Classroom Management Plan

Tito Campos Jr

Classroom Management Plan

Tito Campos Jr
Fall 2014

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Preamble

I believe that the best way that students learn is by playing. If you can integrate playing
into their learning, they learn more this way because they have their body in motion, to them
it's a game to what they will be doing when they will be actually be learning a lesson. I have
asked kids what's the best part of the day, the answer is usually playing outside or with friends.
It does take time to figure out a lesson plan that will go in hand with what is tied to the core
curriculum, but when you find a lesson and something that is amusing and playful to the
students, then you get engagement from the students.
Another way I think students will work better as they play is also using manipulative.
Anything that has to do using an object and having the use this object in their hands gives them
the control to steer the lesson. I have seen many students learn this way from a simple item as
a whiteboard and a marker and they can visually see what they need to see to understand what
I may be asking them.

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Preventive techniques
With my classroom my students will learn the classroom is made for them and the
classroom is and will be a safe environment for the student to be in. In the classroom students
will get to know everybody and become friends with everyone so that way no one is left out
when it comes to playing with a fellow peer or when it comes to doing homework or projects.

My goal for my students is to make them feel like family within our school and in hopes
the students don't become enemies or carry hate with each other. As a family does when it
comes to having some good and bad days, the students will have those days and will solve their
own problem with each other rather than having them come distant with each other.

Class jobs in the classroom will be rotated monthly so that each student gets a chance to
do a different job each month. The reason I will have class jobs in the classroom is so that the
student will see that there is a real world connections by having them work and earn class
money for our class store. Just like a real job a student can get fired by not doing their jobs as
they should be and will have to earn and show that they want their job back.

Each morning the class will start off with a morning message on our board and will have
a message and will vary what it will say; a greeting, team building activity rules (part of building
the classroom into a safe environment and a fun cooperative way students get to know each
other), correcting my writing that I have written incorrectly and math problems I see that
students are struggling with will be on the message board.

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Classroom Rules
As a classroom students will get to set the rules the entire class has to follow and these will
be rules the class will get to agree on. The rules will be posted somewhere in the classroom
where everyone will be able to see and the rules I will have that are a must are:

Respect others
Follow Directions
Take care of our classroom and school
Keep hands and feet to yourself
Dont say something you wouldnt want someone to say to you

Students will sign this contract saying that they agree to the classroom rules by putting a
colored thumbprint on a sheet of paper with a tree on it and will decorate the tree by making
look like their thumbprints are leaves and be displayed next to the rules.

Good behaviors caught in the classroom will be rewarded by a variety of ways. Things I
have picked up in my teaching and see it as a useful tool with the students are:

Behavior Charts
Class Marbles
Class Dollar
Positive Phone Calls to parents

Behavior charts will work like a clip chart. They will all start in the middle, which is
where they should be, but if they want to do better they can preform better and set example
for the classroom to see and this can be demonstrated by students being honest, being
respectful to others, being a friend to someone who needs someone to talk to, be caring and
many variety of ways that can be seen as positive. Just like it can go up, the chart can go down

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and it can move down by students misbehaving in class, disrupting class, isnt being respectful
to others, stealing and anything that you would think is not a positive role model.

Class marbles will be a class effort and everyone will work together to earn this reward.
As a class they must demonstrate they everyone is following directions, everyone is doing what
they should be doing like homework, staying on task and no one disrupting the classroom. Each
time they work as a class they earn marbles and the students have to work up to a goal of an
amount of marbles they will need to reach and once it is reach they will vote which of the
mystery cards they pick and each card will be different and can range from extra time at recess,
movie time, computer time, etc.

Class dollars is the money the students will be earning in the classroom. They can
earn a variety of Dollars ranging from $1-$10 and will use this money in the class store. The
item in the store will be a variety of toys, puzzles, anything I see that the students need for in
class use, outside time or something they can take home. There will be major item that will
range to actual expensive prizes like DVDs, Blu Rays, Pokmon Cards, gift cards, but will be
limited. The class store will be open every Monday and will be run by a student so they can
learn how to subtract money.

On special occasions with our behavior chart, when students reach to the top on the
positive side of the chart, the student will receive award card letting them know that they did
outstanding and will also have me call their parent or guardian letting them know that their
student has excellent and is an outstanding student.

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Classroom Arrangement

Tables are a must in the classroom and I will not have individual seats for each students.
Students need to work with other students because this is how students learn best and depend
on one another to excel in their learning and just because its in their nature to socialize with
other peers. Students will be in the center of the classroom, my desk will be at the side of the
classroom, variety of books for the students on shelves, computers at the back of the
classroom, carpet area where we will have class meeting or a place I will have my students
transitions to.

Class Jobs
The classroom will have a variety of job for the students to complete to teach them
about responsibility. During these jobs students will receive class dollars so that they can use in
the class store. The students will get paid at the end of the week for doing their job, but also if
students dont do their job they will get fired from their job and wont get paid. The jobs that I
will have for the students are:
Line Leader
Caboose
Gardener
Substitute (fills in for missing student)
Cubby Helper (puts in homework in students cubbies)
Center Helper (rotates centers)
Messenger
Lunch Table Washers
Door Holders
(Any other jobs that come by will get accommodated for into the class jobs)

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Supportive Techniques

Students will be encouraged to participate with the class learning. They will know that
when questions are asked that either right or wrong answers will be accepted and that their
response will be credited. The classroom will be a safe place for them to make them feel like
they can be themselves without hiding who they really are and can be expressive in the
classroom.

