Material from the 2nd Spiritist Educators'Seminar, held at the Spiritist Society Seeds of Light, in Ft. Myers (FL), on January 31st and February 1st, 2015.

1. By Bernadete Leal

2. Classroom Management
 A wide variety of skills and techniques that teachers use to keep
students organized, orderly, focused, attentive, on task, and
productive. maximizing the behaviors that facilitate or enhance
learning.
Remember to:
Create a positive attitude, happy facial expressions, use encouraging
statements, have a respectful and fair treatment of students.
Minimize the behaviors that
impede learning for both
individual students and groups
of students
Maximize the behaviors that
facilitate or enhance
learning.

3. Who is in Charge?

4. 5 Basic Student Needs
By Bill Glasser in his book “The Quality School teacher”
 Safety
 Freedom (choice)
 Power
 Fun
 Love

5. Overview

6. Steps

7. Independence x Obedience
 Less prompting (children do not need to
regulate themselves because we always do it
for them).
 The goal is to have self control and be
independent.

8. Environment
 Home behavior vs. Center behavior
 Create a calming and welcoming
environment.
 Music
 What to do when they arrive
 What is the expected behavior?
Stations
1) Mandala
2) Write 3 fun
things you did this
week
3) Meditation
corner
4) Draw 3 things
you are grateful for
5) Praying box

9. Seating (Body and Spirit
Ready)
 Criss-cross apple sauce hands in your
lap
 Sit on chair (properly)
 Scooch up
 Circle
 On your spot

10. Rules
 Expected behavior – make it clear and
have a chart (involve children in the
process/talk about why).

11. Heart
Agreement
1) Use polite words
2) Be Kind
3) Keep hands, feet, and objects to
yourself
4) Be respectful
5) One person talking at the time
6) No cell phone use, etc
Heart Agreements are great tools for winning and
maintaining cooperation in a classroom of children.
Involve the children/teen in the agreement
Display the agreement in the classroom all times.
Little ones – pictures
and simple
Old ones – List signed
by them

12. Visual Reminders

13. Consequences
What are the consequences for not following the
rules?
1. A friendly reminder (point to the written
agreement)
2. Ask for help – What can we do to help our friend?
3. Calming place with something to do?
4. Talk to parents?
5. Or….

14. Directions
 Quick prompts – simple directions/few directions/say it
 Keep them busy while waiting for others to be ready
 (Write 3 things you know about Jesus)

15. Talking
 Raise quiet hand
 Look at the person who is talking
 Eye contact
 Partner Talk – Knees to knees
 Show that you care (observe your body language)
 Thumbs up and down

16. Voice
 Voice Level
 Have a sign
 Use strong and low voice
 Non-verbal prompts

17. Ending
Prayer Table
Free
Play
Area
Art Table
and
Snacks
Chairs
(circle time)
Story
Time
(Rug)
Traffic and Station

18. Attention Getters
 The goal is to freeze, look, and
listen
 “Hey – love”
 Hocus pocus – everybody focus
 Ready to rock – ready to Roll
 Clap clap
 If you can hear me …
 Mirror body, hand, words
 Do what I say, not what I do

19. Transition
 Move quick, safe, and calm
 Change based on age
 Be organized
 Movement between transitions for the
little ones
 Song/music
 Wind down to prepare for the next
activity
 When I say go, you…

20. Learn strategies for building positive, compassionate
classroom communities that engage learners, and find and
exchange tips for coping with disruptive behaviors and
managing distraction.