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How Rou'nes Support Effec've Classroom Management and Teacher Planning This event will explore simple techniques to implement everyday rou'nes that maximize student agency, learning, and par'cipa'on while also increasing overall teaching efficacy. Par'cipants will: review classroom management “best prac'ces.” iden'fy how rou'nes can support posi've classroom management as well as maximize lesson planning 'me. learn prac'cal strategies for establishing rou'nes.

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HowRou'nesSupportEffec'veClassroomManagement

andTeacherPlanning

Thiseventwillexploresimpletechniquestoimplementeverydayrou'nesthat

maximizestudentagency,learning,andpar'cipa'onwhilealsoincreasing

overallteachingefficacy.

Par'cipantswill:

•  reviewclassroommanagement“bestprac'ces.”

•  iden'fyhowrou'nescansupportposi'veclassroommanagementaswell

asmaximizelessonplanning'me.

•  learnprac'calstrategiesforestablishingrou'nes.

EmilyTichich

EmilyTichichbeganherteachingcareerinEcuadorandhassince

goneontoteachandtrainEnglishlanguagehighschooland

universityteachersintheRepublicofGeorgia,Japan,SouthKorea,

andattheUniversityofMinnesota.

ShehasanM.A.inEnglishasaSecondLanguagefromthe

UniversityofMinnesota.

Herteachinginterestsincludetechnologyintheclassroomand

curriculumdesign.

Got consistency? How routines support effective classroom management and teacher planning

©2018byEmilyTichich.“Got consistency? How routines support effective classroom management and teacher planning” forthe

OfficeofEnglishLanguagePrograms.ThisworkislicensedundertheCreaDveCommonsAGribuDon4.0License,exceptwherenoted.Toviewacopy

ofthislicense,visithGp://creaDvecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Goals

Comingup….

Keys to an effective routine

Effective routine = Effective classroom management

Scenarios

Q & A

Routine Activity Ideas

5 minutes 10 minutes 5 minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes 5 minutes

DoNow:

Doyoucurrentlyuserou'nesin

yourclassroom?

Ifso,whatrou'nesdoyouuse?

GOALS

Todayyou’lllearn….

theadvantagesofincorpora'ngrou'nesintoyourclasses

thekeypointsofmakingarou'nework

severalprac'calexamplesofrou'neac'vi'estohelpyou

developaposi'veclassroomenvironmentthrough

effec'veclassroommanagement

Classroommanagementiscomplex;

CONSISTENCYiskey

https://www.germantownacademy.net/faculty/professional-development/crafted-posts/~board/crafted/post/classroom-management

Effec'veRou'nes=Effec'veClassroomManagement

WhatisarouDne?

Arou%neisanydailyac'vitythatstudentscancompletewithli[leornohelpfromtheteacher

Arou'necanlooklikealotofthings….

Howdorou'nesbenefitstudentsandteachers?

Rou'nesbenefitstudentsin3importantways:

Develop a more predictable

environment, reducing stress

Promote independent learning

Provide practice through

repetition, leading to mastery

Rou'nesbenefitteachersin3importantways:

Requirelessdirec'on

Contributetosmoothertransi'ons

atthestartandendofclass

Save'mebothinandoutof

theclassroom

Effec'veRou'nes=Effec'veClassroomManagement

Adviceforusingrou'neseffec'vely

Keepitsimple

(Harderwork≠be[erlesson)

Explainyourexpecta'ons

Reinforcestudentefforts

SituaDon:Duringarou'neac'vity,astudentseems

distractedandisnotcomple'ngtheassignedtask.

Teacherresponse#1 Teacherresponse#2

“Doyourememberwhat

youhavebeenassignedto

do?”

“Youarefamiliarwiththis

rou'ne.Doyouneedmeto

helpyougetstarted?”

SituaDon:Manystudentshavetheirphonesout,

distrac'ngthemfromtheac'vity.

Teacherresponse#1 Teacherresponse#2

“Putyourphonesaway.

It’s'metostartthe

ac'vity.”

“Remember,youdon’t

needyourphonesforthis

ac'vity.”

Effec'veRou'nes=Effec'veClassroomManagement

Instructional Routine Ideas

Atthebeginningofclass…..

DONOW

“DoNow”Example1:Focus

TeacheracDons StudentacDons

Writedirec'onsonthe

board.

Asstudentsarrive,be

availabletoanswerany

ques'ons,butshow

expecta'onthatstudents

knowwhattodo

Asstudentsarrive,they

knowtochecktheboard

fordirec'ons.

“DoNow”Example1:Focus

Turntopage15inyourbookandstartreading

Takeoutyourhomeworkandbeginchecking

answerswithaclassmate

Opentopage30andbeginExerciseA

Takeoutapieceofpaperandwrite2-3ques'onsyouhave

abouttoday’smaterial

“DoNow”Example2:QuoteoftheDay

TeacheracDons StudentacDons

Writeaquoteandrelated

ques'onsontheboard

Greetstudentsasthey

arriveandanswerany

ques'onstheymighthave

Studentsreadthequote

andques'ons

Asstudentswrite,observe

and/orprepare

Studentswritefora

specificamountof'me

“DoNow”Example2:QuoteoftheDay

“Bethechangeyouwishtoseeintheworld”-Gandhi

Whatdoyouthinkthequotemeans?

