classroom culture and climate

classroom culture and climate

1. Classroom culture is all the vibe and mood of the room.

2. Ways to build a positive classroom climate

   • Have high spectations
     • expect that your students will do well and encourage them by letting them know what you believe in them
   • Set up fair and consistent behavior management processes
     • Teach students the behavior you expect, give them opportunities to practice and use positive reinforcement
   • Focus on building positive relationships
     • The more rules you have, the more chance there is that one of our students is breaking a rule at any given time
     • Negotiate class expectations
       • give all your students a voice in how they think the class should operate including what they expect from you, their teacher
       • Explicity teach your expectations
         • think of behaviour as another subject you need to teach your students and be creative
         • Reinforce students
           • Specific praise reinforces the target studetns and prompts others to do the same
           • Negotiate fair, respectful responses
             • Have a clrear hierarchy of consecuences that are mininful restorative and teach students the skills they need to get along with others and work productively in the clasroom
             • Reteach expectations
               • when necessary in a new situation or when behavior has deteriorated
               • Teach your class routines
                 • everry teacher is different and has different ways of doing things, so you need to teach your studetns how to work in your classroom.
   • Use effective, evidence based teaching and learning practices
     • Be prepared for your classes by considering your students and how they best learn
   • Encourage positive relationships between students
     • Use respecful language and demand a high standard of relatiing to one another in the classroom.

3. Additional Tips

   • Ask different questions
     • Instead of asking students if they have any questions, ask them 'what question do you have?
   • Do mindful breathing excersises
   • Start a class instagram

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