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
The End
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