Classroom Organization and Management

Classroom Organization and Management

60 Pointsper Certificate

7/12

5-404-001

General Objective

The purpose of this component is to provide opportunities for participants to improve their skills in classroom organization and management techniques. To provide training in organizing and arranging a classroom for maximum student learning; to provide training in the use of research-based methods for reducing or eliminating emergent, low-level, inappropriate student behavior; and analyzing preferred classroom management style and its effect on student learning. Upon successful completion of the component, participants will be able to implement effective classroom and behavior management techniques to improve student involvement and learning gains.

Specific Objectives

Upon completion of this component, participants will be able to:

1. Demonstrate successful classroom organization techniques including, but not limited to the following:

a. Effective furniture arrangements designed for optimal traffic flow.

b. Effective placement of materials, supplies, and equipment.

c. Establishment of routing procedures for effective use of time.

d. Use of effective record keeping methods.

e. Increase productivity through listening

f. Apply strategies for innovation, change, and managing

g. Effective furniture arrangements designed for optimal student learning.

h. Effective use of color in the classroom

i. Effective use of music during learning activities.

j. Effective use of lighting in the classroom.

k. Maintaining the proper center of focus for the classroom.

2. Demonstrate an awareness of successful classroom management techniques to including, but not limited to the following:

a. Effective scheduling of activities in and out of the classroom.

b. Effective techniques for delegating responsibilities to students.

c. Effective means of providing enrichment/remedial activities for students.

d. Providing a comfortable and attractive learning environment.

e. Organize a persuasive presentation

f. Use of effective presentations

g. Teaching the expected behavior for the classroom.

h. Modeling proper behavior for students (“I do, you do, we do”)

i. Effective use of diffusers.

j. Identifying preferred classroom management style.

k. Proper use of behavioral absolutes.

l. Dealing with low-level, emergent bad behavior with refocus.

Description of Activities

Activities held under this component will be designed to accomplish the specific objectives stated above. They may include, but will not be limited to, such things as lectures, workshops, demonstrations, visitations to other classrooms, professional conferences, and independent study projects.

Evaluation of Participants

Evaluation of the specific objectives will be determined by the activity leader or designee through analysis of student performance data affected by training activities, portfolios maintained by the training participant, documented observation by administrators, rubrics developed for special area curriculum, teacher-provided test results/grade books, or curriculum alignment data.

Evaluation of Activity

An online evaluation for this activity will be conducted through the Santa Rosa Professional Growth System.