Teachers must ensure that their classroom environments are orderly and structured so that students know what is expected of them at all times. In order to create this type of classroom, the rules and expectations must be clearly stated. This will allow the students to know what they should, and should not, be doing. Even though we may hope that our students act like perfect, little angels all the time, there will be times when they misbehave. When this happens, teachers must still continue to treat the child with respect. By showing them respect, they will be more likely to listen to and obey you the next time. Teachers also need to try their best to figure out why their student is misbehaving. The child could be having trouble in their home life which is causing them to act out, or they could be trying to impress their friends. Either way, the teacher must discover the motive behind the disobedience in order to help the child cope with whatever could be behind their misbehavior. As teachers, it is necessary that we quickly grow "eyes in the back of our heads." Teachers must know what is going on in their classrooms at all times. Walking around the classroom and making sure that the students are focused on their work will ensure that the students are not getting sidetracked. This sense of control takes time to develop, but it is key to success as a teacher.
Some ways to manage student behavior in an elementary classroom would be to have the rules of the classroom displayed on a poster board. This is a good way to highlight specific rules that need to be followed at all times. The teacher can add to the rules as the year goes by if necessary. Teachers could also use a behavior stop light to monitor students' behavior over a period of time. The behavior stop light would consist of three sections: green (good behavior), yellow (minor infraction), and red (major infraction or multiple minor infractions). At the beginning of the day, students would begin on green, but as the day continued, their name could be moved down depending on their behavior. At the end of the day, the students would use the color that they ended the day on to fill in the square for the day of the month in their charts. Another practical way to manage your students behavior is by just walking around the classroom. Make sure that you have eyes on all your students, so you know what is going on in your classroom at all times. These are just a few ways to enforce good behavior throughout the classroom.
Citations:
Danielson, C. (n.d.). The Framework for Teaching Evaluation Instrument Domain 2: The Classroom Environment. Retrieved September 19, 2017, from http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/danielson_rubric_32.pdf
Some ways to manage student behavior in an elementary classroom would be to have the rules of the classroom displayed on a poster board. This is a good way to highlight specific rules that need to be followed at all times. The teacher can add to the rules as the year goes by if necessary. Teachers could also use a behavior stop light to monitor students' behavior over a period of time. The behavior stop light would consist of three sections: green (good behavior), yellow (minor infraction), and red (major infraction or multiple minor infractions). At the beginning of the day, students would begin on green, but as the day continued, their name could be moved down depending on their behavior. At the end of the day, the students would use the color that they ended the day on to fill in the square for the day of the month in their charts. Another practical way to manage your students behavior is by just walking around the classroom. Make sure that you have eyes on all your students, so you know what is going on in your classroom at all times. These are just a few ways to enforce good behavior throughout the classroom.
Citations:
Danielson, C. (n.d.). The Framework for Teaching Evaluation Instrument Domain 2: The Classroom Environment. Retrieved September 19, 2017, from http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/danielson_rubric_32.pdf