Presentación Educación Superior

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENTIN THE WORLD LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

PRESENTER: KRISTIN ARCHAMBAULT

REACTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

PROACTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

proactive vs reactiveclassroom management

• Refers to the ways in which teachers respond to student misbehavior.
• Can include rewards for positive behavior or consequences for negative behavior.
• Involves responding quickly to misbehavior after it occurs.

• Manages student behavior by anticipating issues and using strategies that prevent disruptive behavior before it occurs.
• Aims to create an environment that supports and facilitates both academic and social-emotional learning.

DON'T: Try to be everyone's friend. Only foster teacher-student relationships. Ask students about themselves without incorporating that information into instruction.

POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS

DO: Greet studentsat the door (password, personal greeting). Get to know your students (Card talks, student interviews). Let your students get to know you (Teacher interviews). Learn names and their correct pronunciation (and pronouns). Send good news home. Attend school events. Seat, pair and group students intentionally.

PROACTIVE STRATEGY #1

DON'T: Post lots of rules. Phrase norms negatively. Get frustrated with students for not giving you what you expect.

CLARITY OF EXPECTATIONS

DO: Establish shared norms (class constitutions) and refer to them often. Give students explicit instructions (in writing if possible). Do comprehension checks to ensure directions are understood (in target language). Post a daily agenda in TL. Discuss language proficiency targets with students. Share a transparent, equitable grading policy.

PROACTIVE STRATEGY #2

DON'T: Try to teach everything all at once. Be afraid of changing a routine if it's too complicated or inconvenient.

ROUTINES AND CLASSROOM STRUCTURES

DO: Assign seats Introduce and practice your most important class routines. Set instructional routines. Provide positive attention to students Provide visual prompts of the classroom routines

PROACTIVE STRATEGY #3

DON'T: Feel that you always need to reference pop culture. Be afraid to make unilateral decisions when needed.

ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER STUDENT MOTIVATION

DO: Give students opportunities for choice and shared decision-making. Allow students to prove mastery in different ways. Provide frequent, positive feedback. Relate class topics to the outside world Differenciate as needed (Scaffolded levels, grouping) Modify activities for slower and foster processors.

PROACTIVE STRATEGY #4

what to focus on first:

• Give students opportunities.
• Provide positive feedback.
• Modify activities.

ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER STUDENT MOTIVATION

• Establish class norms.
• Share grading policy.

CLARITY OF EXPECTATIONS

• Assign seats.
• Introduce and practice your most important class routines.

ROUTINES AND STRUCTURES

• Stand at the door and greet students as they enter.
• Tell students a bit about yourself.
• Learn names and their correct pronunciations (and pronouns).

POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS

- Harry Wong. The First Days of School.

The uninformed novice teacher thinks that starting with a fun activity forms a positive impression ... [but research shows that]... those teachers who started with a fun activity spent the rest of the school year chasing after the students. Whereas, those teachers who spent some time during the first couple of days organizing the class so that everyone knew how the class was structured amd managed had far fewer discipline problems and had students who were involved with learning.

- Kristin Archambault

It's never too late (or too early) for a classroom management reset. It is perfectly acceptable to start with a clean slate if your current classroom management setup is not working for you.