Classroom Management Plan

A classroom management plan is a set of rules designed to hold students accountable for their behavior. It is a detailed procedure in which we plan how to run class, when students take tests or what to do in emergency situations. The biggest benefit of a classroom management plan is establishing rules in a classroom. If you introduce a plan on the first day of a class, students know the type of behavior expected of them going forward. By developing and implementing a classroom management plan, teacher also give themselves guidelines to follow when students misbehave.

Universally Classroom Management Plan:

These classroom management techniques have shown to improve classroom behavior, build relationships for a better classroom and uplift the positive environment. Try to use these strategies in your classroom to make the class happier and effective.

(1)                      Model Ideal Behavior:

Make a habit of demonstrating behavior you want to see, and be sure to:

·         Use polite language

·         Maintain eye contact

·         Keep phones in your pockets

·         Let one another speak uninterrupted

·         Raise concerns about one another’s statements in a respectful manner

·         You are not allowed to criticize someone negatively.

 

(2)                      Let Students help establish guidelines:

·         Encourage all students to help you build classroom expectations

·         Make set of rules on the wish of students/ by the help of students

·         Paste these rules/ instructions in front of the class

·         No compromise on these rules

·         These instructions can prevent from many problems.

 

(3)                      Document Rules:

·         When you make your rules in written form called as document rules

·         Don’t allow pupils to forget these rules

·         Print and distribute the list of rules

·         Memorize these rules to learners as they learn their lecture

·         This document rule prevents us from conflicts/ barriers

·         It includes syllabus, classroom rules, timetable, date sheets, academic calendar.

 

(4)                      Avoid punishing a Class:

·         Try to avoid punishing the class because it can hurt your relationship with students

·         Give equal importance to all the students

·         Be neutral.

 

(5)                      Encourage initiative:

·         Promote growth mindset

·         Inject variety into your lessons

·         Allow students to work ahead and present short presentation

·         Respect the ideas/ statements of your students.

 

(6)                      Use non-verbal communication:

Communicate your words with actions and visual aids to improve content delivery, helping students focus and passes lessons.

 

(7)                      Hold parties:

Students need gap from study.

·         Institution should throw an occasional classroom  party to acknowledge student’s hard work

·         Motivate them by arranging informal parties

·         Even if it’s just for 20-30 minutes, they should be happy with snacks and a selection of  group games to play

·         Clarify that you are holding the party to reward them and they can earn future parties by demonstrating ideal behavior.

 

(8)                      Give tangible rewards:

·         Reward specific students at the end of each lesson

·         Reward must be given timely

·         Appreciate them in front of the class.

 

(9)                      Make positive letters and phone calls:

Make positive phone calls for the encouragement of students. Keep students happy in and out of class by pleasantly surprising their parents. Letting parents know about their kid’s progress. They will generally congratulate their kids, their kids will likely come to class eager to earn more positive feedback. Surprise student’s parents by making positive phone calls. Send complimentary letters to their homes. Try to keep in contact with parents.

 

(10)                  Build excitements for contact and lesson plan:

Try to create curiosity and excitement in your content. These could include group tasks, engaging bits of content and anything else to pique curiosity.

 

(11)                  Offer different types of free study time:

Provide a range of activities during free study time. Provide audiobooks, which can play material relevant to your lessons. Maintaining a designated quiet space for students to take notes and complete work. Allow students to work in groups while taking notes and completing work, away from quite zones. By running these sort of activities, free study time will begin to benefit diverse learners. This should contribute to overall classroom engagement.

 

(12)                  Write group contracts:    

Group contracts should be based on expectations that students have for each other, and you have for them. You can gather the class thoughts by holding a discussion. Once you have written the contract, encourage students to come up with consequences for violating expectations. It helps to run group work smoothly.

 

(13)                  Assign open ended projects

Give open ended projects to students for their involvement. By challenging students, you should notice that they’ll work and learn at their own paces, engage actively with appropriate content and demonstrate knowledge as effectively as possible.

 

(14)                  Give only two scores for informal assessments

Try to avoid standard marks on informal assessments. Give them restricted marks.