Sunday, August 1, 2010

Iowa Teaching Standard 6: Classroom Management

Demonstrates competence in classroom management.

Criteria
•Creates a learning community that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement, and self-regulation for every student.
•Establishes, communicates, models, and maintains standards of responsible student behavior.

•Develops and implements classroom procedures and routines that support high expectations for student learning.
•Uses instructional time effectively to maximize student achievement.
•Creates a safe and purposeful learning environment.

Teacher Behavior
• Daily procedures
• Boys Town or Tribes- Lifeskills
• Small group work
• Self monitoring
• Random selection
• Learning centers
• Direct instruction
• Boys Town
• Tribes/ ITI
• Notes home
• Phone calls
• Review procedures
• Rules Posted
• Agenda
• Class Constitution
• Something to do when entering
• Quick transitions
• End of period
• Over Plan
• Daily Goal
• Clear objectives

Optional Documentation
• Cooperative learning strategies
• Classroom set-up/arrangement
• Check lists
• Small-group assignment
• Seating chart
• Student jobs in groups
• Student self-eval of behavior
• Dos and don'ts
• My job/your job
• List of Lifeskills
• Log of Boys Town Skills
• Photos pf agreements posted
• Rules Posted
• Class Constitution
• Sub folders
• Lesson plans
• Photos
• DOL
• POD
• Journal
• Lesson plans/ unit plans
• Dos and don'ts
• My job/your job `
• List of Lifeskills /Photos of agreements

Other Standard 6 Artifacts
  • Cooperative learning strategies
  • Student jobs in groups
  • Dos and don'ts
  • Classroom set-up/arrangement
  • Student self-evalualtion of behavior
  • My job/your job
  • Check lists
  • Small-group assignment
  • Seating chart
  • Advisement
  • Principal's meeting
  • Classroom rules
  • Rules Posted
  • Class Constitution
  • Sub folders
  • Lesson plans/unit plans
  • Photos
  • Student goal writing
  • Journal