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1 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan My Personal Classroom Management Plan Shawn Cameron Grand Canyon University: ELM-250-0500 Stacey Barnes November 26th, 2023

2 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan Classroom Management Plan Table of Contents Title Page………….…………………………………………………………………………...1 Professionalism………………………………………………………………………………...3 Student Engagement Strategies………………………………………………………………...4 My Philosophy of Classroom Management……………………………………………………5 Classroom Procedures………………………………………………………………………...6-7 Rules, Consequences, and Reward System…………………………………………………...8-9 Classroom Arrangement and Cooperative Learning…………………………………………10-11 Communication with families……………………………………………………………….12-13 Classroom Management Evaluation……………………………………………………………14 Reflection…………………………………………………………………………………… .... 15 References………………………………………………………………………………………16

3 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan Professionalism Upon Evaluating and looking over Harry Wong’s Effective Classroom management model, it clearly illustrates what is “required of educators to have a well-managed classroom, and also provides the steps for an educator to achieve the goal of having a well-managed classroom” (Wong, 2007). “This model promotes educators to present rules clearly amongst all students while providing reasonable explanations and visuals that helps demonstrate these rules” (Wong, 2007). According to Wong, “the number-one problem in the classroom is not discipline—it is the lack of procedures and routines,” (Wong, 2007). “Wong outlines a three- step approach for teaching classroom procedures, which includes: explaining (model, state, etc.), rehearsing (practicing procedure), and reinforcing (repeating until it becomes a habit)” (Wong, 2007). “If we were to look at Fred Jones model, it is very similar to the Wong model in presenting how the promotion of procedures in the classroom are important, however, it focuses more on the motivations and behaviors that our students show” (Wong, 2007). Fred Jones model states “that a lot of time is lost when students aren’t behaving like they are supposed to, but if we implement strategies using incentive systems and keeping the classroom well managed, we can change this behavior” (Allen, 2010). One thing to take away from this model is that it states to have backup systems when strategies that we currently are using start to fail. By having backup strategies your are ensuring that you as the educator are staying on task in making sure you have a well-managed classroom.

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4 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan Student Engagement Strategies Character Counts is focusing on building students’ character and creating a positive school culture. By having schools use this behavioral approach we can begin to show an increase in our students’ character, academic skills, while also building on the environment of the schools as well. “These results can be met by all school systems using the T.E.A.M approach which stands for teaching, enforcing, advocating, and modeling good behavior” (Everston and Emmer, 2016). Love and Logic is an approach which focuses on low student motivation, and self- integrity in general. “In order to achieve improvement in motivation and integrity is by allowing opportunities of for the children’s choices that they have made” (Vande Kerk,2018). One component of this method is, “that kids react more positively when given a structured choice,” (Vande Kerk, 2018). The next piece to this method is by setting up effective behavior inside the classroom. When students see teachers acting out, getting upset, or seems to not be interested in the topic themselves, the students will feed off of that energy and behavior. They will start exhibiting such behavior which allows for lack of motivation to start showing in the classroom.

5 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan My Philosophy of Classroom Management “ In conclusion, classroom management and the way we as educators commit ourselves to our students whether we are following different models or systems we can be sure that we are helping to create a suitable environment for all of students that walk into our classroom” (Wong, 2007). “Taking practices from Harry Wong’s classroom model shows us as educators that by teaching our students about procedures and rules inside the classroom will help the classroom to begin its journey on a well-managed classroom spectrum”(Evertson & Emmer, 2016). By looking at Fred Jones model I have seen the importance of how having backup plans of other strategies to use in the classroom is a huge key in helping to keep the classroom managed. By having every educator use the T.E.A.M methods help students meet their needs behaviorally. Character Counts is a great way to provide our schools and staff the support they need to help with their students’ behaviors. One thing that I found to love about this system is that instead of focusing on the academic side of things, it helps to look at every key factor that is helping influence the student’s behavior. While being a current educator I have found myself asking for different strategies to help in keeping my classroom well-managed and how I as their teacher can help get these behaviors fixed before they move on to 1 st grade.