Keeping pace around as the teacher in the classroom is important so there is a change
for the student at what direction to look and dont keep looking at the same spot in the front of
the classroom. If I have to stop student from talking with another classmate, I will walk in the
area the students are in and simply stand in front of them until they stop talking and get back to
the task at hand. If students interrupt the classroom or disrupt me during my lesson I will stand
somewhere were they can all see me and cross my arms and stay there in silent and give the
teacher glare to the student who is disrupting the class or me.

Keeping time in the class is important and important to keep on task and follow the
schedule. The class schedule will be written at the front of the classroom and will indicate what
subjects will be taught at each time in the day. A timer on my iPad will also work as a reminder
for me that I need to move along with the next topic of teaching in the class.

Keeping on task is important to me because I have to keep with the schedule, I cant fall
behind or at some point it will through off my schedule as the school year goes.

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Intervention Techniques

As part of the preventive technique, I want my students to treat each other with respect
and as if everyone one of us were family, but if a student decides not to go that route and
needs that intervention part they will have one on one time with me and discuss with me what
the issue is and how it can be resolved. I can easily fix any situation or problem the student has
done, but I would rather have the student problem solve the situation themselves so that later
on they dont depend help on the adult and can work it out themselves. I will ask questions as
to what the problem was, how can you make things right, why did you do that, whats a better
way to handle it and anything to get the student to do any self talk.

If it gets out of hand their will be a teachers choice where the student will miss out
from any activates and think about what they have done. If it gets to the point where the
student doesnt comply, phone call(s) to the parent or guardian will be made and will be
addressed to what the student has been doing. A student log of bad behavior will be kept for
records as well with a call log that has been made to the parent/ guardian.

In worst case scenario, the student will be sent down the principle if the student is out
of control or has done something serious like stealing, physically hurt someone, anything crime
related, but I view sending the student to the principle office as a last resort, because I would
like to handle and deal with the situation myself before sending the student to the principle.

I have worked with a student that has required a contract, it is hard a time because the
student still continued with his inappropriate behavior, but with students we shouldnt give up
on them and hope that they can see we are feeling to help them out to improve themselves
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and stop the behavior. The road to success is the contract used where students have to score a
certain score throughout the day. If the student meets or exceeds beyond the required score
the student receives a prize for the work her put on working on their goal, if the student gets
below the benchmark the note goes home with the parent and looks at the score with the
student.

Procedures
One of the most important thing I believe is getting procedures done because this is
what the students will be doing throughout the year and you need to role model everything to
the teeth and as detailed as possible when explaining to them what they will be doing.

Homework
Homework will be given each day at the end of the day or days that homework is
assigned. I will let students know when homework is due and that some of the homework can
be done with parents/ guardians if they are having trouble. They will place homework in a
folder at the end of class and will bring it back the next day with their homework completed.
The folder will also take anything that needs to go home and stays home. There will be two
sides on the folder and will be marked for what item goes in each pocket.

Bathroom
Students will be allowed to the bathroom and I will have two passes in the classroom.
One pass will be for boys and the other for the girls; only one gender at a time may go to the
bathroom. They are not aloud to go during my lessons, but when it comes to centers and small
groups, they can go without asking me.

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Assigned Seats
Students will have their seats assigned before the first day and will sit there. I will
rearrange seating charts once a month so they sit somewhere new. The way I will announce it
will be while I take role and once I say your name and they tell me they are here they will sit
down on their spot and on the other months they will do the same thing without complaining
or questioning (Charles, 2014).

Line up
The student who will be in front will be the line leader and at the end of the line will be
the caboose. The students will wait in line quietly and leave the classroom quietly. They will be
told running is not aloud, talking loud and wondering in the hallways isnt allowed. Everyone
stays together so we can get quickly to our destination (Charles, 2014).

Lunch
Students will get in line and have lunch bags if they brought food from home and if
students already paid for school lunch will wait in line. I will lead the class to the lunchroom
and the first day we will practice punching in the school pin for those that paid for school lunch.
They will talk with low voices, will clean their area, put any trash in the garbage bin after they
are done eating and line up back to go back into the classroom.
Substitute teacher
On days that I am gone I will have sub plans ready to go and leave detailed plans on
what the substitute will do. The students will be told to show the substitute respect and follow
directions given to them, be helpful if possible and telling him/ her where things are, follow the
same rules as if the substitute was me (Charles, 2014).
End of the day
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Students will get their folders ready and place their homework inside the folder to take
home, anything else that needs to go home will be placed on the side of the folder that is
labeled take home. Once the student has shown me they put where the items belong in their
folder, they will be told to get their backpacks, clean their desk, line up and follow the same
procedure when lining up, leave only when dismissed and tell their family members about their
day (Charles, 2014).
There are many procedures to list on here, but if something does come up the students
will have a demonstration on how it should look and what is expected of the students and
when it comes to procedures, especially in the younger grades, it will need to be repeated and
repeated the first week of school.

Communications with Parents/ Guardians

The first week of school will be the week I will ask parents to send me any way I can
communicate with them, either it be by phone calls, emails, news letters, text anything and any
way I can get a hold of them, I want to know. If any communications is made with parents I will
keep a log on ways I have tried communicating with that parent/ guardian. The parents will
also have that access as well to communicate with me if they have questions or concerns about
their child.

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Works Cited
Charles, C. (2014). Building Classroom Discipline.

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