Classroom Management Leslie, Devon & Jessica B.

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What is classroom management? “the process of successfully directing students while imparting information” (1) “the actions taken to create an environment that supports and facilitates academic and social–emotional learning” (2)

Goals of Classroom Management - Self-Regulation - Motivation - Engagement

Self-Regulation What is self-regulation? “the ability to inhibit the automatic response and do something else; the ability to control one's emotions, to control attention and other cognitive processes and to plan and control behavior” (3) Why is self-regulation important? Self-regulation is important because it helps foster a major component of education: lifelong learning skills (4)

Motivation What is motivation? the processes underlying the initiation, control, maintenance, and evaluation of goal-oriented behaviors (5) Why is motivation important? Motivation encourages students to actively engage in the learning process. When students are motivated to learn, the need for various extrinsic motivators is eliminated.

Engagement What does student engagement in the classroom look like? Students are attracted to their work. Students will continue working despite obstacles. Students find delight in completing their work. (6) Why is engagement important? Students who are engaged are more likely to obtain deeper knowledge of the content. Student are also more likely to retain and transfer the content.

Components of Classroom Management - Environment - Learning Activities -Evaluation

Learning Environment - Well-structured and consistent rules - Organized and engaging classroom - Consistent classroom routines

Learning Activities -All for the 3 C’s: Choice, Control, and Collaboration (9) - Teach procedural knowledge for activities - Facilitate cognitive and meta-cognitive processes (3, 8)

Evaluation - Academic and Behavioral - Teacher evaluation - Self evaluation

Back to the video... As a teacher, what classroom management strategies would you implement on day one to eliminate the response that was presented by the student? Discuss and share.

Summary -Great classroom management helps to foster motivation, self-regulation and engagement -Some of the key components of classroom management include environment, learning activities and evaluation

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