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Classroom Management and CommunicationPlan

Management Style and Philosophical Beliefs (Artifact 1)

Strong classroom management is important for many aspects, on behalf of

the teacher and thestudents. One of the biggest reasons is shown by a study by

Kati Haycock (199! that students of e"ecti#e teachers can gain up to $%&

percentile points in their achie#ement o#er a year's time. )he a#erage for yearly

maturation is about * percentile points. So, really the teacher+s e"ect is

approimately -* percentile points. )his is #ery signicant and makes me reali/e

my position as a teacher. 0 second reason for e"ecti#e classroom management is

so that am not occupied with a

misbeha#ing student and lea#ing the rest of my

students to deal with that student+s beha#ior. t is not fair to gi#e most of my

attention to one student, they all deser#e it. Ha#ing e"ecti#e classroom

management also allows for a better relationship between teacher and students.

Students ha#e more respect for a teacher who has control o#er their classroom,

and with respect, comes higher learning.

n order to ha#e e"ecti#e classroom management, belie#e in the theories

of the 2reikurs and0lbert 3odel (4arson 5 Keiper, p. 6-!. belie#e, especially for

students at the middle school le#el, that these students are capable of being

responsible for their own beha#ior to promote learning. 7ot onlydo want to

teach my students educational material, but lifelong lessons about responsibility,

accountability and self8discipline. strongly belie#e in natural conseuences, such

as peer response for

bad beha#ior or losing a grade in the grade book forforgetting homework. Students this age need to learn that they ha#e the ability to

control their beha#iors and actions. want to foster thisunderstanding in my

students.

do not think that discipline is helpful. f anything, it gi#es students and

angry feeling toward those who discipline them and lea#es them angry, in general.

would much rather use non#erbal cues to try to suelch beha#iors do not want.

f need to escalate to #erbal discussion, will be prepared for that as my net

step. really feel that it is important, socially, for students this age to start learning

howto be responsible for their learning and beha#iors. epect them to do as they

are epected or deal with

the natural conseuences.

:hallenging students is often something that teachers do not do enough of.

f a task is too easy, students get bored and get into mischief. f it+s too hard, they

get frustrated and often get into mischief.

0s a teacher, belie#e that it is my role

to make sure that my students are challenged enough to want toacti#ely learn and

stay in the ;ow. 0rtifact 1 is a teacher+s personal philosophy statement that sums

up

eactly how feel about my teaching and my future students.


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Kati Haycock, $=ood )eaching 3atters>0 4ot. Thinking K16. )he ?ducation )rust.

@olume 6, ssue &,

Summer 199


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Positive Classroom Culture (Artifact 2, attached)

n order for a student to successfully learn, heAshe needs to ha#e a positi#e

relationship with the teacher. n order to build this relationship, want to show my

students, through my actions, that care about them and their education. want

my students to feel like they belong and are cared for in myclassroom. n order to

set this precedence in my room, want to begin the school year with some team8

building acti#ities. feel like it is important for students to feel like a team and bond

with each other.

)he two acti#ities that ha#e in artifact & are team building acti#ities, for the

students to feel included. am trying to set up a support network for the students

to feel like they can ha#e a safe en#ironment to learn in. 3y students will know

that there are no wrong opinions and that e#eryone in my class will be

heard. Be,

as a class, will support e#eryone and make sure that e#eryone is heard. )hese are

points that will make sure my students understand in my classroom.

want my classroom to be a relaed but positi#e learning en#ironment. feel that the use ofmusic is benecial in creating an atmosphere like this. will

use music during non8lecture times to help students to stay focused. ( prefer

classical music when am working, but think it will depend on the students in my

class.! do not ha#e any specic ways of gaining rapport with students but know

that this is important in ha#ing a positi#e classroom culture.

Classroom ules ! Procedures (Artifact ", attached)

do not belie#e in strongly controlling a group of middle school students.

would like to gain

rapport and ha#e a relationship with my students. belie#e that

in order to demonstrate that, need toha#e $epectations for my classroom that

in#ol#e #alue of human life. )o demonstrate that, my rstepectation is )he =olden


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Students are reuired to come to class on time and prepared. Fou

ha#e 1 minute afterthe bell rings to turn your homework into the

$Bill grade this week basket (also if youare tardy with ecuse!. f

you are tardy without an ecuse put your homework in the$Bill

grade when ha#e time basket. )hen get out your notebook and

write and

answer daily uestions and learning obGecti#es for the day.