Whatdoesthequotemakeyouthink?

Doyouagreeordisagreewiththe

quote?Why?

Doesthequoteremindyouof

anythingelseyouhavelearned?

“DoNow”:WeeklySchedule

Monday QuoteoftheDay

Tuesday Timedreading

Wednesday QuoteoftheDay

Thursday Silentreading

Friday Vocabularyprac'ce

Attheendofclass….

REFLECT

Reflec'onExample1:ReviewMingle

TeacheracDons StudentacDons

Writeorasktarget

ques'onsandexplainthe

expecta'onsoftheac'vity

Asyouasktheques'ons,

studentslisten

Observestudents Students“mingle”

Concludetheac'vity Studentscansharetheir

ideasorallyorinwri'ng

Reflec'onExample1:ReviewMingle

Whatisonethingyoulearnedtoday?

Whatisonethingyous'llhaveaques'onabout?

Whatdoyourememberabout(topic)?

Whatdoyouthinkwewilltalkabouttomorrow?

Reflec'onExample2:GivingApprecia'on

TeacheracDons StudentacDons

Askstudentstoexpress

apprecia'onforsomething

Studentsreflect

Observestudents Studentscansharetheir

apprecia'onorallyorin

wri'ng

Concludetheac'vity

Reflec'onExample2:GivingApprecia'on

Whatisonewaysomeonehelpedyoulearnthisweek?

Whatissomethingsomeonesaidthatmadeyoufeelgood?

Whatissomethingyoudidthatyoufeelgoodabout?

Whatisonewaysomeonehelpedyouthisweek?

*Apprecia'oncanbepersonalORanonymous

Reflec'onExample3:Silence

Atthebeginningorendofclass,students(andteacher)

observeamomentofsilence.

The'mecanbeusedfor:

Reflec'on

Relaxa'on

Observa'on

Thinking/planning

Whatrou'nesdoyoucurrentlyuse

orwanttouseinyourclasses?

Remember…..

Consideryourneeds

Consideryourstudents’needs

3KEYS:Keepitsimple,explain,andreinforce

Talktoyourcolleagues!

Let’sconsiderhowrou'nescanencourageposi've

classroommanagementandsaveteacherplanning'me!

Scenario1:NewTeacher

Youareworkingwithateacherwhoisintheirfirstyearsof

teaching.Theyareworkingveryhardtodoagoodjob,andyou

admiretheirenergyandnewideas.Youno'cethattheyare

spendinghourseachdayplanningtheirlessons,andtheyarevery

worriedaboutfindingnewideastotry.Whatadvicecanyougive

them?

Scenario1:Solu'ons

Keepitsimple!

Beconsistent

Trysomethingforawhile

Harderwork≠be[erlesson

Scenario2:TryingandNotSucceeding

Acolleaguetriedtoimplementa“QuoteoftheDay”wri'ng

ac'vity,butisdiscouragedbecausestudentsarecomplainingand

don’twanttodoit.Yourcolleaguewantstogiveitup.Whatcould

youtellthem?

Scenario2:Solu'ons

Explainthepurposeoftheac'vitystudents

Isitinteres'ng?

Isittoohard?Tooeasy?

AllowstudentstobringinQs

Reinforcetheirefforts

Scenario3:ALottoDo

Youhaveimplementeda“QuoteoftheDay”ac'vitytohelp

studentsworkontheirlanguagefluency.Eachday,youaskthem

toanswer3ques'onsaboutaquote.Theymustuseatleastfive

newvocabularywordsintheiranswer,performagrammarcheck,

anddoapeeredit.Youliketherou'ne,butitistakingtoomuch

'meduringclass.Whatcanyoudo?

Scenario#3:Solu'ons

Simplifythetask

Givethem'metoprac'ceitbefore

makingitmorecomplicated

Beconsistent

Scenario4:WasteofTime?

Youhaveimplementeda“MingleAc'vity”attheendofeachclass

asacomprehensioncheck,butstudentsarenothavingmeaningful

discussionswitheachother.Itseemslikeawasteofclass'me.

Whatcanyoudo?

Scenario4:Solu'ons

Givestudentsextra'me

Reconsidertheques'ons

Explainthepurpose

Beconsistent

Thankseveryone!

References

Brown,H.D.2001.TeachingbyPrinciples:Aninterac%veapproachtolanguagepedagogy.Longman:NewYork.

“Crea'ngaPeacefulClimateinYourClassroom&SchoolUsingRituals:AToolkit”retrievedMay2018.

h[p://www2.peacefirst.org/digitalac'vitycenter/files/rituals_toolkit_10.30.2012_0.pdf

Linsin,M.2018.“ALovely,Silent,Well-BehavedWayToEndEachDay”retrievedMay2018.

h[ps://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2018/04/07/a-lovely-silent-well-behaved-way-to-end-each-day/

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Thankyou!