Classroom management is a huge concern for most beginning teachers. Building relationships, pacing, and planning are your keys to having a well-run and safe classroom!
Self-Reflection Always look back on your own teaching. The actions your students choose to do in rehearsal are often a reflection of your own lack of planning. If your lessons are paced too slowly students will get off track. If you are patronizing or punitive the students will stop listening to you. Teenagers want routines and clear expectations but they also value novelty and humor. Above all else they want feedback and to see regular progress. Consider the formality of your rehearsals and make sure students are engaging with the repertoire and having fun. If they are not, turn the mirror on yourself and make choices that will change things around. Your strategies and philosophies may differ from your mentors and cooperating teachers. You will have to blend your personality and discipline philosophies and identify what will work for you. My philosophy is that I am ALWAYS the advocate for the students who are doing the right thing. If I let little behaviors slide (such as chewing gum, talking out of turn, or being disrespectful), I am saying that those behaviors are acceptable. Procedures Here's an old document I created during my first years of teaching. I didn't necessarily share this with students each year, and honestly many of these procedures or expectations have changed since I created the document. But I made lists of every procedure I felt would help my classroom be safe and efficient. I then made sure to creatively and purposefully teach these to students and hold them to it. When I'm clear about expectations there can be no "wiggle room." Above all else this document served as a way for me to determine the "line" of what I would and would not accept in my classroom. I highly encourage new teachers to create a document (or copy mine) and think through how you would handle each of the scenarios. Be 100% consistent with procedures - don't "let things slide" because students will listen! Brainstorming your Classroom Management Philosophies:
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