Classroom Management Strategies for Effective Instruction

Classroom Management Strategies for Effective Instruction

• Keith Lakes, Behavior Consultant
• Lisa Smith, Instruction/Behavior Consultant
• Upper Cumberland Special Education Co-operative
• October 2002

Today’s Agenda

• Welcome and Opening Activities
• The Characteristics of an Effective Teacher
• Effective Behavior Management Strategies
• Organizing and Managing the Learning Environment
• Designing Lessons to Enhance Student Learning
• Closing Activities
• Lunch is on your own
• Breaks will be taken as needed

Let’s Get Acquainted…

• Scavenger Hunt Activity

Goals and Objectives…

• To identify the characteristics of effective teachers
• To understand why children misbehave and identify effective strategies for dealing with student misbehavior
• To identify techniques for organizing and managing effective learning environments
• To identify characteristics of effective lesson planning
• To identify resources and materials dealing with positive and effective classroom management

Presentation Techniques (Utilizing the Principles of Adult Learning Theory)

• Discussion
• Small and large group activities
• Cooperative learning strategies (i.e., jigsaw, think-pair-share)
• Self-Reflection
• Question and answer sessions
• Active Learning Strategies (i.e., role play, scenarios, simulations)
• others

Classroom management is…

• …all of the things that a teacher does to organize students, space, time and materials so that instruction in content and student learning can take place.
• Two major goals…
• To foster student involvement and cooperation in all classroom activities
• To establish a productive working environment.
• -First Days of School, Wong

• Describe a
• well-managed
• classroom