Classroom management can be difficult. As students grow and change in your classroom, other classes may be added on or removed, so a teacher's classroom management may change. The way I plan to teach, I must have variability in different classrooms that I have. For example, my classroom management techniques will be very different in my agricultural mechanics class, where I will have 15 to 25 high school aged boys, to my introduction to agriculture class where I will have 25 8th grade students who are only in middle school. Both of these classes I will need to be very aware of my students and the things they are doing. To help my manage my class room, I have created some rules, procedures and consequences.
To have a great classroom and learning experience, I have classroom expectations. My expectations include coming to class prepared to learn. This leaves the door open for students to be open minded about my class. Students will be required to be respectful of everyone and everything. I find that students can learn more by respecting ideas, equipment and themselves. Students also must be timely to my class. I feel that this will not likely be a problem, as most students are excited to come to ag class. Always be productive with class time. This allows for me to make sure students aren't fooling around. Lastly, I'd like students to give their best effort during class time.
Classroom procedures will help begin and continue my class. Students must immediately behind the bell work as soon as they enter the classroom and they will need to collect the materials for the day. I have a short 43 minutes of teaching and I want to use that time to the best of my ability. For questions of concerns, students will be required to raise their hand when called upon. This helps control a classroom environment more. Students also must remain engaged in class time. This will help me prepare for my next class and wrap up the current class.
Classroom consequences in my room will have up to 4 offenses. The first offense will begin with a verbal warning, and if the behavior continues, students would have a written warning which would be a detention. The 3rd offense would be a call to home, and lastly a 4th offense would be an office referral so a student would have to meet with a principle.
Following these guidelines, consequences and procedures will help me set up a successful classroom and learning environment at McGuffey High School.
