Classroom Management

Principles of Classroom Management: A Professional Decision-Making Model To increase the likelihood of bringing about a change in student behaviour, the teacher must first be willing to examine and change his or her own behaviour. (Levin & Nolan, 2016, p. xiii)

If students are successful and enjoy positive relationships with adults, they are generally more interested in school, engaged in learning activities, and interact with their peers and teachers. (Levin & Nolan, 2016, p. xiii)

Detentions, public reprimands, removed privileges, suspensions, calls to parent and failing grades seem to do little to motivate disruptive students toward appropriate behaviour. (Levin & Nolan, 2016, p. xvii)

Don’t compete with your students or assume the full responsibility for their learning. Learning is a dual responsibility. (Levin & Nolan, 2016, p. xxiii)

Task - Write a 3 page Classroom Management Plan 3 Elements Statement of Philosophy (I believe) Key Elements within a plan (Search Web) Your Rationale for the above stances (Why)

Teaching is “ . . . The use of preplanned behaviors, founded in learning principles and child development theory and directed toward both instructional delivery and classroom management, that increase the probability of affecting a positive change in student behavior ” (Levin & Nolan, 2016, p.4).

“. . . Effective classroom management is inseparable from effective instruction” (Levin & Nolan, 2016, p.7).