Classroom Management Philosophy Statement

This I Believe My Classroom Management Philosophy Statement

As a future teacher, I do not believe that it is my role to control or discipline students. They are in control of their own self-discipline and destiny. I will have rules announced at the beginning of the year and then posted around the classroom. It is only my job to teach the students and implement my rules and consequences when students aren’t following the rules. Middle school students are naturally disruptive, get bored easily, and are naturally self-centered where all they would like to do is talk to their peers. These students need to be molded and conditioned to behave properly. This is part of the hidden curriculum to teach students how to act in the real
I do not think that these are necessary for classroom management. I agree with Alfie Kohn who “sees disciplinary techniques such as rewards, bribes, threats, coercion, and punishment as instruments for controlling people” (Manning, M., Bucher, Katherine, p.171). I do think that students should be praised for their hard work in the class, and these students could be used as an example to the rest of the class for what my expectations for everyone include. I would rather teach students self-discipline, so they will control themselves. I would like to have freedom to choose my own classroom management practices rather than have to adhere to the tenets of a school-adopted classroom management plan. I wouldn’t have any practices out of the ordinary, but I would like to use the best management plan that works for me. My rules will include: no talking while others are talking, raise your hand when you want to be heard, no getting out of your chair without permission, no gum chewing allowed, and no use of derogatory names to your fellow classmates and keep your hands to yourself. Students will have time to talk to peers when group work is assigned which will be everyday. Although, I will be walking around the classroom to ensure that students are still on task. I believe in Discipline with Dignity, which states, “Educators protect the dignity of students. Teachers are fair and consider individual situations, list rules that make sense to students, and model appropriate behaviors” (Manning, M., Bucher, Katherine, p.42). Students should be treated fair as all humans should be. The layout of my classroom will have an area for iPads, an area for group work, and an area for small lecture and individual work. I will monitor the areas closely. In my middle school classroom experiences this year, my cooperating teachers seem to have the same classroom management philosophy as me, but the one