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$uring class%

Fou are epected to respond appropriately to discussion and acti#ities

in the classroom.

ollow school and classroom epectations.

f food is allowed at school, will allow a healthy snack and

water to be in my

classroom. f gum is allowed by school,

will allow gum.

0 pass is reuired to lea#e my classroomC bathroom, nurse, oIce. 0

pass is reuired toreturn to my classroom. f you do not ha#e one,

you will be sent to the oIce to getone.

belie#e that music is benecial to brain functioning and

de#elopment (0sk me forresearch, if interested.! 3usic will be

played during non8lecture time.

&utside of classC Fou are epected to do your own homework. Borking

with friends is

appropriate but copying from friends is not.

Classroom 'ayout (Artifact )

)he thought of a classroom layout is eciting to me. t can show how

welcoming and in#ol#ed want to be, as a teacher. feel that group (&8-! work is

an essential component of learning for middleschool students. 3y room will be

set up with tables sitting up to four students. )his will allow for indi#idual and

group work. f tables are not a#ailable, would put four desks together, but making

sure that the group is angled to be able to see the teacher and the teacher to see

them from almost anywhere

in the room. )he teacher+s desk would be located at

the back of the room, behind all of the desks, in acorner. )here will be

bookshel#es located in the opposite corner. feel that miscellaneous topic books

are necessary for students to be around. Other books may be tetbooks or

resources for me. )hen, asyou are looking at the room from across the door, the

front of the classroom has a big open area forstudents to walk through. )his is

also where the proGector would be pulled up to or connected. )herewill be a

proGection screen and dry erase board located at the front of the room. 0 small

table wherework should be turned in also sits at the front of the room. t will be

the location for me to set my class items for class time and lecture, if necessary.

Monitoring Classroom and esponding to Student Misehavior(Artifact *)

Bhen responding to student beha#iors, try to consider that these students

are made to sit still and be uiet for *J hours a day. know that is not possible for

me. try to take that into considerationand allow the fact that some students ha#e

a hard time sitting still. )hat would not bother me in a class.0s a matter of fact,

would e#en let students stand as long as they are acti#ely learning. am a person

who is acutely aware of my surroundings and uite aware of people+s attention. f

feel that a student is

not paying attention, will gi#e them some non#erbal cues to


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get focused. f this continues, will start walking around the room a little more,

especially near that person. belie#e that usually students areaware this is a tactic

and try to straighten up. roimity is my maGor line of defense for beha#iors. f the

beha#ior still continues, will directly address it while in the classroom.

Howe#er, there are a few things that would ha#e to address. refuse to allow

students to

mistreat (#erbally or physically! or e#en make rude comments to each

other. Bhen this occurs, will ask the o"ending student to come up with a form of

an apology, in pri#ate, for the one o"ended. wantstudents to try to grasp the

concept of treating others in a human8like way. will denitely address this in my

$?pectations lesson at the beginning of school but will also keep reminding

students of this throughout the school year. 0fter reading Teaching with Love and

Logic by ay and unk, am able to

L)ype a uote from thedocument or the summary ofan interesting point. Fou canposition the tet bo anywherein the document. Mse the2rawing )ools tab to changethe formatting of the pull uotetet bo.N


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see a di"erent perspecti#e. see that keeping control of the classroom through

discussion and engagement, and notengaging in argumentati#e beha#ior with

students can and will help with beha#iors. would like to try and deal with beha#iors

within my room through a con#ersation with the student at the time that it occurs,

rather than sending a student to the oIce. do notwant to engage the student in

hisAher beha#ior because it Gust creates a cycle of misbeha#ior (see

artifact %!. want students to reali/e that they are responsible for their own actions and beha#ior.

Ob#iously, there will be rules made by the school and made by the district

that will adhere to.)hese rules are made for a purpose and will try my best to

adhere to them and to remind students of them, also.

