Plan That Put You in Control of Your Classroom:

Perspective of Beginning Teacher

First-Day-Of-School
School Checklist Opening Day

Become familiar with the building. Greet students at the door - smile.

• Have name tags/ name tents and markers • Assign temporary seats
available.

Write your name on the chalkboard. Learn students' names

• Double check the day's class and school • Establish rules.

schedule. (recess, lunch, class changes.

Know the school rules and policies. Begin training routines and procedures

• Arrange desk in desire pattern. • Be an early bird.

Have "sponge" activites available Expect the unexpected.

Strategies to overcome disruptive classroom

classroom:
Limit-setting approaches

Body Language Rules Enforcing the limit

Teaching the rules - describe Monitor - must stand where

Eye contact - even if student
doesn't return eye contact,
your gaze communicates that
you have noted the bahaviour
and disapprove it.,
Physical proximity - if one or
two students are being
disruptive, step in close
without necesarily saying
anything.
Tone of voice - avoid sarcasm,
abuse and intimidation but
convey firmness.
and explain rules, also check you can see most of the
understanding. students easily and listen to
what you cannot see.
Violation of rules - apply time-
out which student have to be
segregated for a duration or Terminate instruction -
detention. disruptive behaviour
entertains students. stop
teaching immediately and
begin following steps:
1. Face and name the disruptive
student squarely and gain eye
contact.
2. Move in - if the ringleader doesn't
response to you move to her desk
and count two slow breaths.
3. Prompt - lean one palm on
student's desk and tell them what to
do.
4.Camp out in front - if ignorance
continue. Move around behind to
place yourself in between the two
students.
 Plan That Put You in Control of Your Classroom:
Perspective of Beginning Teacher

30 hot tips of managing classroom behaviors:

1. Invest in relationship building, nurturing in your “psychological bank account”
2. Expect some students to test you. React immediately, accordingly, and calmly. Don’t over react.
3. Preserve your classroom momentum at all costs, means students on task, lesson run smoothly.
4. Deliver interesting lesson because dull lesson invites misbehaving.
5. Be sure your rules and expectations are clear.
6. Enforce your rules but not having too many rules.
7. Keep your eyes moving. Eye contact is your most powerful tool.
8. Continually monitor what is happening in the classroom.
9. Practice principle of escalation. If initial strategy doesn’t work move to a more potent strategy.
10. Use power of silence but don’t get into power struggle.
11. Don’t overreact. Nagging will only alienate the student.
12. Develop selective hearing. Student may bait you into a confrontation. Buy time to be in control.
13. Divide and conquer. Rearrange seating to separate the offenders. Do it subtly.
14. Never argue with student in front of the class.
15. Avoid causing student to lose face in front of peers.
16. Quiet reprimands are much more effective than loud ones. Your tonality cues must be congruent.
17. Discuss the behavior, not the student. Remain firm yet compassionate.
18. Understand school’s behavior codes and procedures. This is a tool you can use.
19. Explain routines: attendance, procedures of homework, distributing/collecting materials, leaving
classroom, and so on.
20. Be cautious of touching students. This may be provocative leading to violent behavior.
21. Avoid branding a student a failure because of one mistake.
22. Be aware of students’ occasional concealment. Moving about the classroom discourages those
actions.
23. Avoid punishing whole class for one student’s mistake.
24. Provide students opportunity to earn spotlight through appropriate behavior.
25. Always have couple of “sponge” activities when the unexpected happens.
26. Don’t be too quick to send student to principal office. This shows you lack of management skill.
27. Don’t send student out into hallway as a punishment. Many students find it exciting.
28. Student with serious problems must be dealt privately but push for plan of correction.
29. Consult other professional if you feel overwhelmed by student misbehavior.
30. Constantly check other resources to strengthen your classroom skills.