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Management Tips for New Teachers
Bringing Order to the Classroom
By Karen Zauber
Found in: Classroom Management[1], New Teachers[2]
If you're a beginning teacher, you probably worry about classroom management. You're
not alone. Classroom management -- managing both student behavior and the physical
learning environment -- is an ongoing concern of all teachers. And a topic you'll
continue to read and learn about.
Begin by considering the following four areas of classroom management: Establishing
Classroom Climate -- the look and feel of your room; Conducting Class Efficiently -managing time and students; Reaching All Students -- delivery, encouragement,
teaching techniques; Establishing Discipline -- creating an atmosphere of consistency
and mutual respect.
Establishing Classroom Climate
To create the climate you want for your classroom, you must first decide the look and feel
of the room. Think about the types of activities that will go on in your classroom as you
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answer the following questions:
Can you tolerate noise? Must the room always be quiet? Or can you put up with a mix
of noise and quiet, depending on the learning activity? It's easier to start out more
controlled and gradually open up to activity and noise than the other way around.
Must your classroom be neat (orderly rows, clean boards, limited clutter) or can you
stand it messy?
What do you want your desk and surroundings to say about you? I'm neat and
efficient. I don't worry about clutter, but I like some order. I like flowers and color. I
value students' work and enjoy displaying it.
How do you want students to turn in their work? Do you want them to put it into your
hands, into baskets, or e-mail it to you? Let them know.
Tell students how you feel about classroom climate and how everyone can help maintain
a pleasant, productive learning environment.
Conducting Class Efficiently
When you streamline classroom procedures, you make things clearer for everyone and
you make more time for teaching and learning. An efficiently run classroom enables
students to focus on their work, which, in turn, helps reduce discipline problems.
To streamline your classroom procedures, use the following approaches:
Set long-term goals and keep them in mind as you do your daily planning.
Quickly learn and use student names.
Gain students' attention before beginning a new activity. Don't try to talk over
student noise.
Give students their next assignment before you collect or return papers.
Don't interrupt students while they are on task.
Edit any materials you write for students. On tests be sure to avoid using poorly
worded, ambiguous questions.
Don't introduce too many topics simultaneously. Think through the delivery of
content before you get to the classroom.
Think through directions you will give students (write them down, if that helps,
before giving them verbally). Directions should be brief, and as the word implies,
direct.
Don't stretch out the time for an activity.
Be consistent in what you say and what you do.
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Reaching All Students
Three strategies will help you teach and reach all students. Vary your delivery to keep
students awake and interested in learning. Encourage all students to do their best and let
them know that you believe they can succeed. Apply proven teaching techniques to keep
student interest and monitor whether they are learning.
Vary Your Delivery
Modulate your voice. Avoid speaking too fast or in a high-pitched tone.
Use a voice level that can be heard easily in the back of the room.
Be animated in your delivery. Using facial expressions and body language can be very
effective in teaching.
Move around. Don't stand or sit too long in one place.
Encourage All Students
Accentuate the positive.
Be serious about getting work accomplished, but add some humor and fun to class
each day.
Let students know that you expect them to succeed.
Talk to and interact with as many students as possible, not just your favorite
students.
Apply Proven Teaching Techniques
Vary your teaching strategies or combination of strategies during the week.
Use three or more seconds of "wait-time[3]" after asking a content question.
Balance the time you spend with one student or group and monitoring the entire
class
Do appropriate comprehension checks -- as you are teaching -- to see if students
understand the content.
Praise students appropriately. If you praise them all the time -- especially when
they're only doing what's expected and no more, they won't strive to do more.
Remember, intermittent reinforcement is the most powerful way to reinforce positive
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behavior. Be selective in your praise. Be honest. Tell them when they've excelled and
how they can improve.
Read student papers for correct answers and for process and student thinking.
Establishing Discipline
When you establish an atmosphere of consistency and mutual respect, you will eliminate
some discipline problems and facilitate the solving of others. Here are some techniques
to use:
Be consistent in what you say and what you do.
Quickly learn and use student names.
Find an effective means of quieting students. Instead of saying "Shhh," consider using
a subtle strategy such as dimming the lights, playing classical or other soothing
music, or putting on the board a problem, a brainteaser, or an intriguing question
relating to the lesson of the day.
Avoid using threats to control the class. If you do use a threat, be prepared to carry it
out.
Nip behavior problems in the bud. Intervene quickly when students are behaving
inappropriately.
Whenever possible, reprimand a student one-on-one instead of across the room, in
front of the whole class.
Don't permit students to be inattentive to an educationally useful media
presentation.
Use appropriate punishment for classroom misbehavior.
About the Author
Karen Zauber taught elementary school in Oxon Hill, Maryland, and Denver, Colorado.
She has worked for the National Education Association for 12 years.
Copyright © 2003 National Education Association
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