Classroom Management
Teaching Procedures
CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT
has to do primarily with
how things are done
to make
teaching and learning more efficient and
effective.
Procedures should be taught
before
teaching content. A major mistake
so often made is assuming that students
know what to do without first
teaching procedures.
Process
precedes product.
Chances are that when you walk into a room,
you do not pay much attention to the floor.
But if it were missing, you would. The
analogy works for classroom management. You
don’t notice it when it is good. However, the
lack of
it is readily apparent because the
teacher spends unnecessary time with
discipline problems.
Unless PROCEDURES are
explained, practiced, and
reinforced, discipline
problems will increase.
Following
is a sampling
of procedures to model,
teach, practice, and practice again:
1. How to enter the classroom
2. What to do when entering the classroom
(Have something that
challenges,
raises
curiosity, peaks interest, or reinforces/reviews.
Dead time is deadly time.)
3. How to
quickly get the class' attention
(See the instructions and the visual at
Attention
Management.)
4. What
students do when the teacher is talking
5. How to quiet the class when it gets too noisy
6. When and how to sharpen pencils
7. What to do when it is necessary to use the restroom
8. What to do when an assignment is finished early
9. How to find directions for each class assignment/activity center
10. Where to find the home assignments (homework) after an absence
11. What to do when students have questions or want help
12. How a paper is to be done (size and type of paper, heading, ink? etc.)
13. How papers will be collected and where to put them
14. How to work in groups
15. How to change groups
16. How to smoothly transition from one activity to another
17. How/when to move around the room
18. How to get materials without disturbing others
19. How to use classroom materials and where to find them
20. What to do when tardy
21. What to do when returning from an absence
22. How to listen to and respond to questions
23. How to discard papers without disturbing others
24. How to
quietly get another students attention
25. How to get ready for dismissal
