Literature Review On Classroom Management

I will be an effective teacher while providing a least restrictive environment (LRE) for my students. I will be supportive and open-minded to my students’ cultural backgrounds, while modifying individual accommodations appropriate for the students’ goals and academic achievements. Every student will receive an equal opportunity and be motivated to progress as an individual and a team member.

Above are pictures of Mrs. Pollard’s classroom at Hartwood Elementary School. The atmosphere of the room is extremely bright and learning-oriented. The lighting is bright and there are posters around the room that are colorful. The picture on the left shows the set-up of the entire room and the picture on the right shows the front of the room from the perspective of the students. If anything is difficult to see in the pictures, Mrs. Pollard has Orff instruments set up on the side, a piano in the front, and two desks in the back; which leaves a space in the middle of the room for students. She also has posters of instruments, recorder fingerings, and solfège around the room.

As I began the field of education, I had a firm grasp of what to do and what not to do. The firm grasp I had an idea of was not anything compared to actually being in the field. My ideas of being stern and meticulous went out the window when it came to middle and elementary students. High school I could use some more stern tactics but grades K-8 proved to be more of a grey area to be worked on. I began working harder to make sure that everyone was achieving the same level of teaching. Students from ESL, those with IEPS, and the usual crowd made things very different in terms of instruction and how it should be handled. I had students in my first placement that did not have the ability to speak clear English but was able to write it. I also

Teachers are responsible for creating a learning environment that allows students to feel safe, welcomed and supportive. A classroom culture is fostered by the teacher who establishes the rules. In a diverse classroom setting, it is important to set boundaries and rules. Clear expectations should be set from the first day of school and constantly be reinforced throughout the year. The classroom rule should be visually displayed for students. Teachers need to take social and emotional factors of students into consideration when it comes to behavioural classroom management.

Carrie Rothstein wrote the book and it mainly entails issues and treasured ideas to do with managing classrooms. It takes into the deep study the new of thinking about classroom management by advocating that teachers should learn to intermarry cultures with class instruction and more so have the diverse cultures in their mind while carrying out the so-called class management and arrangement. It states that the studying is much affected by culture hence teachers should equip themselves with the various cultures of the students they teach even if not necessarily learning all the dos and don'ts of a given culture. The books urged teachers to learn about the different ways in which culture affects the beliefs about schooling and education in general

Education has always been an important tool that everyone seeks to better their lives in the future. Many see positive effects of schooling, one of which, students become more educated than they previously were. Education has an environment where students are encouraged to be tutored, socially interactive, and express extracurricular activities. Though many schools do have these aspects, these are not the only things that make up schools. One of which that many forget that crucially affect students is the class environment.

She insisted that being very organized is key to having a good classroom experience. She also mentioned to make sure to remain emotionally stable during class time, because the students feed on how their teachers feel, and will react to it. –“So to have a good day, show up happy, leave your personal worries at home because they will take the opportunity to push your buttons.”

For a classroom to function smoothly, a teacher must have control over his or her students. While teachers have very little control over monetary allocations, what they do have total control over is their time with their students. To make sure that the time they spend with their students is effective and conducive to their learning, they need to correctly manage their classroom. My host teacher, Margarita Zatt, is overall very thorough in her management of her classroom in a multitude of ways.

Classroom management is the process by which teachers and schools create and maintain appropriate behavior of students in classroom settings. When classroom-management strategies are executed effectively, teachers minimize the behaviors that impede learning for both individual students and groups of students, while maximizing the behaviors that facilitate or enhance learning. Classroom management is really hard and there are many theorists that talk about it and each is different from the other where each theorist has his/her own ideas and thoughts. Some of them are mentioned below.

Sayeski, K. L., & Brown, M. R. (2014). Developing a classroom management plan using a tiered approach. Teaching Exceptional Children, 47(2), 119-127.

It influences how I understand by staying quiet while the teacher is teaching and by listening to what the teacher is teaching. I don't have to change my behavior towards the school because I already listen carefully to the teacher and I make sure I hear every last word that comes out of my teachers mouth so that I could be ready to start working on whatever the teacher has taught us. By doing that I shall not disrespect the teacher and I shall not act or pretend that I can do whatever I want while I am in school. My behavior in and during school is good because I always follow instructions when given to me. I make sure that right before I enter the school campus I get my brain to stop thinking about anything else but the work I am about to

Classroom discipline refers to the efforts of a teacher to help students learn to conduct themselves in a responsible manner (Charles, 2011).

Classroom management is a term used by teachers to describe the process of ensuring that classroom lessons run smoothly despite disruptive behavior by students. It also implies the prevention of disruptive behavior. It is one of the most difficult tasks or aspect of teaching for many teachers. This single skill has heavily contributed to teacher stress and burnout (Gordon, 2002, Jepson & Forrest, 2006), overall teacher efficacy(Caprarait al., 2003; Edwards it al., 2002), students achievement and teacher performance in the classroom (Edwards it al.,2002; Milner, 2002; Pavlov, 2007), and has commonly been a major concern of principals regarding new teachers (Principal Perspective, 2004; Williams). Classroom management plays a big role in a student 's classroom achievement because it is an essential part of the teaching and learning process. It refers to the methods, strategies that the teachers use to maintain a classroom environment that results in student learning success. Classroom management is also a process of organizing a conducive environment for the students, student’s engagement, and involvement and classroom

" I want teachers to learn that they have to take charge, explain their expectations, be positive with students, and consistently employ both positive reinforcement and negative consequences. These are the skills that form the basis of Assertive Discipline and of any effective program of classroom management" (Canter, n.d.).

Classroom management aims at establishing student self-control through a process of promoting positive student achievement and behavior. Thus, academic achievement, teacher efficacy, and teacher and student behavior are directly linked with the concept of classroom management.