To operate and control classroom activities is the most challenging task that encounters in his/her profession. It is classroom management – a skill that is not only learned but practiced daily. Successful classroom management leads to an increased productivity in the teaching and learning process.
The following are suggested tips that can help you cut down on discipline problems and leave you with fewer interruptions and disruptions.
- Don’t make the mistake of starting school year with a poor discipline plan. Students quickly assess the situation in class and realize that they will be allowed to get away with.
- Act fairly. Students have a distinct sense of what is and what is not fair. You will be labelled as unfair and students will not be keen to follow your rules if you do not treat them equitably.
- Deal with disruptions with as little interruption as possible. When you have classroom disruptions, it is imperative that you deal with them immediately and with as little interruption of your class momentum as possible.
- Stop disruptions with a little humor. Sometimes all it takes for everyone to have a good laugh to get things back on track.
- Keep high expectations in your class. Expect that your students will behave, not that they will disrupt. Reinforce this with the way you speak to your students.
- Be considerate. Enforce your rules consistently.
- Start fresh every day. Don’t assume that a student who disrupted the class for a week will disrupt it again today.
Problems involving discipline, democratic techniques and the social relationships of the students and teachers should always take into account. Try some of the suggestions given. For certainly, these will work.
By: Ms. Danah Mae L. De Belen | Teacher III | San Pablo Elementary School | Dinalupihan, Bataan
