Classroom Management Plan

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Classroom Management Plan Classroom management is one of the most essential skills to becoming an effective classroom teacher. Teachers who possess the ability to manage their classrooms are able to create an environment where learning is the focus. There are many theories on how to become positive and encouraging classroom managers. While all of these theories are different and emphasize different aspects of discipline and behavior, all have proven to be valuable methods for improving management in the classroom. While doing research on classroom management theories for this paper, I read about William Glasser’s approach to classroom management called Reality Therapy. The emphasis of this program is to help students connect behavior with consequence. This is done with class meetings, clear rules, and contracts. Glasser's Reality Therapy stressed the use of choice as the cause of behavior, good or bad, and instructed teachers to direct students towards making value judgments about their behavior. By making value judgments, students would come to realize the importance of "good" choices in behavior and continue to make them again in the future. Students were taught the difference between a "good judgment", and a "bad judgment". The purpose of this method is to teach students right from wrong at a very early age. In today's classrooms, rewards are given for "good choices" and consequences are given for "bad choices". This process too, is to promote good behavior and diminish bad behavior in the classroom. Teachers must model good behavior and reward students that make positive choices. Consistency is the most important aspect of classroom management and by setting clear expectations in the beginning, students and teachers can create a warm and engaging classroom community. After evaluating and researching leading classroom management strategies in the

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