Learning Environment
Eating/gum chewing
Sleeping/daydreami
ng
Talking
Complaining
Off task
Telling lies
Blurting out
Arguing with the
teacher
Swearing
cheating
Developing positive
relationships with your students
can
Lessmean...
work engaging students.
Easier
classroom management.
Longer focus time.
Students will be willing to take risks.
Primary Communication
Filters
Mental State -your frame of mind during the
Management
Is proactive
Anticipates skills
and work habits
Teaches students
to assume
responsibility
Discipline
Is reactive
Results from a
power struggle
Assumes
students will not
accept
responsibility
Tips to Remember
Always
Establish
in a hierarchy
Teach students that they have the
power of choice
Should fit the crime
Logical and fair
Applied immediately
Types of Consequences
Warning-
verbal (private)
Isolation (time out in a specific
location for a specific time)
Call parents
Office as a Consequence
DO
classroom behavior
Beginning and end of the day
Transitions and interruptions
(entering/leaving room, bathrooms,
cafeteria, playground)
Use of materials
Group work
Seat work and teacher-led activities
Procedures must be
Taught
Modeled
Rehearsed
Rehearsed
Rehearsed
Organization
Helps students and teachers
Feel safe
Prepare students for the days activities
Learn more efficiently and effectively
Maximizes instructional time
Make clear and smooth transitions
Focus on teaching and learning
Limit distractions and interruptions
Have the physical space to learn
and Tasks
Materials
Learning
Activities
feel less
Smart.
Intellectual Threats
Taken from:
Cummings, C. Winning Strategies for Classroom Management. 2000. ASCD. Alexandria, Va.
Strategies to Eliminate:
Provide printed copies of direction;
number the steps; ask questions about
directions
Change seats away from distraction
Prompt students;
Allow students to determine what work
to display; refrain from giving grades
orally
Reduce number of items required or
number of items on a page
Ask for volunteer readers; make sure
oral reading for an audience is at the
independent level
Provide choice of working alone; teach
group skills
Teach required skills; set norms for
appropriate behavior (no insults allowed)
Safe.
Emotional Threats
Examples of Emotional
Threats
Negative language, putdowns, bullying
Fear of being disciplined in
front of peers
Coping with family
difficulties (divorce,
illness)
Fear of looking different or
not fitting in
Difficulty making friends
Strategies to Eliminate:
Safe.
Physical Threats
Examples:
Physical Threats
Being tired or not
feeling well
Fear of being pushed,
shoved, etc.
Fear of having personal
items stolen
Verbal threats
Fear of being caught up
in a fight
Strategies:
Refer to nurse as
appropriate; if done
often, contact home
Establish clear norms
for behavior in and
outside of classroom.
These may need the
involvement of others
(nurse, principal, asst.
principal, parent) for
more in-depth
intervention
Taken from:
Cummings, C. Winning Strategies for Classroom Management. 2000.
ASCD. Alexandria, Va.
Smart, Safe
Schools
Smart
Schools
have a standards-based
curriculum that provides all
students with high quality
learning activities.
Safe
Schools
nurture and encourage students to
challenge themselves in pursuit of
academic achievement. They are
places where adults and students
feel protected, valued, and
important.