Objective: The objective of this assignment is to begin this process of developing a management style that works for you. This plan will enable you to better understand how you will teach and increase your confidence in your approach to classroom management. It is proactive rather than reactive to student demands. You may wish to revise this plan as you continue through your education, learn new techniques from shadowing hours and/or student teaching.  At this stage the plan should be seen as your ‘ideal’ as the realities of your future placements for shadowing, methods, and student teaching may mitigate against some of your plans.

Requirements: This project is expected to cover each of the items from the checklist below. The overall length of this paper shall be no shorter than 4 full pages. The paper may be double spaced, use font size 12, Times New Roman font, and standard 1” margins. You should also refer to at least theorist from this course, or from another education course you have taken in your education,  in each section of the paper.

Checklist: The plan should include the following: (you should give a rationale for your choices)

1.A philosophical statement on your beliefs about classroom management. This should include a description of what you believe to be your teaching style.

2.Room arrangement map, or maps for different types of activities including a student seating arrangement, teacher desk, resources, displays, etc. You should include a written explanation of your choice of arrangement(s).

3.Classroom rules — How are they arrived at? What might they include? How are they communicated to students, parents, administrators etc.

4.Classroom procedures — How are the lessons structured? How do they start and finish? This should also include some of the principles of your assessment and grading plans.

5.A description of how you intend to encourage and respond to positive students and how you will manage students that are behaving negatively in your class. What techniques are you going to use to maximize the effectiveness of your classroom management? You should refer to specific techniques that we have discussed in class.

Theorist to use:

John Dewey (1916): believed that classroom management should be guided by democratic practices with consequences and offered the theory of experience through social learning. Dewey believed that children were capable of learning, behaving cooperatively, sharing with others and caring for one another with the teacher as a facilitator. He believed that instructional management included a natural approach involving direction and guidance and that behavior management included the sequential behavior development of students. Many teachers practice this technique today as a central component of classroom management.

William Glasser (1997): His Reality and Choice theories state that students need to have an awareness of their responsibility and to make their own decisions about their learning and behavior in the classroom, students must have a choice and that if they help choose their curriculum and decide on the rules in the classroom, they will then have ownership of their learning, have pride in their participation, will have higher self-esteem and will exhibit greater levels of self-confidence and higher levels of cognition.  This approach to classroom management creates a safe space to learn, as mainly it is their space.

Link: https://teach4theheart.com/classroom-management-strategies/