Managing the Learning Environment

Role-play in education

A learning structure that allows students to immediately apply content as they are put in the role of a decision maker who must make a decision

Safe Learning Environment

A place where students feel comfortable to ask questions, experiment, share ideas, practice new skills and knowledge, and make mistakes.

Planning for classroom management

A plan that sets the expectations for every student. ... At the same time, it is up to the teacher to follow their plan to ensure that the educational environment is conducive to learning.

Legal responsibility of mandated reporting

A teacher or other educational staff member is legally required to report any suspicion of child abuse or neglect to the relevant authorities

Developmentally Appropriate Practice (also known as DAP)

A teaching perspective in early childhood education where a teacher nurtures a child's development (social, emotional, physical, and cognitive) based on the child's cultural background (community, family history, and family structure).

Proximity in classroom management

A term used to describe a teacher's nearness to his or her students during a lesson

On-site observations in education

Act of watching a teacher's performance in their classroom or learning environment.

Learning environment

Allows a person to attend to instruction

symptoms of neglect

Always looking dirty. Being left alone or in the care of other young children. Eating more than usual at a meal or saving food for later. Missing a lot of school. Poor weight gain and growth. Doesn't get medical, dental, or mental health care

Learning-centered Environment

An educational approach that focuses on the students' concerns and involves them in making decisions and solving problems.

Role-play in education

An effective way for children to make sense of the world around them.

To create learning-centered environments

Avoid lecture or demonstration-style activities. Instead, create opportunities for participation that are centered on the learner.

Signs a child is being bullied by others

Changes in sleep patterns Changes in eating patterns Frequent tears or anger Mood swings Feels ill in the morning Becomes withdrawn or starts stammering

On-site observations in education

Classroom observations are a quantitative way of systematically watching and learning from a teacher's instructional methods and actions.

Strategies to prevent bullying

Clearly communicate policy and protocols for bullying behaviors to all staff, students and parents Provide a means for safely reporting bullying behaviors

Classroom management

Establishment and maintenance of a classroom environment conducive to learning and achievement.

Signs a child is bullying others

Get into physical or verbal fights · Have friends who bully others · Are increasingly aggressive

Expectations for classroom management

Guidelines put in place to assist students and teachers in maintaining the structure.

Signs a child is being bullied

Has unexplained bruises, cuts, scratches Comes home with missing or damaged belongings or clothes Comes home hungry. Becomes aggressive at home and targets siblings.

Strategies to prevent cyber- bullying

Help children understand that cyberbullying is harmful and unacceptable behavior. Emphasize expectations for responsible online behavior and make clear the consequences for violations of Internet etiquette.

Strategies to prevent cyber-bullying

Keep home computer(s) in easily viewable places, such as the family room or kitchen. Talk regularly with children about their online activities and Internet etiquette in general.

Proximity in classroom management

Leads to better classroom management, student engagement, and progress monitoring. Having students in groups often helps make this easier. ...

To create learning-centered environments

Make information relevant to participants' life experiences. Involve participants by asking what they want to learn, by having them share their own experiences and ideas, by helping other learners, and by actively participating.

Active supervision/interaction with learners

Necessary to ensure safety of children

Scenarios in education

Normally involves students working their way through a storyline, usually based around an ill-structured or complex problem, which they are required to solve.

Safe Learning Environment

One of the major benefits is that students will begin to take pride in their work and in themselves. One of the best ways to help your kids along on this goal is to skip right to the end result and celebrate their achievements as they are happening.

Classroom management strategies that minimize behavior challenges

Planning, epectations, procedures, consistency, proximity

Expectations

Procedures and rules that are taught to students to encourage positive behaviors and prevent problem behaviors. They form important building blocks for a positive school culture.

Consistency in classroom management

Results in problem-prevention rather than problem-solving - rules are enforced the same every day and procedures followed.

Rules

Rules MUST be responded to with a CONSEQUENCE. They can be reinforced with a punishment or a reward.

Rules

Specific expectations about what our behavior should be

Role-play in education

Student takes on the role of character which will teach children about the empathy and understanding of different perspectives

Strategies to prevent cyber-bullying

Talk specifically about cyberbullying and encourage children to notify adults immediately if they become victims of cyberbullying. Tell children that you may review their online communications if there is any reason for concern.

Classroom management

Techniques used to maintain a healthy learning environment, relatively free of behavior problems.

Procedures

The routines and actions in the classroom that you and your students do on a daily or weekly basis. Explicitly outlining classroom procedures will help you communicate expectations with students and make your school year run smoothly!

Expections for classroom management

These guidelines are developed for students to understand what types of behaviors are expected of them throughout the duration of the school day. It also allows teachers to focus more heavily on academics.

Goal of expectations

To enhance the learning environment

Symptoms of abuse

Unexplained bruises, fractures, burns, or injuries

Scenarios in education

Uses interactive scenarios to support active learning strategies such as problem-based or case-based learning.

Consistency in classroom management

When students can name the expectations and receive consistent responses to their behavior they are in better control of their actions.

Procedures

YOU NEVER PUNISH A PROCEDURE! YOU RETRAIN!!

Classroom environments

need to be physically, emotionally, and intellectually safe.

Classroom management

the steps and actions taken by the teacher to optimize student learning, including the arrangement of the classroom environment, engaging students, and managing student behavior and discipline