Design Classroom Management to Enhance Learning

This video features a teacher voiceover in a classroom that models student engagement. Featured on 6th grade classroom teacher, Malinda Paige, shares keys to student engagement for an optimum learning environment. Management techniques are modeled by the teacher with her students. Components include:

• establishing routines
• creating a community of learners
• facilitating transitions
• managing paperwork, materials, and supplies
• monitoring assignments and completion of homework

 

Implementation

This is a 15 minute video for the teacher. Watch and learn!

 

 

 

 

Classroom Management

• Modeling and clearly stating expectations are necessary to establish procedures as classroom routines.
• Start the day off smoothly with daily schedules, assignments and posted objectives.
• Post homework assignments for the day and have students add them to their agendas.
• Create a community of learners by having them develop ownership of the classroom.
• Give every student a job to take the workload off of the teacher, save time, and keep the classroom running smoothly.
• Convey rules and consequences at the beginning of the year and firmly establish them through positive reinforcement.
• Design anchor activities so that all students remain engaged.
• Post homework assignments and conduct parent communication is done seamlessly through a mailing system that goes home each day. Students may place mail to other students using the mailing system.
• Monitor assignments through a reflection journal that requires students to write three things they learned or questions they have.
• Use Post its as exit tickets.
• End the day on a positive note with classroom clean up by the students.