Classroom Management Strategies for Effective Instruction

IMPULSIVITY…

• Speaks before thinking out answers
• Cannot monitor behavior
• Impatient with repetition
• Avoids anxiety

• Provide short and specific directions
• Reflective evaluation
• Develop problem-solving
• Model expected behaviors
• Allow behavior outlets

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR…

• Refuses to do work
• Defy authority
• Intimidates other students
• Distract teaching through verbal or physical means

• Reinforce positive behavior
• Use high interest personally relevant material
• Provide short successes

Key Ideas…

Descriptors of the Ideal Classroom that Reflects Excellent Instruction in the Area of Behavior Management

• The classroom is organized in a manner that encourages order, participation, independence, and continuous learning
• There is a small number of meaningful rules
• Students understand and enforce rules
• The teacher is constantly teaching independent behavior management skills
• The teacher spends an appropriate amount of time at the beginning of the school year establishing the culture and climate for positive acceptable behavior
• Student’s demonstrating appropriate behaviors constantly receive positive reinforcement

Descriptors of the Ideal Classroom that Reflects Excellent Instruction in the Area of Behavior Management

• The teacher handles inappropriate behavior in a firm, fair, consistent, and caring manner
• The teacher’s interactions with students are positive and reinforce the importance of student success
• The teacher has several motivators that reinforce and shape student positive behaviors
• Classroom instruction is well organized, meaningful, and allows for student differences (individual and group)
• Classroom management strategies are appropriate to the environment and needs of the students