Student Diversity And Classroom Management Paper

Student Diversity and Classroom Management
Ashley Whitmer
EDU 450
August 4th, 2013

Classroom management is imperative for teachers. Having a well managed classroom makes learning more productive and allows the teacher to do her job more efficiently. Explained below are five keys factors to making sure that a teacher’s classroom is well managed: starting on time, starting the year off strict, keeping students on task, having a variety of assignments and utilizing a rewards system. Starting on Time A classroom that starts on time, learns on time is something I always used to hear teachers say. Being prepared is the key to starting a classroom when it is supposed to. It is the teacher’s responsibility to make
Teachers must implement rules and follow through with the consequences. The first week of school is somewhat of a practice session for students so that teachers can explain their negative behaviors and give them the opportunity to fix it. No teacher can expect a student to learn the rules and procedures over night. For many students, it takes them longer than a week to get into the swing of things, especially because they have been out of school for the entire summer. High school students are the worst for thinking that they do not have to follow the rules of the classroom, the dress code and school codes because they are almost of age to be considered grown. If a teacher is lenient with them, they will take complete advantage of that for the rest of the year. Within the first few days of class a teacher should lay out the rules and the consequences of her classroom so that students are fully aware of what they can and cannot do. Also, during the rest of the year, the teacher should go back over them on a regular basis to make sure that students haven’t forgotten anything. Being a strict teacher will earn you more respect than one that isn’t. Students will know that you are serious about your job and your classroom. They may think that you are mean in the beginning but they will value the structure in the end. Staying in constant communication with your students on a
There were many ways you could be rewarded in his class. Completing the challenge questions at the beginning of class first and correctly, having your homework completed and correct, being prepared, not getting called down all day, doing well on a test and following the classroom rules were just a few. He rewarded us with candy, homework passes, outside time, free time, extra credit points for homework and tests of our choice. We were also able to hold onto things and trade them in later for different rewards. For example, if you trade your candy for points, he would allow us to turn the candy down for a half point of extra credit. This allowed us to choose our reward and how we would use it. Students that were struggling with something were not allowed to get the homework passes until they showed the teacher that they could correctly do the work. He did this because he wanted to ensure that knowledge had been gained and the student knew what they were doing. Overall, this was my favorite class in school because it was math (my specialty) and my hard work really seemed to be appreciated by the teacher. This made me more willing to go the extra mile to make sure that I did the best I could