7 Helpful Tips for Effective
Classroom
Management
By Jim Matthews
Achieving productive
educational results should be every teacher’s desire, and the only way to
accomplish this is the teacher’s ability to manage the behavior of their
students. Both new and experienced teachers struggle with disruptive behavior,
and many teachers complain about not possessing effective methods to handle
those problem situations. Also, many teachers tend to overlook the good things
in their students (even the disruptive ones). Many students are potential
leaders and can be a tremendous advantage in helping you manage your classroom.
This article will provide you with seven tips to better prepare for effective
classroom management.
1. Notice your
students.
One of the most important
parts of managing your classroom is to notice your students—know what you’re
dealing with. How can you fix a problem if you don’t know anything about what’s
causing it? Identify students who might have a potential to be disruptive and relate to them. If a student seems like
he might be troublesome, find a way that you can communicate to him—a way that
he knows you notice him. In doing so, he will see that you are trying to reach
out to him. Identify “unofficial” leaders. Leaders can be very helpful in
helping you keep the classroom disciplined. When a student becomes disruptive,
a leader might say something for you without all the discipline coming directly
from you. Also, identify the “loaners” and relate to them. Many students have
low self-esteem and think nobody notices them. You will gain great respect from
lonely students by connecting with them. Let everyone know how vital they are
to your organization. Notice them. Use love and logic.
2. Use positive
reinforcement.
Don’t
forget that we all want to be noticed for our good characteristics. If the good
in a person is not recognized, then the bad will—their qualities will be
identified in one way or the other. Positive reinforcement is used to manage
behavior by giving something to a student to make a behavior happen again.
That “something” that you
give to students can be as simple as a compliment, or you can have reward
incentives. Either way, students respond well to positive reinforcement. You
need to do this in order to encourage positive behavior in addition to
discouraging poor behavior.
3. Don’t be
afraid to call parents.
Never be afraid to call
home. Almost 100% of the time you will find cooperation on the other end. Many
times the parents just aren’t made aware of a situation, and then once the
student gets in trouble, the parents become upset. Contact parents early—the
sooner the better. Poor behavior is like cancer—it will only grow and spread
throughout the entire group. When contacting parents, begin by saying “I wanted
to know if you could help me with…,” and then describe the issue and say
“Whatever you can do at home will help the entire class.” Relate it all back to
respect so that it doesn’t seem like you have a personal dislike for the
student, but rather it’s a problem for the class.
4. Have student
present during parent conferences.
Always have the student present
whenever possible during a conference with the parents. Doing so ensures that
everything is taken care of right then. Work out a plan for student
improvement. Give the student an assignment on improving behavior and doing
things that will help the class.
5. Use rewards
and incentives.
It can be very beneficial to
have rewards or incentives for hard work and class cooperation. It can keep
them working as a team and utilize positive peer pressure.
6. Take
advantage of resources.
Use the multitude of online
resources to help you with classroom management. Check out the following
websites in addition to our website for great tips on becoming a better
teacher:
Check with your school
counselors. Read their folders in the front office. You would be surprised at
the amount of materials and effective interventions available there. Another
great resource is the education section of your favorite bookstore. You can
find many inspirational materials available. Invest in yourself and you will be
so much happier with teaching. Take a portion of your day to build yourself up
by learning.
7. Be fair and
be consistent
Keep in mind that there are group discipline techniques and individual discipline techniques. Don’t
get the two mixed up, or your class may turn on you. Avoid being labeled as
“unfair.” Last but most certainly not least, be consistent, no matter what your discipline program is. The
easiest way to lose control is to be unprepared and inconsistent.
Title: Helpful tips for effective
classroom Management.
Author: Jim Matthews
Synopsis:
The nature and quality of students with their teachers is to achieve a certain set goals
and objectives for given time, also teacher play a critical and central role in
motivating and engaging students to
learn that will be possible to properly will facilitate his/her students
properly.
This
article is all about the difference ways that a teacher can utilize in order to
have an effective classroom managements. The effective tips that the author
included are as follows: (1) Notice your students, (2) Use positive tips
reinforcement, (3) Don’t be afraid to call the parents, (4) Have student
present during parent conferences, (5) Use rewards and incentives,(6) Take advantage
of resources I, and lastly (7) Be fair and consistent.
Reflection
Honestly, Many article I read before I entered Dampol 1st
National High School for tips and for reference for teaching maybe because I
have some fear into teaching in good way to improve my teaching skill and this
article helps me a lot because it’s easy to understand and the list is very
effective. During my first day as a Practice Teacher, I already established
‘’classroom rules’’ to my students to facilitate their behavior and reactions
during our class.
To
facilitate and at the same time make the whole class active to participate to
discussion I established ‘’ Chip System’’. This will help my students to focus
on discussion and participate in the class especially in my subject its more on
hot issue in contemporary now-a-days. For me A good rapport also between the
teacher and his/her students will also contribute to easily/establish a
classroom management.
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