8/7/2019 Transformative Classroom Management - Classroom Expectation Part 1

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Transformative Classroom Management

Classroom Expectations

Importance of Having Expectations

1. It is important to promote clear expectations in classroom so that the students know what to expect from you and

what you expect from them.

y That will help them to understand what is acceptable and not acceptable in terms of behaviour.y A rule list needs to be constructed to make it clear to every student of the ground rules that are generally

agreed in the classroom by teacher and student alike.

2. Listing down rules for the class to follow is different from promoting expectation.

y Although written rules are part of the process of providing expectation, we can only provide a very limitedexpectation on paper when there are countless possible expectations that we expect from our students.

y Attempting to list down every expectation into a rule list may lead the students to assume that anythingnot on the list is not expected from their teachers. Thus, attempting to list down every expectation will be

counterproductive.

y But certain ground rules need to be set in stone, hence the rule list.Promoting Unwritten Expectations

1. Purposeful Action

y Action speaks louder than words. When trying to provide students with some explicit but unwrittenexpectation, it is important that we follow through with what we said.

For Instance, if we have promised to reward a student for behaving, we need to honour that agreement and

reward the student.

y Students learn from our actions. Hence, promoting expectation by honouring our promise will help uspromote the required good behaviour in class.

2. Positive Recognition

y Positive recognition is the act of recognising the good behaviour that is exhibited by the student or group ofstudent.

y It is different than personal recognition.o Personal recognition occurs when we comment the person instead of the behaviour.o e.g. I like the way Sara is focusing when Im teaching is personal recognition;

I like the fact that people are focusing when Im teaching is positive recognition.

y When we recognise the behaviour, and not the person, we are clearly implying that that is an acceptablebehaviour, thus promoting our expectation on how we would like students to behave in our class.

y Positive recognition is much effective in promoting expectation compared to negative recognition.o I.e. John, stop disrupting my teaching. I would prefer if you kept quiet when Im talking negative

recognition.

Instead, I like the fact that some of you are paying attention to my teaching without interrupting

me positive recognition.

o Positive recognition also makes the student feel that they have achieved something when they areable to comply with the expectations, rather than feeling afraid that they would be breaking a rule,

as with negative recognition.

o Positive recognition helps the student to accomplish their need for power, belonging andcompetence. It also create a positive association with the expected behaviour.