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Classroom Management

Indera Broughton

Grand Canyon University-ECH-680

July 28, 2019

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Classroom Management

Engagement such as teacher to student, student to student, and teacher to class is the

foundation to classroom management. The engagement involves the classroom dynamics how

the teacher interacts with each student, the entire class, and how the students interact amongst

each other. The teacher creates an environment that is conducive for learning such as providing

materials based on the students’ needs and interest, proper room arrangement, and effective

classroom management strategies. In order to keep the students; engage, the teacher must have

an approach that demands the students’ attention. The teacher must speak to the students in way

they understand the expectations.

Establishing clear procedures, routines, and behavior expectations will help to provide a

safe and comfortable learning. Classroom procedures helps students to know what to do next

when they are done with their assignments, when they are able to use the restroom or

transitioning to the next activity. Procedures tells the student how the teacher wants things

should be handled in the classroom. Routines in the classroom must be consistent for the students

to easy to follow. A picture schedule can be used for younger students to help them to understand

what going to happen next. Creating clear rules to help the students understand what the

behavioral expectations in the classroom. Furthermore, children to know that there are

consequences for disobeying the rules. Thus, students learn to manage their own behaviors by

following directions.

Classroom management strategies must meet the needs of diverse students, instructional

goals, and family involvement. Diverse students such as dealing children with the children with

special needs, behavioral needs, or cognitive needs. For instance, a child that misbehaves to seek

the attention of others may need to seat closer to the teacher. In addition, give attention to the
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student when he is on-task and being good by praising their behavior. Furthermore, classroom

management helps the teacher to achieve instructional goals because the students learn how to be

on task and engage in the learning activities to meet the goals. For instance, teacher will lose

instructional time because she has to constantly stop during instruction to manage the students’

behavior. Moreover, classroom management strategies will effectively involve families to be

concern about their child development and learning. Thus, the teacher must have a clear method

communicating with families. Most importantly, the teacher creates and welcoming environment

to motivate the families to be more involve.