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Classroom Management Rationales

Classroom management is one of the most valuable skills a teacher can develop. Once you choose methods for managing various aspects of the classroom environment, these methods should be delineated in the syllabus. The rationale for your choices must be made clear. This means that you should explain those choices in a way that helps students and parents understand why things are being done that way. It has to be more than “Because I say so.”
  1. Mission Statement

    • You should have an opening statement that expresses your personal views about the teaching process. Explain your classroom management style in a general way. For example, if you believe in a great deal of interaction and dialogue during the lectures, explain how you think this benefit the students. You may want to add some comments explaining how this approach has worked for you in the past. Give examples.

    Physical Environment Choices

    • Other choices you have to make about how you will run your class relate to how things are arranged physically. Create a desk and overall room arrangement plan based on a consideration of what will work best for your students. For example, if you have a number of physically challenged students who are being mainstreamed into your class, they should probably be placed near the front of the class to simplify teacher interaction. Explain your reasoning for such decisions.

    Class Goals

    • Create a clear outline of what you want to achieve in class. Give a class schedule and describe how the lectures are structured. List the types of graded work the students will be doing, as well as any books they will read or projects in which they will take part. Explain how these things help. For example, make it clear to the students and parents that graded tests, exams and papers provide a yardstick for judging a child's progress, which in turn makes it easier to address problems that might go undetected.

    Behavior

    • List the class rules, such as rules against things like cheating, running in class, disrespect for others and violence or bullying of any kind. Then explain why each of these rules are in place and what benefit they are to all concerned. Also, make clear the consequences of noncompliance.

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