1. CIED 5022 Classroom Management Concepts Dr. Freddie Bowles Fall 2012 University of Arkansas fbowles@uark.edu

2. Who is an effective teacher? A person who Believes the best about ourselves and our students Teaches people not just content. Believes students want to learn content and behavior. Focuses on positive assumptions. (“They haven’t learned the appropriate behavior” rather than “They are bad kids.”

3. Who is an effective teacher? An effective teacher maintains Inner Authority by taking responsibility apologizing when needed admitting mistakes expressing sincerity being grounded being empathetic

4. Who is an effective teacher? An effective teacher demonstrates successful strategies such as Flexibility Consistency Firmness Organization Humor Patience Fairness *Rick Smith: Conscious Classroom Management

5. Who is an effective teacher? Harry Wong’s (2001) three characteristics of an effective teacher: 1. Positive expectations for student success 2.Good classroom manager 3.Knows how to design lessons for student mastery

6. Managing a class Prepare your environment Introduce yourself Teach discipline procedures, and routines Systemize your record keeping Plan and conduct instruction

7. To think about How would you arrange your classroom for the following instructional activities? Use small group activities Teach rules and procedures Give a lecture Show a video Perform a skit Individual study

8. Your ideal clasroom Make a scale drawing of your ideal classroom. Consider the five keys to successful room arrangement as suggested in your textbook. You may also consider the checklist on pp. 15-16 to help you in choosing elements for your instructional purposes. http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools/class_ setup/ http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools/class_ setup/