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Classroom Management Strategies
ClassroomManagement Strategies for the Reluctant Disciplinarian
Strategy #1
I have tried so many different classroom management strategies; I do not even know where to begin. I have chosen to write about the most effective techniques. My reward system has worked well. My students are always singing that song, "Betcha can't do it like me"-- so I decided to make a game out of it. I made a chart for each class and they earn a “betcha” each time they complete an activity quietly or go a whole class period without any name-calling. For every 12 betchas they successively get a different reward. The culmination of the reward will be watching a movie and doing the “betcha” dance as a class. I used this strategy in both years. This strategy has helped me be able to award good behavior instead of simply disciplining bad behavior. By using this technique students begin to understand what behavior is acceptable and unacceptable. They also have to work together to earn the points and I have found that instilling a need for students to work together benefits both my students and myself. This strategy also adds an element of fun into the classroom.
Strategy #2
Another strategy I have used successfully is playing a review game at the end of each class. I throw a small beanie frog to any student who can answer review questions to lesson. This helps students stay focused at the end of the class period when they are usually itching to leave. In addition, since I have started using this strategy I have never forgotten to do a closure. Students feel very comfortable at the end of class and know that there will be an opportunity to ask questions and see how much they remember from the day's lesson. On days when the bells do not seem to ring on time or I have had to hold classes, I have used this strategy to review vocabulary (on my wonderful word wall) or prepare for an upcoming test. Usually I have a very orderly dismissal because I have established this as a routine.
Strategy #3
Furthermore, I have found that using Team ISS is an invaluable tool for removing disruptive students from the classroom without sending them to the principal’s office. The teacher who is in the classroom next door and I have worked out an arrangement. When a student is becoming disruptive and all lower level interventions (proximity, phone call to parent, etc.) have not been effective, I send the student to the other teacher’s classroom. They write a disciplinarian plan for themselves. I have found that students will not cause a disruption in another teacher’s classroom (unfamiliar audience) and it calms them down enough to have a quick conference afterwards and discontinue the disruption. Students sometimes just need a break from the regular environment, and not every classroom has a space for students to sit alone. This allows for the student to take a breather as well as for me to collect my thoughts and think of a creative solution to keep the student on track.
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