Classroom Management

Sign-in and Session Starter

Have teachers tell about students whom they helped to gain the self control and confidence needed to become more successful people.

Building Community and Classroom Management

• http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/ditpnts.htm
• http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/almost.htm
• http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/cfc.htm

"How might the author's perspective in this article change or not change personal classroom-management decisions?"

"Is there validity in the author's perspective?"

Classroom-Management Strategies

• Behavior Management: Constructive individual actions that support and contribute to the classroom community rather than distract or disrupt processes, procdures or learning that occurs in the community.
• Instructional Management: decisions, processes, procedures and strategies teachers employ when implementing a learning experience, such as meeting diverse learner needs
• Time Management: the ability to plan how goals and deadlines will be met for long-term projects
• Resource and Materials Management: Consideration of the logistics for student acces to resources and materials
• Equipment Management: addressing safety, storage, physical movement and maintenance issues related to technology.

What issues should be resolved with students and which ones should not.

Developing ways to involve students with issues they need to be involved with. Classrooom-Management Strategies

eMINTS Community

• Accessing the Participant files online
• Planning for school year with dates and times
• List of training topics and any variations we wish

Internet Safety

• Netsmarts http://www.netsmartz.org/resources/reallife.htm
• National Center for Missing Children http://www.missingkids.com/adcouncil/stories.html
• Turn to page five and take the quiz http://www.nationalcac.org/families/for_teens/blogbeware.pdf