Peace Corps EcuadorCathy Jackson and Shaun Nesheim

What do we want to see in our classrooms? Participation and cooperation!

All teachers can improve on classroom management.

Classroom management= more learning

Praising students: “excellent”, “thank you for being responsible and doing your homework”

Engaging students with games at the board

Walking around

Student issues: unrelated talking (50%), doing other homework, copying, shouting out, walking around, struggling with directions, not engaged (especially at the back of classroom), using cell phone

Teachers issues: “Silence”, staying at front of classroom, wasting time handing out books or collecting homework

What problems do you have with classroom management?

Imagine your ideal classroom. What does that look like?

What ideas do you have to get to that point?

What are some rules that you would like to see in your classroom?

Ask the students.Create rules together in class.

Review them at the beginning of the class so students know the expectations.

Go over the rules every day.Tell students what you expect of

them for each new activity: raise your hand; pass your homework to the front; you have 5 minutes to answer these questions

Make this your routine so the students know what to do (saves time and helps behavior)

Give students a specific amount of time

Have students pick up their desk if they need to move them (eliminate noise)

Students must have a partner nearby. Once they have a partner they need to stay in their seats.

Students often talk or get up because they do not understand the directions.

Have them repeat the directions. Instead of asking “Do you

understand?”, try “What questions do you have?”

Great because they do not disrupt class and give disruptive students undue attention.

What are some cues? Eye contact with student Raise hand L to ear Touch the shoulder of the student talking Walk around/ stand by disruptive students

Instead of concentrating on the students that are misbehaving, try praising the ones that are following the rules

“Thank you John for raising your hand to answer the question.”

This encourages participation and appropriate behavior.

For every negative comment, there should be at least 3 positive comments.

Try not to have down time. Write a question on the board for the students

to work on while you collect homework and take attendance.

Start class with an engaging warm-up to review yesterday’s topic and introduce the day’s lesson.

Create lessons that include topics interesting to students (local sport or food, famous person).

Plan additional activity for students to do if they finish early.