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Allison Coulomb April 25, 2012 EDUC 370 Management Model

The in ol ement o! parent"guardians in a students s#hool li!e, to me, is one o! the most important !a#tors$ % &as lu#'( enough to ha e a er( in ol ed parent, &ho helped me su##eed to &here % #urrentl( am$ %t is apparent, !rom obser ing parents &ho are less in ol ed, that those parti#ular students do not a#hie e as highl( as the( #an$ %n m( #lassroom, % &ill stress ho& important it is to get in ol ed and help an(&a( (ou #an &ith (our student$ )ot e er( parent #an be a *room mom+ and % do not e,pe#t that, % reali-e some parents are doing e er(thing the( #an$ .o&e er, simpl( as'ing (our student *&hat did (ou learn toda(/+ &ill ma'e them rethin' and enhan#e &hat the( had learned in #lass$ Another important !a#tor that deals &ith parent"guardians, is their o&n attitude to&ards learning$ 0erhaps the( had a bad e,perien#e in"&ith s#hool that ma'es them negati e to&ards it$ .o&e er, no matter &hi#h &a( the parent"guardian !eels to&ard s#hool, the( should ne er sa( *% hated s#hool,+ to their student$ This negati e attitude to&ards s#hool &ill be noti#ed and possibl( rub o!! onto the student, be#ause the parent"guardian is one o! the most in!luential person in a #hild1s li!e$ M( personal pre!eren#es, &hen it #omes to students beha ior, is !or them to be polite and #onsiderate to others$ % &ill en!or#e that the students use manners, their please and than' (ou2s, (es sir"ma2am, and be respe#t!ul$ Although religion is something that is not allo&ed in the #lassroom, % &ill not tolerate !oul language, &hi#h in#ludes the use o! *oh m( 3od$+ %

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e,pe#t the students to !ollo& the set #lassroom rules and a##ept the #onse4uen#es &hen the( misbeha e$ % ha e high e,pe#tations !or m( students, be#ause % belie e that all 'ids ha e &hat it ta'es to be the er( best$ % ha e thought about ho& % &ould promote positi e beha ior in m( #lassroom, and ha e obser ed ho& other tea#hers promote it in theirs$ % thin' one o! the most important things to start o!! &ith is the tea#her needs to be positi e themsel es$ %! % ha e a negati e attitude, m( students &ill also ha e a negati e attitude, and those t(pe o! students do not beha e er( &ell$ The 'e( is to remain positi e and gi e out a positi e attitude$ 5ne o! the ne,t most important roles to positi e beha ior is to highlight the good beha ior o! (our students$ This #an be done b( !inding good e,amples o! student beha ior in the #lassroom and let the #lass 'no& ho& good this beha ior is$ 6or e,ample, *% reall( li'e the &a( Andie is sitting so 4uietl( and loo'ing up &aiting !or the ne,t instru#tions$+ A!ter (ou ha e sho&#ased this good beha ior, sa( &h( (ou thin' its good, so the students #an understand &hat the( need to be doing$ 7astl(, (ou &ant to be a role model o! good beha ior !or (our students$ Tea#hers are er( #ru#ial role models to their students, so (ou &ant to promote and sho& the positi e beha ior (ou &ant in (our #lassroom$ 8hen #reating #lassroom rules and guidelines, % thin' the students need to be in ol ed in the #reating o! them$ %! the students are the ones &ho #reate the rules, then it &ill be easier !or them to remember$ At the beginning o! the (ear, &e &ill start o!! &ith a #lassroom meeting$ At this point, &e &ill #reate the rules b( #ollaborating ideas and ta'ing a ote at &hi#h three the( thin' are most important$ % &ill di ide the students into groups o! !i e, and as' the groups to #ome up &ith one rule the( all agree on and share it &ith the #lass$ 5ut o! those rules &e &ill de#ide on three rules e er(one agrees on and &ould li'e to