Parents as Partners (Artifact +, attached)

0s a teacher, reali/e that parents are our best resource for understanding

our students. )here

will be some familial relationships that are not the best, and

will also ha#e to take this into

consideration. Howe#er, think that before schoole#en starts, would like to send out a parent sur#ey for them to ll out about their

child. 0n eample of a parent in#entoryAuestionnaire is artifact *.

2epending on what school district work in, these may or may not be actual

uestions that send to parents. )his would in#ol#e uestions that ask about their

child+s fa#orite thing about school, ways of learning and if the parents feel the

students ha#e too muchAnot enough homework. also would want to know if

students ha#e an adult at home who would be comfortable helping the student

withhomework, if needed. Gust want to get a feel of the child from the parents+

perspecti#e. )he way thatparents ll these out will e#en gi#e me insight into the

life of the child. t will help me see if might ha#e

an o#erly in#ol#ed parent andhow they want to stay connected or that might ha#e a parent who is notso

in#ol#ed.

0s a parent, ha#e gotten many phone calls after phone call about my son+s

beha#ior. Honestly, they were beha#iors that the teacher should ha#e dealt with

and reali/ed that is Gust my son+s personality. know that parents only want to be

called if it is a serious situation. feel that for the mostpart, sending an email will

suIce. (How they would want to be contacted would be a uestion on the

uestionnaire.!

do feel that it is important for teachers to send information regarding their

class schedules and topics that they are learning about. ro#iding a weekly email

about the classroom goings on would be a great way for communication with parents.

would send this information #ia email for those who ha#e it and paper for those who

do not.


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Artifac

t 2

A-.ACS

eam Building #/ercises

Piece of the Pu00le

)he purpose is to allow students to see how they can contribute to a group

and how it is

necessary for the whole group to be complete. )he instructor should

eplain this concept to the students. )eacher should ha#e a hand8made poster

pu//le paper cut into pieces that total the numberof students in the class. )here

should also be drawing materials and craft items to decorate the pu//lepieces.

?ach student takes a piece of the pu//le and decorates it according to their ownlikes, dislikes,

beliefs or ideas. )hey need to make it something to represent them.

Bhen all students are nished, then they ha#e to put the pu//le together. )he

teacher can put the pu//le in a frame to hang up for the classes to remind

students how they are a team.

Solemn and Silent

)he instructor eplains that this eercise will take self8control. 3embers pair

up and stand back to back. On the count of three, e#eryone must face their

partner, look each other in the eyes, and then

try to remain solemn and serious.7o speaking )he rst to smile or laugh must sit down. 0ll who remain standing

then take a new partner and the acti#ity continues until only one person has not

smiles or laughed. (Second round of playing can in#ol#e two teams competing to

outlast each other.! f you get a pair at the end, who are both keeping a straight

face, the rest of the group can act as hecklers to

disrupt them.


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Artifact "

Classroom#/pectations%

)reat others as you would be

treated.:ome to class on time and

prepared.

4augh with anyone but laugh atno one.

Ee responsible for your own

learning.


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Artifact +

Middle School Parent -nventory

Bhat is your child+s fa#orite subGect in schoolP

How well do you think your child does in schoolP

2oes your child do any etracurricular acti#itiesP

Has your child had too much, not enough or Gust the right amount of homework in the

pastP

Bhat kind of learner is your childP 2o they need to touch things, Gust listen or be

up and mo#ing to learnP

2oes your family ha#e any cultural aspects that are important for me to be aware ofP

0re there any adults in your home that would be able to help your child with

schoolwork, if neededP

Bhat is the best way to contact you if there was an important situation to discuss

with youP lease pro#ide contact information.

QQQlease note that am a#ailable anytime that you need to talk. Fou can always

lea#e a phonemessage or email, and will return it at my earliest ability. would

lo#e to schedule a time to meet you

and get to know your family


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I believe that all students can and will learn at

high

levels regardless of their ethnicity,

background, orother extenuatingcircumstances. I believe that in

order to accomplish this, it is my job as a

teacher to l o ve and care about my students

and teach them ina way that they can best

learn. II have highexpectations for all studentsand I firmly believethat building relationships is

the key to any child'ssuccess in my

classroom. If my students

are notsuccessful then I am not successful .

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