Learning Outcome #5:
Know and Apply Various Disciplinary Models to Manage Student Behavior
I learned about several different styles of classroom management through the various education courses I took as a graduate student. I will incorporate methods from several different ideologies to formulate my classroom management style. The teacher needs to make expectations, guidelines, and rules for the classroom clear to students. To prevent discipline problems and confusion, these expectations should be explained on the first day of classes.
While student teaching, I took the advice of my supervisor and host teacher, and I created a set of guidelines and expectations for students in my classes. We went over these on the first day, and I answered any questions students had. Some of the rules were very basic, such as not using cell phones and iPods during class time. Another expectation of mine was common courtesy. Some students were surprised by some of these expectations, but they adapted well to my style of management. Discussing these expectations and guidelines on the first day I took over helped students understand my method of classroom management and helped establish me as the teacher.
As Allen Mendler so aptly asserts in What Do I Do When?, “Rules in schools must not be traps that await the unwary student. Rather, they should be guidelines needed in order for success to happen” (43). Using Mendler’s philosophy on classroom management, I structured my expectations and guidelines with success in mind. My classroom needs to be a place where students can reach their maximum potential, and I must manage it in a way that is conducive to this goal.
In my future classroom, I will take students considerations into mind when creating my guidelines. Using both student input and school policies, I will formulate guidelines that will allow my classroom to be a successful, efficient place for students to learn.
Classroom Management Documents Used for Student Teaching:
Expectations and Guidelines
The Five BPs
Classroom Management Resources:
Work Cited
Mendler, Allen. What Do I Do When...? Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree, 2007. 43. Print.
While student teaching, I took the advice of my supervisor and host teacher, and I created a set of guidelines and expectations for students in my classes. We went over these on the first day, and I answered any questions students had. Some of the rules were very basic, such as not using cell phones and iPods during class time. Another expectation of mine was common courtesy. Some students were surprised by some of these expectations, but they adapted well to my style of management. Discussing these expectations and guidelines on the first day I took over helped students understand my method of classroom management and helped establish me as the teacher.
As Allen Mendler so aptly asserts in What Do I Do When?, “Rules in schools must not be traps that await the unwary student. Rather, they should be guidelines needed in order for success to happen” (43). Using Mendler’s philosophy on classroom management, I structured my expectations and guidelines with success in mind. My classroom needs to be a place where students can reach their maximum potential, and I must manage it in a way that is conducive to this goal.
In my future classroom, I will take students considerations into mind when creating my guidelines. Using both student input and school policies, I will formulate guidelines that will allow my classroom to be a successful, efficient place for students to learn.
Classroom Management Documents Used for Student Teaching:
Expectations and Guidelines
The Five BPs
Classroom Management Resources:
- What Do I Do When? by Allen N. Mendler
- The Tough Kid Tool Box by William R. Jenson, Ginger Rhode, and H. Kenton Reavis
- Positive Discipline in the Classroom: Developing Mutual Respect, Cooperation, and Responsibility in Your Classroom by Jane Nelsen Ed.D., Lynn Lott, and H. Stephen Glenn
- Classroom Management That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Every Teacher by Robert J Marzano, Jana S. Marzano, and Debra J. Pickering
Work Cited
Mendler, Allen. What Do I Do When...? Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree, 2007. 43. Print.