CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

1. Voice and Body Language

   • Teachers must:
     • • Have a body posture with an air of confidence and optimism.
     • • Make eye contact with all students frequently.
     • • Move around to the classroom.
     • •Dress appropriately.
     • •Have good voice projection, articulate clearly, and have a natural flow to the language.
     • • Use gestures to enhance meanings.

2. Unplanned Teaching: Midstream Lesson Changes

   • What to do when:
     • • Students/ teachers digress and throw off the plan of the class.
     • • And unexpected but pertinent question comes up.
     • • A students is disruptive in class.
     • • There is not enough time to finish the activity that has already started.
     • • Teachers are asked a question and they do not know the answer.
   • The key is: poise
     • • Allowing the lesson to move on.
     • • Making a midstream change in the plan.
     • • Assessing the situation quickly.
     • • Staying clam.

3. Physical Environment

   • 1. Sight, sound, and comfort
     • • Classroom must be free from external noises as possible.
     • • Chairs should be appropriately arranged.
     • •Chalkboards must be erased.
     • •Classroom must be neat and clean.
   • 2. Seating arrangements
     • •Learners should be able to see one another.
     • • Teacher should make students do not feel like they are in a military formation.
     • •Teacher should determine who sits next to whom.
   • 3. Chalkboard use
     • • Teachers must use the chalkboard orderly.
     • • Teachers should avoid chaos in the chalkboard.
   • 4. Equipment
     • Teachers must:
       • • Know how the equipment operates.
       • • Make sure everyone can see/hear the visual/auditory aids.
       • • Have plan b, c, d etc. In case something goes wrong.

4. Creating a Positive Classroom Climate

   • 1. Establish rapport
     • Teachers have to:
       • • Show interest in each student as a person
       • • Work with students and nor against them.
       • • Give feedback on each person's progress
       • • Laugh with students and not at them.
   • 2. Balancing praise and criticism
     • Teachers have to:
       • • Show verbal and nonverbal variety
       • • Foster intrinsic motivation to continue to pursue goals.
       • • Specify the particular of an accomplishment.
   • 3. Generating energy
     • Teachers have to:
       • • Express confidence
       • • Positive beliefs
       • • Be happy with students into the classroom.