Submitted by Andrea (not verified) on September 27, 2007 - 19:05.
I feel that in order to reduce the time spent on classroom management, we as teachers must be willing to go the extra mile. Unfortunately, in the district that I live in, there is little support from administration and even less from the county office. If there is a problem in my classroom, I believe that is my duty to correct my students because I am the only one that intimidates them. I am the person that is on a regular communication basis with their parents or guardians and I am the one that they have to be with all day long for five days a week.
I teach at a Pre-K through 5 Elementary School. This year, our administration has mandated the CHAMPs Plan (Sprick, Garrison, and Howard, 1998). It is a proactive and positive approach to classroom management. Instead of focusing on the negative or children who make bad choices, we focus on the positive or good choices that students make. I also have procedures in my classroom rather than rules and I have more rewards rather than consequences.
Because we have instilled this approach into our school, my Principal has informed us that the amount of referrals to the office has been drastically reduced. It is very hard to remain positive for the majority of the time and I was very skeptical at first, but I really see a difference in the atmosphere at my school.
Sprick, R., Garrison, M., & Howard, L. (1998). CHAMPs A proactive and positive approach to classroom management. Eugene, OR. Pacific Northwest.
Classroom Management
Submitted by Andrea (not verified) on September 27, 2007 - 19:05.
I feel that in order to reduce the time spent on classroom management, we as teachers must be willing to go the extra mile. Unfortunately, in the district that I live in, there is little support from administration and even less from the county office. If there is a problem in my classroom, I believe that is my duty to correct my students because I am the only one that intimidates them. I am the person that is on a regular communication basis with their parents or guardians and I am the one that they have to be with all day long for five days a week.
I teach at a Pre-K through 5 Elementary School. This year, our administration has mandated the CHAMPs Plan (Sprick, Garrison, and Howard, 1998). It is a proactive and positive approach to classroom management. Instead of focusing on the negative or children who make bad choices, we focus on the positive or good choices that students make. I also have procedures in my classroom rather than rules and I have more rewards rather than consequences.
Because we have instilled this approach into our school, my Principal has informed us that the amount of referrals to the office has been drastically reduced. It is very hard to remain positive for the majority of the time and I was very skeptical at first, but I really see a difference in the atmosphere at my school.
Sprick, R., Garrison, M., & Howard, L. (1998). CHAMPs A proactive and positive approach to classroom management. Eugene, OR. Pacific Northwest.