Control - Proactive Management in the Classroom

Topic #5: Control – Proactive Management in the Classroom

• What is the climate like in your classroom?• What is the culture like in your school?• First impressions?• What did you see? hear?• How did you feel?• Who is in control?• Who’s voice do you hear the most

in the classroom? (teacher or student)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bbHfBC9MkE

Who is in Control?

• The Teacher• The Students• The Administration• The Government• The Parents• No one

Retrieved from http://zbnice.blogspot.com/2010/04/self-control-and-lack-of-self-control.html

Observation Week: Make a choiceClassroom Management Mantras

• #1. I was hired to teach, not to make kids behave

• #2. You can be friendly with kids, but you can’t be friends

• #3. Minimize student misbehavior by maximizing student learning

• #4. Manage your class, don’t discipline it

• #5. Don’t let them see you smile until Christmas

• #6. Catch ‘em being good

Any changes in your beliefs about managing the learning environment?Key learnings from Observation Week: Classroom Management,

Instructional Design, Classroom Layout, Use of Classroom Learning Time

“Those who Fail to Plan…..Should Plan to Fail.”

Planning for Learning:Quality Instructional Design

What is your plan?

How much do you control? Adapted from Bennett, B. & Rolheiser, C (2008). Beyond Monet. The artful science of instructional integration. Toronto: Bookation Inc.

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How do you respond to the diverse needs of the learnerAdapted from Bennett, B. & Rolheiser, C (2008). Beyond Monet. The artful science of instructional integration. Toronto: Bookation Inc.

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How much do you “really” control?

• You control…..– The design of the learning environment– The design of your lessons and other plans– The climate in the room– Your attitude

When grades are not deliberatelyconnected to learning, they provide

little valuable feedback regardingstudents' academic strengths and

weaknesses, and can even be counterproductive.

***Tony Winger

The primary purpose of assessment is to inform teaching and learning

***Faye Brownlie

The most powerful single influence on student achievement is feedback.

***John Hattie

“The student’s emotional reaction to results will determine what that student does in response” ….Richard Stiggins

Students need chances to reflect on what they have learnt, what they still have to

learn, and how to assess themselves. ***Chickering and Gamson

The simplest prescription for improving education must be “dollops

of feedback” ***John Hattie

In the absence of marks it has been reported that students read feedback much more

carefully and use it to guide their learning. *** (Black and Wiliam)

When the classroom culture focuses on rewards, grades or student/class ranking, then the students look for ways to obtain the best marks rather than to improve their learning …Black and William

They call me “Mr. Feedback”

Assignment: Philosophy of Classroom Management

• Read feedback (email comments, on paper)• Count checkmarks• Predict grade (out of /10)• Offer feedback to others with 3 2 1….– 3 good ideas to share (shoulder partner)– 2 pieces of constructive feedback (face partner)– 1 “Do-over” before final exam (diagonal partner)

• Obtain marksheets (if you wish to see grade)

Review: Key Concepts Assessment AS Learning

1. Classroom Management Beliefs: Personal Mantra2. The Quality Teaching Standard3. CALM/TEAMS/SIDES4. Constructivism5. Teacher Power Bases6. Classroom Management Theories7. Classroom Management Models8. Strategies and Skills (non-verbal, verbal,

consequences, involvement of others)9. Classroom Design10. Great Resources

Predict your grade

/10

Cracking the Galloway Vault

Instructions for Detective Team:1. Predict the following (submit answers on “prediction card”:

-classroom management mantra (from Day #1)-teaching style/power base (legitimate, expert, referent, reward/coercive)-classroom management theory (student directed, teacher directed, collaborative)-classroom management models (see Textbook – p. 212)

2. Review and discuss critical evidence collected (posters, policies, projects, student work, artifacts, etc.)3. Draw up final conclusions by completing a “conclusions” exit card

Mt. Constructivism:The peak of pedagogical change

Project-based Learning Inquiry Learning

Problem-based Learning Service Learning

Self-directed Learning Differentiated Learning

“Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; Problems are sent to be solved.

It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills”….William Arthur Ward

We see Constructivism in….

“Great things are done when men and mountains meet”….William Blake

....and in

our local

papers

We see Constructivism in our local schools

Controlled Chaos:Do you have what it takes to be a Constructivist Teacher?

Table Talk

• What is the student’s role? The teacher’s role?• Which instructional strategies are being used?• Which instructional strategies will help students

direct/control their own meanings? Their own learning?

• How else can you give control to students in the classroom? How can you empower them?

• What are the challenges in giving up control?• Are you a “Student-Directed” Teacher? • Are you a “Constructivist”? Why or why not?

Example of Student Directed Learning in the 21st Century Classroom:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8HfTbUKXrU

Are you a student-directed teacher?

Cracking the Galloway Vault

Instructions for Detective Team:1. Predict the following (submit answers on “prediction card”:

-classroom management mantra (from Day #1)-teaching style/power base (legitimate, expert, referent, reward/coercive)-classroom management theory (student directed, teacher directed, collaborative)-classroom management models (see Textbook – p. 212)

2. Review and discuss critical evidence collected (posters, policies, projects, student work, artifacts, etc.)3. Draw up final conclusions by completing a “conclusions” exit card

The Final Word….