Classroom Management Final

Four Elements of Management

Responsive, Active, Proactive, and Beliefs.

Responsive

Designing the classroom environment, planning procedures, and fostering a positive community and culture.

Active

Establishing principles and rules, building community, and implementing interventions to support instruction.

Proactive

Emphasizing grace, unconditional love, understanding students, and fostering responsibility and restored relationships.

Beliefs

The idea that our attributes shape our actions, and we teach both behavior and content, focusing on our influence.

Management vs. Discipline

Management - The proactive and active processes involved in running a classroom effectively.

Discipline - The thoughtful response to student misbehavior, often including consequences and teaching opportunities.

Foundational Beliefs

Gospel Ministry, Attribution, Accurate Scope, Control

Gospel Ministry

The role of teaching centered on Jesus Christ, with classrooms driven by gospel principles.

Attribution

The impact of language in describing people and situations on our treatment and responses to them.

Accurate Scope

The understanding that teaching encompasses both content and behavior.

Control

The focus on aspects of teaching that are within our control rather than those that are not.

Guidelines for Giving Choices

• Choices should not be threats in disguise

• Only gives choices that won’t make a problem for you 

• Give options that will make you happy, regardless of what your students decide

• Give students small choices

• Give 10 sec for your students to decide

• Offer choices before your students become resistant…not after

Steps of Responsive Management

discussion, law and gospel evaluation, consequence assessment, and restoration.

Inner Authority

A positive self-awareness of what is right for oneself.

Inner Apology

A negative self-perception that undermines confidence and authority.

Boundaries

The importance of establishing and maintaining clear expectations in the classroom.

Importance of Boundaries

Clear expectations help in understanding students and what behaviors are acceptable.

Upholding Boundaries

Consistency, clear communication, tracking behaviors, and self-reflection are key to maintaining boundaries.

What you will teach

Focus on content delivery rather than student engagement and understanding.

What you will learn

Emphasizing student comprehension and active engagement with the material.