Classroom Management

Classroom management maybe one of the hardest things for new teachers or even well experienced teachers at that. The thing that I feel is important for teachers to establish at the beginning of the year is that the teacher is in charge of the classroom and the students are to be the receipants of knowledge that the teacher will give them. In most unorganized or rowdy classrooms it is due to lack of respect the students have for the teacher. The teacher may not have respect from the students due to the teacher not presenting the fact that they are in charge, that they give into students and allow them to do what they want. A teacher needs to get to the root of any problem as soon as they possibly can. This maybe by finding out who the leader or leaders in the class are. Once a teacher has figured out who they are the teacher should ask them to stay afterclass or find a time for them to come in and have a chat in private. The easiet or most efficent way is to critize in private and not in front of the class. If a teacher allows the student to know that they have gotten under the skin of the teacher it will feed that student and will lead to more problems. A teacher has to stay stong no matter what happens in front of the class to present a sense of power from the teacher. This maybe hard but is important in managing a class and creating an environment that is affective for students to learn in.