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Classroom Management. Multidimensional, simultaneous, immediate, unpredictable, public, historical. Organization. How will you organize the seating in your room? T formation Rows versus U formation Children with disabilities (e.g. hearing). How will you collect papers?
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Classroom Management Multidimensional, simultaneous, immediate, unpredictable, public, historical
Organization • How will you organize the seating in your room? • T formation • Rows versus U formation • Children with disabilities (e.g. hearing)
How will you collect papers? • How will you deal with the collection of late papers? • How will you handle the students who were absent the day before in terms of handouts and perhaps returned tests or quizzes?
How will you take roll? • How can you help students come to class with the appropriate books, etc.? • How can you guarantee to start class on time? • How can you assure a high rate of time on task (or engaged time)? • How do you make a smooth transition from one activity to another?
How can you be sure homework is complete without collecting it every day? • How can you engage all the students without putting them on the spot? • How will you deal with students who want to go to the bathroom? nurse? guidance counselor?
How will you deal with late work? • How will you enforce your rules and procedures? • How will you establish a hierarchy of consequences?
How do you avoid discipline problems? • Withitness (overlapping) • How do you demonstrate it? • Group Focus • One person writing on board • Movement Management • How do you pace an activity?
How can you stop misbehavior without involving the entire class? • Eye contact • Proximity control • One-to-one reminder of the rules • Put consequence into effect • Comment on behavior, not the person • Make the punishment fit the “crime”
Token Reinforcement • Contract Programs • Empathetic Listening • Parental contact • POST THE RULES! • MAKE THE RULES KNOWN!
Special Education Students and Discipline • Time limit on suspensions • May not be expelled • Must check IEP for details