My Classroom Management Plan: My Classroom Management Plan By Chris Caputo


What is Classroom Management?: What is Classroom Management? The teacher’s role in properly managing a classroom is to: Institute a routine of procedures to create an atmosphere that engages students by offering predictability and structure. Utilize a system of rules, consequences and rewards in order to foster a safe but creative and positive learning environment.


What is Classroom Management?: What is Classroom Management? The teacher’s role in properly managing a classroom is to: Institute a routine of procedures to create an atmosphere that engages students by offering predictability and structure. Utilize a system of rules, consequences and rewards in order to foster a safe but creative and positive learning environment. Model proper behavior.


Positive Learning Environment: a Continuum: Positive Learning Environment: a Continuum Teacher centered  Student centered Freedom  Structure Self expression  Self control


Positive Learning Environment: a Continuum: Positive Learning Environment: a Continuum Teacher centered  Student centered Freedom  Structure Self expression  Self control


Management v. Discipline: Management v. Discipline to ---------------------------- Denial of reward is the most powerful punishment


My Classroom is My Domain: My Classroom is My Domain The Rules: Do not disrupt instruction. Be in your seat and ready for class before the bell rings. Respect your classmates, your teacher and yourself.


My Classroom is My Domain: My Classroom is My Domain The Rules: Listen when the teacher talks. Be in your seat and ready for class before the bell rings. Respect your classmates, your teacher and yourself.


Slide9: The Consequences: 1. Name on the board (warning) 2. First check (lines) 3. Second check (double lines) 4. Detention/Call home 5. Office referral Severity Clause: I reserve the right to skip steps: write a referral, hand out a detention or call home for any reason at any time.


Slide10: The Consequences: Verbal warning. Parent phone call. Detention Double detention Office referral Severity Clause: I reserve the right to skip steps: write a referral, hand out a detention or call home for any reason at any time.


Now the fun part…: Now the fun part… The Rewards: 1. Lots–O–Praise! 2. Number students for a weekly drawing. 3. No Homework Night. 4. Student of the Week. 5. Student of the Quarter.


Now the fun part…: Now the fun part… The Rewards: 1. Lots–O–Praise! 2. Praise phone calls 3. Games 4. Student of the Every-Two-Weeks.


Procedures: Procedures 1. Note-taking a. All students will keep a 3-ring binder with six sections entitled: “culture”, “vocab”, “grammar”, “daily work”, “homework” and “quizzes and tests”. b. Anything that is on the overhead or the board is automatically written down. If I think it’s important enough to write it myself, you had better write it. c. The first page in everyone’s notebook will be a sheet for recording their grades. d. Students will keep blank sheets of loose-leaf paper in their binders as well. e. Binders will be collected periodically for a grade. f. Each page will have the proper heading.


Slide14: 2. Headings Each page will have all of the following components in the upper right corner, in this order: a. Individual’s number b. Name c. Date d. Hour e. The notebook section into which this paper will be put


Slide15: 3. Student Files/Returning Student Work a. All tests and selected homework, quizzes and projects will be kept and placed into the individual student’s file. b. Tests will be returned to students from their files after each nine-week grading period has ended (or after each parent/teacher conference, whichever comes last). c. The tests, homework and quizzes that will be kept will be reviewed during class time, the grade recorded on the student’s score sheet, then returned. If the item is not returned, the student will receive a zero for that assignment.


Slide16: 4. When you finish early... I will create a poster to hang on the wall that indicates acceptable activities when a student finishes early. There will be a shelf of books (readers in English, children’s books in French) from which students may read. b. There will be cultural word searches and simple vocabulary crossword puzzles that students may complete for one point of extra credit each. c. Students may work on homework for another class. d. Students may sit quietly and respectfully wait for class to continue/end.


Slide17: 5. Bathroom There will never be a bathroom pass issued for any reason. Ever.


Procedures: Procedures Note-taking - good system, what about lost binders? Headings - no numbers 3. Student Files/Returning Student Work - keep student files at school 4. When you finish early... - students never finish early 5. Bathroom - 2 emergency passes per quarter


My favorite part of teaching: Parents: My favorite part of teaching: Parents Initial phone calls to each student’s parent. When a student earns a detention and/or a referral, a phone call home will be made. Positive phone calls. Parent/Teacher Conferences. French Club/French Honor Society.


My favorite part of teaching: Parents: My favorite part of teaching: Parents All good things…but add: Phone call to parents after verbal warning; get parents involved early and often Invite parents to come to class Failure notices