Classroom Management

Stuff You Can Use#SYCU

2014 edition

Post Daily Outline

Post Daily Outline

Example,• Go over HW• Daily outline• Classroom Procedures• Timing• Control

Classroom Procedures: What do they need to know?

Classroom Procedures

• Need-to-know basis• Seating chart• Desk arrangement• When they enter classroom…• Going to the bathroom• Pen v. Pencil• What materials to bring every day• Sharpening pencils• Posting procedures • Leaving the classroom

Timing: the toughest thing ever.

• How do you fill every minute of every class period every day?

• How long should you teach a unit before giving a test?

• Fillers

Fillers and/or Review Ideas

• YouTube [Hey, Ed, mention FLS here]• Twitter• Geoguessr / QuizUp• Vine (or IG or iMovie)• Question no one can miss• Recycle Ball

Double RPS

Control (a.k.a. Classroom Management)

• Giving directions• ***RULE of 3s***

Handling Bad Student Behavior

• The most important rule for you…• Some techniques

Some techniques: Hey, these things work!

• Grow a scary goatee• The Look• Quick name call (use with The Look)• Proximity• The Whisper• The Quick In-the-Hall Conference• Hold after class• The note (email) home

• It’s always easier to start tough…

Some Words You Really Should Not Use in a Middle School Classroom

• Wood• Balls• Hard• Duty• Uranus. Joint. P- and S-waves.• Jacket• p. 69• Period• Any questions whose response can be “TWSS”

or “Your mom.”

Handle your own discipline,except for…

Honor Code

Honor Code

• Read it• Don’t handle violations yourself• Know where they should go and the

procedure for handling them• Don’t ignore them if you see them• Try not to put your students in a precarious

honor position. Make directions clear.• You can go years without seeing one

Homework

• Why give it? The Homework Myth• Grading it• Work together? Make it clear.• How do they know what the assignment is?• Accept late work? Any school policy?• Absences• Do not give as punishment

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