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see en!or#ed in the #lassroom$ 5! #ourse % &ill ha e other rules, su#h as using manners and respe#t, but these &ill 9ust be three spe#i!i# rules that are the most important to the #lass$ This &ill also promote team building, be#ause the students &ill be &or'ing together as a team$ % personall( do not belie e in harsh punishment, espe#iall( &hen &or'ing &ith (oung #hildren$ :es, students need to ta'e responsibilit( !or their a#tions$ .o&e er, at su#h a (oung age, beha ior is a learning pro#ess, and to punish them harshl(, ma( onl( #on!use them$ 6or e,ample, it ma( be #on!using be#ause there might be di!!erent rules and e,pe#tation at home, &hi#h is &h( % stress that parents"guardians be #onne#ted &ith the #lassroom rules$ % belie e, sin#e &e are not onl( tea#hing but guiding the students, &e should use positi e dis#ipline so the( &ill learn &hat the( did and &h( it &as &rong$ % 'no& that % &ill re#ei e more di!!i#ult students, &ho ma( need stronger punishment, but that is against m( belie!s$ % thin' that e en &ith the most di!!i#ult o! students (ou need to sho& #ompassion and understanding to&ard their !eelings and &h( the( misbeha ed$ % also belie e that punishment should be gi en in stages and le els based on the se erit( o! the rule bro'en$ % &ould #reate a *beha ior s#ale,+ !or ea#h student that &ould sit on their des'$ This s#ale &ould be numbered -ero to !i e, and ea#h student &ould start at -ero e er(da($ % &ill gi e ea#h student one &arning, hand signal, e(e signal or use o! pro,imit($ A!ter that, their s#ale ma( be mo ed up$ % belie e this is a good &a( to monitor students beha ior be#ause it is done silentl( and other students &ill not be interrupted or stopped in their learning !or me to dis#ipline someone$ 5ne theorist that reall( stru#' me as ha ing a good theor( &as 6red ;ones$ .e has man( good te#hni4ues, ho&e er the most important one to me is the <a(, <ee, Do tea#hing that he models$ *%n this st(le o! tea#hing, students are engaged in &ither listening, &at#hing or doing, and there!ore less li'el( to misbeha e$+ =top 10> This is &here the tea#her &ill sa(

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&hat the( are learning, then the students &ill &at#h &hile the tea#her demonstrates, and then the students a#tuall( do &hat is being taught$ This t(pe o! learning &ill 'eep students engaged and &anting to learn, instead o! dri!ting in and out o! pa(ing attention$ The se#ond theorist that % !ind reall( interesting is 8illiam 3lasser and his Choi#e theor($ *Choi#e Theor( is the belie! that &e are internall(, not e,ternall( moti ated$+ =@ob <ullo> This theor( suggests that the outside e ents around us ne er ma'e us do an(thing, ho&e er &hat ma'es our beha ior is ho& and &hat &e &ant to su##eed in$ This is help!ul &ith #lassroom management be#ause students &ill see others doing and beha ing #orre#tl(, and &ant to sho& that the( #an do the same as their peers$ Classroom management, in m( opinion, is the most important part o! a learning en ironment$ 8ithout the stru#ture, a student &ill not pa( attention and re#ei e the learning and 'no&ledge the( need to su##eed$ There are man( !a#tors that go into ha ing good #lassroom management, and ha ing (our peers and others around (ou to help set an e,ample o! &hat it is a##eptable, is onl( the beginning o! &hat #an help students ha e positi e beha ior$

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httpB""&&&$#lassroommanagement101$#om"blog"3C&a(sCtoCpromoteCpositi eCbeha iorCinCtheC #lassroom <ullo, @ob =200D, 5#tober, D>$ Choice Theory$ retrie ed April 25 2012, !rom Choi#e Theor( 8eb <iteB httpB""&&&$#hoi#etheor($#om"#t$htm

Dear =Enter name here>, % 9ust &anted to start the (ear o!! b( &el#oming (ou and (our student to m( #lassroom and gi e (ou an idea o! the &a( % li'e to run #lassroom management$ As a parent"guardian,

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(our role in the students edu#ation is er( important, and % #an2t stress that enough$ @( 9ust as'ing (our student at dinner, or later in the da( &hat the( learned in s#hool that da(, &ill help them remember and 'eep the in!ormation &ith them$ Another thing that &ill help (our students in m( #lassroom is to as' them about the rules &e #ame up &ith as a #lass, and let them 'no& that it is important to !ollo& these rules$ % ha e #reated a s#ale s(stem that is numbered !rom 0 C 5$ Ea#h student &ill get one &arning ea#h, and a!ter that % &ill #ontinue to mo e up their s#ale i! the( #ontinue to misbeha e$ E er( le el has a di!!erent set *punishment,+ &hi#h &ill not be harsh$ % do not belie e in harsh punishment, so it &ill start o!! &ith a tal' as to &h( it &as &rong and #ontinue to mo e up &ith the !inal le el &hi#h is parent"guardian, tea#her #on!eren#e$ %! (ou ha e an( 4uestions please !eel !ree to eCmail me or #all the s#hool to ma'e a #on!eren#e$ % hope &e all ha e a great (ear ahead o! usF

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