6 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan Classroom Procedures A first procedure is allowing for your students to have transition times. This will help increase the learning time that students are receiving and will help with time management for students who typically choose to stay off task. By allowing for this procedure to be implemented in the classroom, it starts off by having the whole class switch from one task to another, and then the teacher will race with the students to see which one can get ready the quickest. Of course, the students would want to win and have bragging rights. A second procedure is for lining up to leave the classroom. Students will face the person infront of them, be quiet, allow for enough space without having large gaps, and keeping their hands to themselves. This allows for respect of personal space and allows for safety of all students when leaving from places in the school. A third procedure is gathering your supplies at the beginning of class. This time of the morning is very hard for most students and by having a schedule and system set in place, you are allowing for things to go smoothly inside your classroom. A fourth procedure is using a projector, during which the sound and lights need a timeless transition, where all your students can see and hear throughout the procedure. The last procedure is the proper use of using computers in the classroom and through out the school and to show them the correct way to use and take care of their computers. Procedures help to keep distractions at a minimum and help promote a learning environment that takes away from instruction time. For example, if you have two or three students getting up to sharpen their pencils, it is just like a domino effect all of them will want to do it, or it distracts from those that want to learn from the lesson taking place. A key point to take

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7 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan away, is that educators who have strong procedures in place, will have a well-managed classroom and will also allow for the students that are reluctant learners to have time to learn. In our text, chapter 6 “The term teach is used purposely, you will not communicate your expectations adequately if you only state the rules and procedures,” (Evertson & Emmer, 2016).

8 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan Rules, Consequences, and Reward System Rules: 1) Treat everyone in our classroom with respect. 2) Be prepared and ready to go when the bell rings. 3) Raise your hand to ask questions. 4) Be respectful and kind when others are speaking 5) Always try your best. Consequences: 1) Verbal Warning 2) Loss of 5 mins from recess 3) 10 mins off from recess and parent contact 4) 15 mins off from recess, parent contact, and conference scheduled with administrator, and guidance counselor. 5) All recess taken away, parent contact, office referral We all as educators need to be proactive as possible. Are we going to have every student listen and follow the rules? No, but we must know that it is okay if this happens. By starting off the 1 st of the year with procedures, rules, & consequences in place, allows for a safe and productive classroom environment. Students are not only learning how to adapt to the rules and procedures in place, but they are

9 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan learning how to manage themselves and will need our help in making sure they get the best education possible and make the right decisions. I will keep a google doc that will be shared with my admins and guidance counselor so we can all keep track of the behaviors and discuss with the parents, if need be, what we are seeing with their child. Reward System: Cameron’s bucks! Welcome to Mr. Cameron’s classroom store! Each day students will earn Cameron’s bucks when caught being on task, making smart choices, and getting a good grade on an assignment. Each Friday, students will be able to cash in their money they have earned and shop in the classroom store. A classroom without rules will not be successful and the days spent inside this classroom will be tough and will taste the patience of the educator inside the room. No matter the classroom, there will be times you will have students who no matter what you have in place of rules or procedures will not follow any of them. It is ok, but if you stick to your consequences, procedures, and rules set in place, you will be able to help the student get back on track while sticking to your classroom plan. It is ok to make any accommodations or modifications along the way if they aren’t working with any of your students.

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10 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan Classroom Arrangement and Cooperative learning: My classroom layout is pretty simple and welcoming for my students. This is currently my classroom set up right now. I have my students’ desks placed in a square shape to allow my students to have full visuals of the board and I am able to allow my students to work together in groups or partner setting. In the front of the room is my smart board tv and circle time rug, where I have students come for a whole group reading. My carpet will be used for social time, calendar, group meetings, and brain breaks. The student’s attention will automatically be directed to the front of the classroom where their seats are facing. Behind the desks is a station work table. This is where I will pull some of my students into a small group, or work with an individual student one on one. Behind them is also a calming corner for my students. In this calming corner, there is sensory items, a reflection paper to let me know the reason that they chose to come to the corner,

11 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan and what I can do to better help them succeed in the classroom each day. In front of my teachers desk is mailboxes for my students computers and their chargers. There is also more tech tools for my students to use as well. The remaining supplies that I and my students will use, will be in my supply closet. I feel that my classroom is designed to allow for maximum students engagement and less distractions to allow for more productivity in my classroom. A classroom that is well- organized and has great traffic cflow allows for easy movement and reduces distractions that can be caused by students tripping over items that could be in the floor. Clear visual aids, like anchor charts, will help students to understand and remember important information. The arrangement of desks is also important and will have an impact on students engagement in the classroom.

