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 Julia Garcia Chapter 14  Developing Your Personal Classroom Management Philosophy

   ·  To Survive! If you do not have a plan, your students will?  ·  It is essential to have classroom procedures and rules to effectively teach.  ·  An established routine is a necessity for a functioning classroom.  ·  Some of the same rules can work but remember that every teacher has a different personality and philosophy.   <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Use classroom management practices that reflect their philosophical beliefs. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Think about their management practices and why they use them. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Take into consideration the steadily increasing student diversity in the classroom. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Provide actions to be used in the case of violent and aggressive behaviors to ensure safe schools. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Keep in mind how students, parents, administrators, and other teachers will react to their plan. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Make sure their management ideas are concrete and can be translated into practices <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do you want to be an autocratic or democratic teacher? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Are you going to be a brickwall, jellyfish or backbone teacher? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Autocratic and brickwall teachers want to be in control of the students. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Democratic and backbone teachers believe students can learn to discipline themselves. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Jellyfish teachers have no desire to manage students. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do I believe students need to be controlled and disciplined or they can be thought self-discipline? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do I believe that students are basically good or are they disruptive and need to be molded and condition to behave appropriately? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do I view students as equal or as subordinates? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do I believe that establishing a democratic classroom and giving students responsibility means letting them take over the classroom? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do I see myself as an autocratic or a democratic teacher? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do I see my management role as being a leadership process or a collaborative process? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do I believe that I should make all the rules and consequences, or should students offer their input? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do I want to __manage__ or __discipline__ my students? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do I believe that the time spent teaching classroom rules with students is time that could be better spent on instruction? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do I believe in rewards, punishments, bribes, and threats, and do I think these are necessary for effective classroom management? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Is the ultimate goal of my classroom management plan to manage to control the class for another day, to make everybody follow the rules, or to teach students self-discipline so they will discipline themselves? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do I feel more comfortable adhering to the tenets of a classroom management program or do I want to choose my own classroom management plan? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">You need to consider whether you believe discipline should be **imposed** or **taught**. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">You must be willing to accept total responsibility for managing students’ behavior. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Teacher punishes students in order to convince them to demonstrate appropriate behavior. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">It’s a never ending challenge. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">You must work to teach discipline and to teach students to discipline themselves. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Help students learn or develop the self-discipline to demonstrate appropriate behavior. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Teacher has hope that students will learn self discipline. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">You need to decide whether you want to adopt one management model or eclectically select ideas from a combination of models. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Remember that all models and theories have their advantages and disadvantages. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">You need to decide which misbehaviors your plan will address and which, if any will be ignored. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Will your management plan help students feel safe, from your actions as well as the actions of other students? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Consider students diversity: cultural, gender, social class, and sexual orientation. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Always consider your student’s cognitive, psychological, and physical development characteristics. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">If your school allows you to choose your own classroom management plan, you will probably be in a good position to have a management plan that reflects your philosophical beliefs. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">If your school had adopted a specific classroom management plan, you probably will have to adjust your philosophical beliefs to meet the schools expectations. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Educators need to develop a classroom management plan, regardless of the grade they teach. Educators must remember that what works for one teacher might not work for another.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Why Teachers Should Develop a Classroom Management Plan? **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Effective Classroom Mangers: **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Plan a Philosophical Belief: What kind of classroom manager do you want to be? **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Understanding Philosophical Beliefs: Ask yourself the following questions. **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Beliefs about Students **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Teachers’ Role **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Classroom Management **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Discipline: Impose or Taught? **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Imposed Discipline **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Taught Discipline **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When developing your personal classroom management philosophy: **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Pro’s **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cons **