1. WELCOME TO THE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT SEMINAR !
PROCEDURE:
Pick a Packet from the Welcome Table.
Pull a Number for your Seating Assignment.
Please Find the Attendance Board that matches the Beginning Letter of your Last Name.
Put a Green Card that has Your Name on it in a Pocket—indicating you are present.
Choose a classroom ‘job’ on the Job Stick by clipping the clothes pin with your name on it to your selected ‘job’ for the day. Remember your ‘job’ because you may be called upon to ‘perform’ it today.
Quietly find your Table and BE READY TO LEARN!

2. Standards Addressed by this Seminar:
California Standards for the Teaching Profession:
Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Students
Developing as A Professional Educator
(Teacher Performance Expectations: 10, 11, 12 & 13)

3. Goal for this Seminar:
Teacher Candidates will identify and practice effective classroom management procedures and strategies.

4. Methods Used in This Seminar:
Role Play (sometimes you will be ‘the student’).
Direct Instruction (you are familiar with this mode from college classes).
Modeling and Guided Practice (in each instance, we will model a skill or strategy for you—then you and your ‘table groups’ will work collaboratively to generate additional strategies).
*TAKE NOTES: This handout will become a valuable ‘bank’ of ideas to access when you become a teacher!

5. DO WE HAVE A BREAK THIS MORNING?
Dear Teacher Candidate,
We have a short time to explore this crucial topic. Therefore, when you need to address physiological needs, pick up a BATHROOM PASS and GO (bathrooms are to the East of the entrance double doors).
AND, PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE.
THANK YOU

6. Classroom Management Seminar
Observing in Classrooms: Strategies and Systems

7. POSITIVE CLASSROOM CLIMATE BEGINS WITH TEAMBUILDING EXERCISES
FACILITATE Your Students’ PRACTICE OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS with Teambuilding exercises that incorporate:
Active Listening
Restating
Making Inferences about Feelings
Questioning
Summarizing

8. WHAT ARE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION ‘TOOL’ SKILLS?

9. ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES
The more students are involved in procedures, the better!
Remember, all human beings (that includes your students!) desire to BELONG AND TO ESTABLISH SIGNIFICANCE.
Empower your students to contribute to their own classroom community.
Consider the strategies modeled here for you today and learn about other strategies from your colleagues.

10. OUT OF CLASS PASS
It is the educator’s first duty to keep children safe. This includes knowing where they are at all times.
Believe it or not, there is much debate over the most effective way to provide students with bathroom passes, library passes, etc…
Consider those modeled here for you today and learn about other strategies from your colleagues.

11. GROUPING PROCEDURES AND STRATEGIES
First think about WHY you are getting students into small groups.
1. Do you want to group students together for instruction around common weaknesses?
2. Do you want students with weaker skills to benefit from peers with stronger skills?
3. Do you want random grouping so that students don’t always work with familiar friends and therefore learn different working styles and strategies?

12. For Random Groupings
Consider playing cards, shape organizers, ‘counting off,’ puzzle-match up, compound word match and grouping by student interests.
Take notes on the strategies modeled here for you today.
Take notes on other strategies shared with you by those sitting at your table.

13. PREVENTION AND CORRECTION OF DISRUPTION
My Personal Goal Folder
Think: Who needs a personal contract? Just the ‘special’ kids?
Aren’t we all working on becoming our ‘better selves?’
This approach is based upon the philosophy that in A CARING COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS we all help each other reach goals and celebrate when they are reached.

