacher’s choice,” I will then
get to decide what their consequence will be. I will most likely have them sit
out of play time or work alone so they can understand that they way they have
acted is unacceptable in my classroom. If a student gets to the red color or
“parent contact,” I will then have to call their parents and tell them exactly
what poor behavior their student has shown in my classroom. I will then talk to
the parents to come up with a reasonable way to handle the situation. After
every day, each of my students will return back to green, or “ready to learn.”
I like to start out each day fresh with a new beginning and new opportunities
for my students to excel in the classroom.
Procedural Expectations
My goal for my classroom is for
my students to be in a routine. When they enter the classroom, the first thing
they are supposed to do is sign in and place their name under “home lunch,”
“hot lunch,” or “cold lunch” so I know who is buying lunch and who brought
lunch from home. After they sign in, they are then supposed to unpack their
backpack. Their folders and book bags will go in their mailbox and their
lunchbox will go in the lunch bin outside the classroom. For those students who
have allergies, they will keep their lunchboxes inside their backpack. Once
they have unpacked, they will then complete the morning work at their seat
until the announcements are heard on the loudspeaker. After we have recited the
Pledge of Allegiance, my students will then place their work in the “finished
work” bin and come to the rainbow carpet. We will then have our morning meeting
and start our day. When my students finish any work throughout the day, they
will then go to the “early finishers” section in the room and pick something
else to work on. I will have a chart hanging on the wall that my students can
refer to once they have completed an assignment.
*I
have attached the chart at the end of the classroom management plan.
Problem Solving
I will have a rule in my
classroom where if students are having a conflict, they will need to try to
work it out between themselves before coming to tell a teacher. I will have the
rule “ask 3 before me” for when my students have a question about an
assignment. This means that they will have to ask their classmates for help or
another teacher or adult before they come to me. I will also create a “tattle
tale book.” If my students feel the need to tattle on a friend or a classmate,
they will have to go to the “tattle tale book,” and write down what happened.
This will help prevent interruptions during lessons and during learning
time.
Classroom Arrangement
I feel
that the way I organize my classroom is extremely important. I want to organize
my desks and tables so that they will never interfere with the learning going
on in the classroom. I want my classroom to be as spacious as possible because
I believe that my students need a lot of room to move around while learning. If
I have a class of 20 students, I would ideally place them at 4 to a table. If I
have desks, I would group these desks into 5 groups of 4. I like to keep the
groups small so there is less room for distraction.
I will
have my reading table where I will work with small groups of students at the
back of the room. I like having this table in the back of the room so I can see
everything that is going on while my students are working. I will have a
rainbow rug in the front of the room in front of the SmartBoard. I will make
sure it is not too close to the SmartBoard so that my students will not be too
tempted to touch it.
Plan Articulation
I will go
over all of the classroom rules with my students on the first day of school. I
will make sure to remind them of the rules for the first two weeks of school. I
will also teach them their routine and how to unpack thoroughly and quickly. I
will reiterate their routines and rules for the first two weeks of school so
they can get used to them.
On the
first day of school, I will send a letter home with my students explaining that
we will be using behavior charts in my classroom. I will explain to the parents
how they work and what happens if my students break rules in the classroom. I
will make sure that the parents of my students know that they can always feel
free to call me or email me with any questions they have regarding their child
and/or my classroom procedures.
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