Domain II alexanderh

Domain II alexanderh

1. Classroom Rules

   • Well established by posters on walls
     • Calling to respect all as equals
       • 7 skills of discipline (Bailey, http://consciousdiscipline.com/about/seven_skills_of_discipline.asp)
         • Composure, Encouragement, Assertiveness, Choices, Empathy, Positive Intent, and Consequences
   • Classroom is a safe environment. No judgement, no disrespect
     • Classroom rule maintenance (Jones, http://www.tcecconference.com/uploads/files/Know_the_signs_Strategies_for_Classroom_management.pdf)
   • Students entered the classroom and immediately went to their desks and pulled out notebook paper

2. Consequences

   • Echelons of discipline posted to wall
     • Step 1 - Conference with Teacher
     • Step 2 - Parent Phone Call
     • Step 3 - Detention
     • Step 4 - Visit to Principal
     • *Severe infractions will go directly to principal
   • Expectations are known from day one of class
     • Students help create classroom expectations and are thus more likely to remember them (http://www.education.ne.gov/bmit/pdf/establishingclassroomrulesandconsequences.pdf)

3. Design/Decor

   • Objectives List
     • Students seen looking at objectives list to double check learning goals
   • Agenda Posted
     • Students have clear and concise details as to what the class will be doing that day
   • Desks set into groups of four to balance groups
     • Convenient way to shift groups every three weeks and maintain a shifting classroom that allows for students to familiarize themselves with the whole class over the semester
   • Inspirational posters of notable figures to encourage students to do their best
   • 7 habits of happy kids posted on walls (http://www.theleaderinme.org/the-7-habits-for-kids)
     • Habit 1 - Be Proactive
       • Habit 2 - Begin with the end in mind
         • Habit 3 - Put first things first
           • Habit 4 - Think win-win
             • Habit 5 - Seek first to understand, then to be understood
               • Habit 6 - Synergize
                 • Habit 7 - Sharpen the saw
                   • With these habits in place students can develop behaviors that will carry on into multiple aspects of their day to day lives

4. Procedures

   • Class Meeting to start lesson was demonstrated
     • Students in control of their own academic progress and focus on outcomes (Glasser http://www.wglasser.com/the-glasser-approach/reality-therapy)
   • "Bell Ringer" - Assignment on white board that listed initial work to be done by students
     • Allowed for Differentiated Instruction for specific students with disabilities
       • Use of "Anchor Activity" allowed observed teacher to explain individually to a student with a low reading level and student with ADD (Tomlinson, p. 31, 2001)
   • Cooperative Learning/Peer Teaching
     • Kagan Cooperative Learning (Kagan, 2013)
     • Combination of Elements from Component 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, & 2E (Danielson, 2007)
   • From first day of school year, a script has been in place and procedures have been established
     • "If you do not plan, the students will plan for you" (Wong, Your First Day, http://www.teachers.net/wong/JUN00/)
       • Teacher observed moved through plan close to exactly as she had laid it out to me before class. Modified as was needed to suit class and student needs