Positive Classroom Management

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Key role: to assist all children indeveloping their social skills

Social Skills should support:

Childs ability to interact positively with others

Childs own sense of self respect

Childs respect for othersadults and children

Childs self confidence and esteem

Childs sense of belonging to a group


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Good classroom management

teaches skills students will need

in the adult world.

The role model we provide is the most powerfulinstruction they will ever receive.


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Phrases you want children tolearn to use appropriately:

Hello, my name is ____. What is your name?Please, I would like to use this.

Excuse me, I would like to say something.

Please stop doing that, it is bothering me.

Lets take turns.you can go first.


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Classroom management is

all of the things that a teacher does to organizestudents, space, time and materials so thatinstruction in content and student learning can takeplace.

Two major goals

1. To foster student involvement and cooperation in all

classroom activities2. To establish a productive working environment.

-First Days of School, Wong


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Characteristics of a Well-Managed Classroom

Students are deeply involved with their work

Students know what is expected of them

Little wasted time, confusion, or disruption

The climate of the classroom is work-oriented, but relaxed and pleasant.


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We can trace out-of-control

behaviors to a variety of factors

The physical and emotional climate of the child's homeand neighborhood

The amount of stability and consistency in the childsfamily

The parenting styles of the childs parents

The power and influence of peers in a childs life


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We can trace out-of-control behaviors

to a variety of factors

the positive and negative role models available to thechild

The childs exposure to violent media

The childs emotional and physical health

The childs own attitude toward his/her anger


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TYPES OF PARENTING orTEACHING:

Permissive:Freedom without order

No restriction, rules

No consequences

Creates a manipulative

personality, aggression,

and independence.


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Authoritative (Democratic):Mutual Respect

Cooperation

Freedom with Order

Creates a self disciplined

child who is responsible

for own actions.


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AuthoritarianExternal Control

Punishment

Order without freedom


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Three basic and necessary components ofgood classroom management:

Rules and procedures

Consequences

Relationships


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Attention Signal

Decide upon a signal you can use to get studentsattention.

Teach students to respond to the signal by focusing

on you and maintaining complete silence.


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LOGICAL

CONSEQUENCES:

One needs to be:

Firm

CalmPositive toward child


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No laughing at


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No threatening


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No frightening


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3 RS OF LOGICALCONSEQUENCES:

1. RELATED

2. RESPECTFUL

3. RESONABLE


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Relationships

Positive relationships: key to positive behavior andregular attendance

Positive recognition and reinforcement developpositive behavior and build the relationship

Behavior is contextual and interactive: the way adultsmanage their own emotional responses has animportant influence on childrens behavior


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Principles

Never treat a child in a way you wouldnt treat an adult.

Try to see things through the childs eyes.

The importance of positive behavior in a role model cant beemphasized enough.

Kindness and humor shown in a business-like, task-orientedatmosphere is pivotal.

When students feel cared about, they want to cooperate, notmisbehave.


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Steps in AnalyzingChilds BehaviorTeacher should discuss the following issues in consultation with other teachers who

may also be interacting with the child:

1. What behavior is of concern to the teachers?

2. When does this behavior appear:

a. Identify potential causes for the behaviorchild is frustrated, child is tired, child isuninterested

b. Who is around the child? Where is this behavior more likely to take place at?3. What happens after the child misbehaves?

a. Do other children give the child what he/she wants?

b. Does the child get to stop doing the activity?

c. Does the child get more attention?


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