Building a Culture of Achievement: Classroom Management Presented by: Andrea Aldrich, Dan Chisholm, Traci Cormier, Ashley Hamilton, and Chris Matheson

Goals Takeaways Self Management 1 st Grade Perspective—Mrs. Hart 4 th Grade Perspective—Mr. Chisholm IAF Student—Miss Ashley Hamilton IAF Director—Ms. Traci Cormier Conclusion and Questions Our Agenda

Create a sense of team Learn from one another Add to your toolbox Goals for today “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ---Aristotle

Manage yourself, manage your classroom Redirect with respect Effective classroom management is a choice Learn outside the box Relationships are everything Key Takeaways “The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.” ---Tyron Edwards

Lesson Plans Procedures Classroom Manage Yourself Self-Management “The first and best victory is to conquer self.” ---Plato

Two weeks ahead of the class Engaging and entertaining Differentiated “If he is not excited to teach it, how am I supposed to be excited to learn it?”—IAF Student Self-Management: Lesson Plans “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” ---Ralph Waldo Emerson

Have a plan for everything Teach Practice Communicate Perform periodic post-mortems Self-Management: Procedures “It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people’s lives.” --Clint Eastwood

Everything on purpose Classroom procedures Supply bucket/area Reflection corner/area Self-Management: Classroom “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.” ---Goethe

Your triggers Your expectations Your consistency Self-Management: Manage Yourself “Very often we are our own worst enemy as we foolishly build stumbling blocks on the path that leads to success and happiness.” ---Louis Binstock

Bell work Policies and procedures Attention getters Creating a sense of urgency Priorities 1 st Grade Perspective: Mrs. Andrea Hart “A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.” ---Horace Mann

The importance of relationships Communication Work the room Management as a learned set of behaviors 4 th Grade Perspective: Mr. Dan Chisholm “They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” ---Carol Buchner

Kindergarten 5 th Grade High School A Student’s Point of View: Miss Ashley Hamilton “The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible— and achieve it generation after generation.” ---Pearl S. Buck

The first year at IAF Characteristics of a good classroom manager A Director’s Perspective: Ms. Traci Cormier

Key takeaways Your shared vision for AIA Follow the process Conclusion and Questions “The secret of success is constancy of purpose.” ---Benjamin Disraeli