classroom management new teacher mentoring program september 11, 2012 jacinda crawmer, alexis jones...
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Classroom ManagementNew Teacher Mentoring Program
September 11, 2012
Jacinda Crawmer, Alexis Jones & Natalee Bretz
Rate Your Classroom Management
Strategies
Teach Like a ChampionBy Doug Lemov
Six Classroom Management Tipsfrom Teach Like a Champion by Doug Lemov
Do It Again
100%
Tight Transitions
No Warnings
Positive Framing
The J-Factor & Vegas
Do It Again
Give students more time to practice a simple task. Students doing it again, and doing it right, or better, or perfectly is often the best consequence.
Effective because...
The shorter the time lag between action and response, the more effective the response will be in changing behavior.
Sets a standard of excellence, not just compliance.
100%
There’s one acceptable percentage of students following a direction: 100 percent. Less, and your authority is subject to interpretation, situation, and motivation.
Tight Transitions
Messy transitions invite disruptions and conflicts.
Have quick and routine transitions that students can execute with little narration from the teacher.
Suggestions:
Number the steps and call out the numbers.
Sing the transition.
Teach it. Practice it. Time it. Beat the clock.
Use “Do It Again”.
No Warnings
The behavior that most often gets in the way of taking action is the warning. Giving a warning is not taking action. It is threatening that you might take an action and therefore is counterproductive. Warnings tell students that a certain amount of disobedience is not only tolerated, but expected. If you do this, you should expect students to take full advantage of their two free passes.
No Warnings
Don’t punish if the issue is incompetence rather than defiance.
Issue a clear directive, reminder, a Do It Again or a 100% instead.
Develop a scaled system of incrementally larger consequences.
Example: Repeat It, Apologize, Seat Change, Remove Small Privilege, Remove Entire Privilege, Parent Phone Call...
No Warnings
Issue consequences:
Be calm and impersonal. Move on quickly.
Be incremental.
Be private when you can and public when you must.
Take action rather than get angry.
Positive Framing“Keana, I need your eyes” VS. “Keana, stop looking back.”
“I need three people. Check to see if it is you. Now two left. Almost there! Ah, thank you. We can get started.” VS. “I need three people. I am waiting, gentleman. If I have to give detentions, I will.”
“Let’s see if we can’t get papers out in 12 seconds. Ready?!”
“I love the tracking I see. I wonder what will happen when I walk around the room.”
The J-Factor & Vegas
Providing generous servings of energy, passion, enthusiasm, fun and humor
Fun and Games
“Us”
Humor
Suspense and Surprise
Create Your Own
Teaching TipRead your section.
Name your tip with a catchy, simple title.
Design a poster with the title, a description and some pictures or designs.
“The Teacher as Warm Demander”
Teaching Tip Presentations
Circle Discussions