Classroom Management Plan



Classroom Management Plan

Discipline Plan

List Your Rules

• Treat your fellow students with respect

• No Fighting

• No Weapons

• No Drugs

Explain Your Reasons for Each Rule

• These rules are rules that would be in any school districts handbook, well hopefully. I included ‘treat others with respect’ because I feel that this is required to have a positive learning environment.

• The reason I don’t really have others is that most of those I would consider to be procedures and not rules. I don’t want to have to impose consequences, at least not severe, obvert consequences, if a student forgets to raise a hand to speak.

Describe How You Will Present Your Rules to the Class

• Since these are pretty immutable rules I would simply show the students the rules at the front of the class. I will have a student read each rule and I will give an example of each along with their consequences.

• I will ask if there are any questions.

• Then I will pick students to give me examples and consequences of each one.

• I will place the classroom rules on the wall in a prominent location.

List and Explain Your Consequence Hierarchy

• For the fighting, weapons, and drugs rules I will follow the school’s policy. I imagine this would range from ISS to expulsion.

• For the ‘respect’ rule I will start with a verbal warning while explaining what they did was wrong, violated the classroom rules, and explain why it was wrong. I will follow with a second verbal warning noting that the next consequence will not be a verbal warning. The third consequence will be a loss of privilege. After that will be a referral to the AP. Each new day would reduce the consequence level for where a student is at.

What Class Incentives Will You Incorporate? How?

• If the students do well on a test or they have behaved well for an extended period then I might give them 30 minutes of fun time where they can read books, draw and color, or play some of the math and problems solving games that I will have in the classroom.

• If the students do well on a test or they have behaved well for an extended period then we might play ‘math baseball’. The students divide into two teams and the usual baseball rules applying except a few special ones. Students blindly pick a math problem to work as an ‘at bat’. If they answer the question correctly then they blindly pick from a second hat. This hat will tell what happens, i.e. base hit, double, triple, homerun, or out. The team with the most points at the end of the game will win a prize.

What Individual Incentives Will You Incorporate? How?

• First the best behaved student in the class will receive a weekly prize, probably a small bit of candy (provided it is school policy acceptable.)

• Smiley faces and stickers would be nice on class work and test when a student performs well.

• If a student has done well on a test and I will need to review for the other students then that student can read, go to the library, work on homework from other classes, or work on a math and problem solving games located in the classroom.

• For students that behave well or do well on test I will send periodic postcards home to the parents describing how well the students have behaved.

How Will You Motivate “Difficult” Students?

• Show them that I care about their success.

• Make sure that I get to know them as a person.

• Reinforce that their choices result in consequences and therefore they have the power to change their situation.

• Set up a special reward system for acceptable behavior/progress. This will be diminished over time, the student can’t expect a treat every time they behave well.

When and How Will You Involve Parents, Counselors, Other Teachers and Administrators in the Discipline Process?

• I think I would only consult with other teacher if I wanted to find out whether a student is a discipline problem solely in my class or in all classes. I don’t really see a need to discuss with other teachers past that except maybe to ask for suggestions.

• If a student violates a school rule or violates the ‘respect’ classroom rule for the fourth time then I would involve the counselor and administration.

• If a student violates a school rule then I would expect the administration to contact the parents.

• If a student violates the classroom ‘respect’ rule three times and loses privileges then I would also contact the parent. First I would try email, if no response then I would try with a phone call for at least three tries, followed by letter home. Every attempt to contact will be logged and I will only use the school’s phones. Irate or drunk parents do not need my home or cell phone number.

Reflection on Classroom Management Plan

How has This Assignment Prepared You for the Classroom

• I gives at least a frame work to work with. I don’t expect to follow everything exactly as I have written them since I developed these guidelines in a ‘academic vacuum’ and without any real world experience. But at least I’m not going in cold.

What Parts Might You Change?

• Depending on the age group that I’m working with then everything stands a chance of changing.

• As I get more real world experience then once again, everything stands a chance of changing.

What Else Do You Feel You Need to Add to This Plan?

• The input of the teachers and administrators from the school where I will be teaching.

• Maybe even an emergency plan.

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