UNIVERSITY NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON

A Beginning Teacher

Professional Development Program

Institute for Emerging Issues - NC State University

Module One

Classroom Management

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Face to Face Activities Overview

Section 1 - Welcome/Overview

Activity 1 - Where’s Your Hometown?

Activity 2 - Icebreaker - Getting to Know You.

Activity 3 - Overview of Project.

Section 2 - Application

Activity 1 - Conflict Management style self assessment.

Activity 2 - Classroom Layout Discussion.

Activity 3 - What If Scenarios.

Activity 4 - Motivation for Learning.

Section 3 - Community Connections

Activity 1 - Determined by Facilitator

Section 4 - Conclusion

Activity 1 - Graphic Organizer

Activity 2 - Continuing the Conversation

Activity 3 - Exit Slips

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Teaching Styles Self Evaluation

This assessment will help you determine your teaching style. Choose an

answer to complete each sentence or answer each question. Be as honest and objective as

you can be about yourself. You may want to consider what a close teaching colleague

would say about your teaching to answer the questions.

1. Do you find your teaching style:

A. may lead to inflexibility for managing the concerns of students.

B. may cause students to feel inadequate when they can't emulate your example.

C. works well for most students but is very time consuming.

D. may leave students feeling anxious about their ability to meet your expectations.

2. Which of the following do you like to use when evaluating student learning?

A. teacher made tests

B. student self-assessment tests

C. performance based criteria

D. problem solving and critical thinking

3. When planning lessons you prefer to have:

A. whole-class lessons.

B. role playing.

C. peer tutoring.

D. brainstorming.

4. When you teach face to face, your instructional time includes

A. lectures.

B. demonstrations.

C. films/videos.

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Use this pages to take notes on the “What Does

This Say” presentation.

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Use this pages to take notes on the “What Does

This Say” presentation continued...

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Routines, Procedures, and Celebrations For each Routine, Procedure, or Celebration, identify what it looks like in your classroom, what

you expect to hear from your students, and one aspect of the routine, procedure or celebration that

might benefit from change.

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Daniel Pink Presentation

My Take Away…

How will you apply Daniel Pink’s three dimensions

of intrinsic motivation to your classroom?

•Autonomy-

•Mastery-

•Purpose-

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Closing Comments/Reflection

1. In terms of your style of classroom

management, what did you find out

about yourself today?

2. What did you commit to change

about your classroom's physical

space to better represent about

teaching and learning?

3. How will you address intrinsic

motivation this year?

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Exit Slip

3

Things I learned today…

2

Items that might benefit from change …

1

Thing I might need help doing…

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Continuing the Discussion…

A note about online discussions...

*Please note:

With any online activity it is very important that you maintain a high level of

professional conduct. As a new teacher, it is never appropriate to reference

students, parents, teachers, or administration when discussing items online.

This includes items for this program, but also includes social media sites.

If you need to talk confidentially with your mentor it is advisable to set up a

meeting in person or call them on the phone.

Other resources on this topic:

1) Facebook for Educators and Community Leaders Guide published by

Facebook. Three main subject areas are covered, including digital

citizenship, mobile safety and guidelines for social media at school.

http://goo.gl/cVSwfZ

2) Examples of teachers over sharing on social media sites and the

consequences of these actions: http://goo.gl/NaV99F

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Resources for More Information...

New Teacher Academy: Classroom Management - Blogger Lisa

Dabbs looks at a framework for novice teachers in how to approach their first

years. Visit at: http://goo.gl/BDm4Pk

NEA Classroom Management Tools: Has a varied articles and tools to

provide examples and helpful tips. Visit at: http://goo.gl/O3Jjbi

WEAC-Strategies for Classroom Management: Very good tips and re-

sources from the Wisconsin Education Association.

Visit at: http://goo.gl/ABDaui

Classroom Management Strategies for Elementary Teachers -

Gaetan Pappalardo offers advice on how to answer common questions in the

classroom that may seem trivial, but can easily stump the amateur teacher.

Visit at: http://goo.gl/TfBwVD

What's the Secret to Effective Classroom Management? - Blogger

Maurice Elias shares his ideas on the secret to effective classroom

management. Visit at: http://goo.gl/nD0iDQ

Tricks of the Trade: Classroom Management Tips for Teachers -

This compilation of short videos from educators explores how to keep it all

together in class. You can also suggest your favorite strategies and tactics in

Edutopia's classroom management discussion group.

Visit at: http://goo.gl/aHiebH

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Notes