Establishing an Effective Discipline Plan

Classroom Management and atmosphere in primary classes

Raxmatov Alisher

Classroom Management vs. Discipline

Effective teachers manage their classrooms.

Ineffective teachers discipline their classrooms.

Discipline

• Punishment
• Control gained by obedience
• To impose order upon another

Classroom Management

• Refers to the steps teachers take to:
• organize their classroom for optimal learning
• engage student learning
• minimize disruptive behaviors
• encourage positive behavior

Classroom Management

• How to create effective classroom management
• Build a positive relationship
• Respect students
• Keep students involved
• Present engaging lessons
• Manage your transitions
• Acknowledge student success
• Arrangement of the room

Results of Positive Classroom Management

• Foster student involvement and cooperation in all classroom activities
• Establish a productive working environment
• More Teaching/Learning Time
• Relationship Building
• Preparation for Workforce
• Safety

Discussion:

• Without including names
• Discuss teachers
• Exhibited positive and negative classroom management skills
• Please support your opinion with facts

Classroom Management Styles

• Authoritarian
• Regulations and consequences for everything
• Seeks control of behaviors
• Teachers exert their power
• May result in lower student self esteem, creativity, and provoke hostility
• Permissive
• There are some rules, but little follow through
• There are few expectations
• The teacher tends to be inconsistent
• Anything goes!
• Students often lack respect for the teacher
• Authoritative
• High expectations of students
• It is clear what is and is not acceptable
• There is follow through with consequences when students do not follow through with expectations
• Teachers are firm but friendly

Which management style do you think you will have?

Discussion Questions:

• Do you play a sport?
• Have you ever played Monopoly or Clue?
• Do you have your driver's license?
• Are there rules for these activities?
• What if there were no rules?
• What would happen if there were no rules?