Classroom Management

 I believe classroom management plays such an important role in creating the best learning environment. It is through classroom management strategies that teachers are able to free up the teacher to maximize teaching opportunities, run an efficient classroom and maximize student attention. There are some great classroom management strategies, to name a few, establishing routines, creating a community of learners, facilitating transitions and managing paperwork, materials and supplies.

As a new teacher I believe it is important to think about which tools you will use to implement these strategies in your own classroom. I think routines are so important for the classroom as it cuts down on wasted time and gives students clear directions. Routines that will be seen in my future classroom would be lining up properly, arrival and dismissal routines, bathroom routines, posting day agendas, homework board and a posted classroom schedule. To create a community of learners I would like to implement Tribes in my future classroom. Following the four agreements: attentive listening, mutual respect, no put downs and right to pass. I believe it is through these four agreements that that the classroom becomes a safe environment where students can achieve to their highest ability. I will also implement jobs within the classroom to help students learn responsibility. To facilitate transitions I will have activities posted to keep students engaged and homework recorded in their agendas to keep a line of communication with parents. For managing paper work, materials and supplies I will make sure to have designated areas or bins. Using these strategies I will continue to give students a greater sense of routine within the school day to accelerate learning opportunities within my classroom.

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