12 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan Communication with families: Greetings 1 st grade I am so happy that your child was placed in my classroom this year and that you were able to attend our Open house event! My name is Shawn Cameron, and I am so looking forward to being your child’s 1 st grade teacher. I know we are all going to have a great year and I can’t wait for you to see the growth your child makes this year. First, l would like to share somethings about myself. I have graduated from Grand Canyon University with my bachelors degree in Elementary Education and ELL. I have two cats Charlie Grace who is 2 and Garfield James who is 3. Before becoming a 1 st grade teacher, I was a paraprofessional for 3 years. My free time is spent with my family and friends, relaxing near the pool, hiking, and fishing. As I have previously stated before, I am beyond excited to get this school year started. I want all my studets to understand that my goal is for them to be successful. I will be here to help along the way. I want all my students to understand that in this classroom we are a team in this journey together(them, their parents, and myself). Together we will work as a team to help them succeed and go beyond their goals. I will be sending home all of the classroom rules, and expectations in a newsletter the first week of school. Open communication is very important to me, and I am always available through remind, email, or you can always reach me on the schools phone directory. If you reach out to me in remind or email I will always try my best to respond within 24 hours. My office hours are Monday through Friday 7:45a.m to 4:00p.m. If you were to message me on the weekend, please note that I may not respond till the following Monday. If you were to have something come up that is of urgenence, please contact the school. Each week I will be sending home a newsletter to keep you informed of what is taking place in our classroom, and throughout the school. If you would want to ever help out in the classroom please let me

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13 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan know. Again, I want us to work together and celebrate each of our students’ successes in the classroom. Thank you for all you do, Mr. Cameron

14 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan Classroom Management Evaluation: Everything that will ever happen in my classroom, will greatly affect me, my students, and their families. I will strive to keep all of my students’ families informed as possible. I hope to have active family volunteers throughout the school year in my classroom, to help celebrate the successes of the students’. Open communication through newsletters, the Remind app, email, and phone will be used to ensure that my students’ families are kept up to date with what is happening. I will be an active member of my community and make myself available to my students’ families in my classroom. I do believe in teamwork and that there is no better team for our students than their parents, educaotrs, and paraprofessionals. There is a lot to remember when it comes to the legal obligations that an educator has. We are always given lots of information that will always need to remain confidential at all times. Information of any student in your classroom needs to stay between you as their educator, childs parents, and your IEP team. We should never share information on another student with our family members, other colleagues,etc. As an educator, I will respect my students in keeping their information confidential and only sharing it with the professionals that will be working directly with the student.

15 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan Reflection: I have went back through my classroom management plan to check for any errors that I may have missed. I did find some grammatical errrors and spelling errors. I double checked to make sure my topics were labeled correctly from the table of contents which I didn’t do when working on my rough draft as one of my peers pointed out. The most suggested change of my peers was the formatting of my paper. I definetly have struggled working with APA formatting as it can be very difficult in making sure you meet every last criteria. I tried my best to fix all of these issues for the final draft submission. Another suggestion was by Stacey to make sure and include the rationale at the beginning of our first rough drat submission. I went back and added that in and read over my whole paper, and did a checklist to make sure everything was met in my paper. This paper was a great way for me to reflect on how my current classroom plan, and will allow me to go back and make changes to my current plan when need be.

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16 Benchmark- My Personal Classroom Management Plan References Allen, T. (2010). Seven Models of Discipline Developing A Discipline plan for you: https://www.wtc.ie/images/pdf/Classroom_Management/cm24.pdf Wong, H. (2007). The Well-Managed Classroom. https://www.wtc.ie/images/pdf/Classroom_managment/cm6.pdf Evertson, C. M., & Emmer, E. T. (2016). Classroom management for elementary teachers, enhanced Pearson e-text with loose-leaf version -- access card package, 10/e (10th ed.). Pearson Education. NEA.(2020). Code of ethics for educators. NEA. https://www.nea.org/resource Reddy,A. (2020). The educator’s role: privacy, confidentiality, and security in the classroom. Student privacy compass. https://studentprivacycompass.org/schidl/

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