Classroom Management

One of the biggest challenges for all teachers and especially first year teachers is how to handle classroom management. There are many different classroom management practices and each teacher has to find what works best for them.  

Have a Positive Attitude

It may seem like a simple concept, but there are many teachers that do not approach theirstudents with a positive attitude on a day to day basis. Students will feed off of a teachers overall attitude. A teacher who teaches with a positive attitude will often have students who have positive attitudes.  A teacher who has a poor attitude will have students who reflect this and are difficult to manage in class. When you praise your students instead of tearing them down, they will work harder to please you. Build on the moments when your students are doing things the right way and the bad moments will decrease.

Develop a Good Rapport with your Students

Even though you are the authoritarian in the classroom, it is extremely important to build an individual relationship with your students from the beginning. Take the extra time to find out a little about each students likes and dislikes.  Getting your students to believe that you are there for them and have their best interest in mind at all times will make it easier for you to discipline them when they make a mistake.  Seek out activities and methods to gain your students trust. Students can tell if you are being fake or if you are being genuine. If they smell a fake, then you are going to be in for long year.

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Autonomy in the Classroom

Once a teacher closes that door each day and begins teaching, they really are the ones who decide what's going to happen. Not many jobs provide an individual with so much room to be creative and autonomous each day.

Positive attitude and Daily Humor in your class

 

If you have a positive attitude and a sense of humor, you will find things to laugh about each day. Sometimes it will be silly jokes you will make up as you teach that might get a laugh from your students. Sometimes it will be jokes that kids share with you. And sometimes students will come out with the funniest statements without realizing what they've said. Find the fun and enjoy it!

A sense of humor can help you become a successful teacher. Your sense of humor can relieve tense classroom situations before they become disruptions. A sense of humor will also make class more enjoyable for your students and possibly make students look forward to attending and paying attention. Most importantly, a sense of humor will allow you to see the joy in life and make you a happier person as you progress through this sometimes stressful career.

High Expectations

An effective teacher must have high expectations. You should strive to raise the bar for your students. If you expect less effort you will receive less effort. You should work on an attitude that says that you know students can achieve to your level of expectations, thereby giving them a sense of confidence too. This is not to say that you should create unrealistic expectations. However, your expectations will be one of the key factors in helping students learn and achieve.

Consistency

In order to create a positive learning environment your students should know what to expect from you each day. You need to be consistent. This will create a safe learning environment for the students and they will be more likely to succeed. It is amazing that students can adapt to teachers throughout the day that range from strict to easy. However, they will dislike an environment in which the rules are constantly changing.

Flexibility

One of the tenets of teaching should be that everything is in a constant state of change. Interruptions and disruptions are the norm and very few days are 'typical'. Therefore, a flexible attitude is important not only for your stress level but also for your students who expect you to be in charge and take control of any situation.