Describe something you used in your program in the first weeks of school that you learned in the summer NTI program. How did it work? Did it get you off to a stronger start than last year?
One of the tactics that I was able to employ durring the first week of teaching infront of a live classroom was Classroom management skills. In particularly Proximity re-correction and language of choice. Occasionally, their would be students of task and not responsive to visual non-verbal correction. By positioning myself near an off-task student it would stop the behavior without resorting to verbal commands 90 percent of the time.
On the rare occasion where that did not work, I would attempt to address the student directly through the language of choice.. i.e. "You can either complete the assignment or you will have to make up the work after class.... it's your choice". This allowed me to set a standard early in the year that carried over the entire semester.
On the rare occasion where that did not work, I would attempt to address the student directly through the language of choice.. i.e. "You can either complete the assignment or you will have to make up the work after class.... it's your choice". This allowed me to set a standard early in the year that carried over the entire semester.
3 comments:
Classroom management is the key to a successful scholastic year.
keeping it can be challenging however we must stick with it to make work!!!
I think you are doing a good job using the proximal control first. As you noticed, it does work about 90% of the time. Then you can save and use your other strategies when you have to escalate. Thank you for a good post!
Dr. J
Thanks!!
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