14. My Personal Goal for the Month of _______ My Personal Goal
If I am successful (20 recognized instances) at achieving this new academic or social behavior,
________________________________________________________________________
description of goal
I will be able to select an item from my reinforcement menu. 
_____________________ _________
student signature date
_____________________
teacher signature
family member signature
P.A.T Time
My Reinforcement Schedule
(Personal Activity Time Reward Menu)
Created in Conference with Teacher
Read a story to a friend (10 min).
Play a board game with another student (20 mi)
Pick the job/role of my preference for the rest of the week
Select the recreation game for the afternoon.
Help a fellow classmate in a subject of my strength (20 min)
Prepare and complete an interview of any staff member (20 min)
Free time on the lap top (20 min)
Draw (20 min)
Listen to a story on tape (listening center)
Help the teacher with a management task (20 min)
Prepare a current event discussion for the class and lead it
(20 min)
Design and put up a bulletin board.
Select Music for recreation time
My Personal Goal

15. Interrupting Sticks
Children who have difficulty with impulse control may benefit from teacher-facilitated ‘approximations to the goal.’
For example, if a student typically has his ‘card pulled’ in the first ten minutes of every day, teacher can implement a personalized strategy, “Try this, Roy, each time you forget to raise your hand, give me one of your popsicle sticks. If you have at least one left before recess, we’ll celebrate, if not, you’ll turn your card. Good Luck, Roy! I’m ‘rootin’ for you!”

16. Classroom ‘Jobs’ for All Students
‘The purpose of all behavior is to establish belonging and significance.’
Classroom Student Roles and Procedures increase time on task for learning!
When students contribute to their community of learners, they are less likely to do damage in that environment.

17. Hal Urban Motivators
Words of Motivation posted around the classroom help to share your philosophy with students, parents, administrators and all who enter your classroom.

18. Community Builder-Uppers !
“No put downs compliments spoken here.”
“No discounts everyone counts.”
“Essential #1 is a good person.”

19. Post Motivation Around Your Classroom
“Possibilities?? Why not your best?”
“Kind words cost little but accomplish much.”
“It’s OK to fail everyone else has.”

20. Words That Inspire “Honesty is still the best policy.”
“Real motivation comes from within.”
“There’s no substitute for hard work.”

21. Celebrate Learning Special Claps!
Ticket for Terrrriiiiffffficc Thinking
Preferred Activity Time (P.A.T)

22. PROBLEM-SOLVING MODELS
Classroom Meetings
ROLE PLAYS: Select a classroom meeting to attend and participate in
as a ‘student’
K, 1,
2, 3
4, 5, 6

23. Problem-Solving Models
Peace Path
If you teach all your students to resolve interpersonal conflict on a tactile-kinesthetic tool (Primary), then when conflicts between children arise, teacher can send them to work on the ‘Peace Path’ or ‘Peace Bridge.’

24. Peace Path (construction instructions)
Find a partner.
One of you get markers.
The other get 2 roles of butcher paper and find a space on the floor to work together designing two peace paths.

25. Peace Path (construction instructions)
1. Help your partner fold butcher paper in half.
2. Write the four ‘ground rules’ on each end of the paper.
3. Then, write the word ‘listen’ on one side and the word ‘tell’ on the other.
4. Repeat reversing the words.
5. Write ‘wants & willings’ on both ends of the paper.
6. Finally, write the word, ‘Solutions’ in the middle (on the fold).
7. Make sure you both take home your PEACE PATHs for future use in your classrooms.

26. Peace Path or Peace Bridge for interpersonal problem-solving in your classroom
Ground Rules:
1. Work Hard
2. Be Honest
3. No Interrupting
4. No Putdowns
Listen Tell
Tell Your Story Listen
Wants and Willings WW
Solution Solution

27. Clearing the Air
A physical symbol can embody a classroom management philosophy.

28. COOLING DOWN: LIKE SAND THROUGH THE HOUR GLASS How long will it take to ‘smooth’ feelings and get back to learning? One turn? Two Turns? Keep Track.

29. And Finally…
WE HOPE YOU GOT LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS TODAY… FROM YOUR FACILITATORS AND FROM YOUR PEERS. WATCH FOR THESE PRACTICES IN THE CLASSROOMS WHERE YOU OBSERVE AND WHERE YOU DO YOUR STUDENT TEACHING. AND NOW…IT’S TIME TO SING THE CLEAN UP SONG!