The second domain speaks to the classroom environment. This domain concerns the ability to create an environment that is built upon respect and positive rapport. My artifacts effectively demonstrate my ability to create a classroom culture that promotes a safe and productive learning environment.
Among these artifacts are guidelines and notes taken from my Love and Logic training course. The foundation of my classroom management plan is based upon the strategies included in Love and Logic. This management plan gives most of the power and control to the student, however, a powerful empathy statement can guide their future decisions. An empathy statement lets the student know that the adult/teacher is sincerely bothered or saddened by their choice. Although some control should remain with the adult, I feel the students need to be an active member when it comes to creating consequences or strategies to prevent further behavioral issues. Additionally, the teacher may choose a delayed or anticipatory consequence. This strategy allows the teacher to step away from the behavior and come back with a consequence. Love and Logic can be altered and applied to any age level. I strongly feel giving students control and responsibility of their actions will ultimately eliminate the frequency of bad behavior in the classroom setting. Like any classroom management plan, parent/guardian communication and participation is always beneficial.
Value and character building activities should be a large part of any classroom curriculum. Each month, our school places focus on a value or character trait. The next artifact on this page is a student work sample that demonstrates how I integrated the monthly value into daily curriculum. The students were instructed to create a "recipe for respect and thankfulness". Students were instructed to brainstorm what they felt respect and thankfulness encompassed. From these thoughts, they created a recipe that defined what they thought respect and thankfulness was or looked like. This activity created an authentic experience for students to interact with these values. This artifact is dancing with creativity while also addressing English Language Arts standards.
The final artifact on this page is a set of classroom rules created at the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year. Students were broken up into small groups to brainstorm things that they wanted in their classroom. I urged students to use positive language when writing, leaving out "no" statements. Students then walked around and voted for the items they felt were necessary for a safe and productive classroom. From the tallies, we came up with a list of five rules for our classroom. To acknowledge and honor these agreements, each student signed the rules.
Among these artifacts are guidelines and notes taken from my Love and Logic training course. The foundation of my classroom management plan is based upon the strategies included in Love and Logic. This management plan gives most of the power and control to the student, however, a powerful empathy statement can guide their future decisions. An empathy statement lets the student know that the adult/teacher is sincerely bothered or saddened by their choice. Although some control should remain with the adult, I feel the students need to be an active member when it comes to creating consequences or strategies to prevent further behavioral issues. Additionally, the teacher may choose a delayed or anticipatory consequence. This strategy allows the teacher to step away from the behavior and come back with a consequence. Love and Logic can be altered and applied to any age level. I strongly feel giving students control and responsibility of their actions will ultimately eliminate the frequency of bad behavior in the classroom setting. Like any classroom management plan, parent/guardian communication and participation is always beneficial.
Value and character building activities should be a large part of any classroom curriculum. Each month, our school places focus on a value or character trait. The next artifact on this page is a student work sample that demonstrates how I integrated the monthly value into daily curriculum. The students were instructed to create a "recipe for respect and thankfulness". Students were instructed to brainstorm what they felt respect and thankfulness encompassed. From these thoughts, they created a recipe that defined what they thought respect and thankfulness was or looked like. This activity created an authentic experience for students to interact with these values. This artifact is dancing with creativity while also addressing English Language Arts standards.
The final artifact on this page is a set of classroom rules created at the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year. Students were broken up into small groups to brainstorm things that they wanted in their classroom. I urged students to use positive language when writing, leaving out "no" statements. Students then walked around and voted for the items they felt were necessary for a safe and productive classroom. From the tallies, we came up with a list of five rules for our classroom. To acknowledge and honor these agreements, each student signed the rules.
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