This is for my Classroom management class.

1. Classroom management/Discipline
David Crowell

2. Introduction
After examining the Craig Seganti approach to
classroom management, this educator uses an
orderly, businesslike approach to classroom
discipline. (Charles)

3. The Seganti approach
According to Mr. Seganti, the main point of
maintaining a well managed class is to start on
day one. A teacher should set down his
expectations with his students and make sure
that they all understand them and hold them
accountable by using his leverage as the “Boss”
to enforce said rules and expectations(charles).

4. Seganti cont’d
Mr. Seganti also wants teachers to be able to
show how education is the main reward for a
learner. We don’t need to use Superfluous
Rewards. We also should not need to give
warnings(charles). As in the workplace you get
your chance and if you don’t comply with the
rules you are then reprimanded.

5. Other sources
The business approach was developed by Evertson and Emmer
(education-teaching-careers. Levy Dalumpines). It too states
that in the classroom the focus should be on the work and not
discipline. To keep the students on the right path we must keep
them busy and give them our rules and regulations so to speak.
This site also states that you should also pay attention to the
work and promote or praise accordingly. This helps the student
realize his work is being recognized and gets that feeling of
accomplishment.

6. Other sources cont’d
Many teachers have begun to take this approach to
educating in their classrooms
(classroominc.blogspot.com, Operating your classroom
with a business-minded approach, June 20, 2011, j.
edward). This site claims that teachers should imagine
themselves running their dream company and place
themselves as CEO and their students are the
employees. Just like Seganti, others are holding their
students accountable for their actions and their
learning. No if’s and or but’s about it!

7. Other sources on this approach
According to (http://www.marietta.edu) this
approach is very work oriented. This approach also
requires another approach. This is the assertive
approach to education. As stated previously, once
the classroom rules and regulations are stated the
teacher must holdfast to those rules with little to no
exceptions. When an educator does have to remind
or correct a bent or broken rule, that teacher must
do so in an assertive non argumentative fashion.
This was also stated in the Seganti approach
(charles).

8. Another fellow educator who we have learned
much from is Mr. Harry Wong, who also
supports this type of classroom management
style (http://wps.pearsoncustom.com, pearsons
education, 2013). Mr. Wong states that we
should make sure and praise the good work in
public, just as in a business environment, but
criticize in private so as not to discourage the
student.

9. Ideas
Having been in many facets of the business world and
learning many different types of business management
styles, I was glad to see that this approach to classroom
management was available. According to my sources if
you hold the students accountable as you do your
workforce, and if you are the same with each student and
take a genuine interest in them as a valid asset to your
class, the student will try to do better. Just as in the
workplace, the student needs to know what the
expectations of them are and how to achieve the most
success. It is our job to motivate them to do this. It is our
job to give praise publicly and not humiliate the student.

10. cont’d
Just as a boss in the business world, our job as a
manager so to speak is to get the most out of our
students. If we have a worker/student that is not
performing or if we notice that he is not focusing on
his or her work and or hindering others work, we
are to reprimand that employee. Like the
workplace the student will likely be upset, but if he
knew he was wrong and if we had done our job
managing the correct way, the person will
understand the consequences and hopefully not
repeat.

11. Finale
According to the chapter and my other research
the businesslike approach is catching on. It also
is teaching our students how to reach
expectations and accomplish more in class. It is
teaching them real world values and
applications. As the research shows it has a real
impact on a students learning and enjoyment of
the class.

12. Works Cited
charles, C. M. Building classroom discipline. (11 ed., p. 94). Pearson.
Dalumpines, L. (n.d.). Classroom management the business approach.
Retrieved from http://education-teaching-
careers.knoji.com/classroom-management-the-businessacademic-
approach
edward, J. (2011, June 20). Operating your classroom with a business
minded approach. Retrieved from www.classroominc.blogspot.com
(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.marietta.edu
(n.d.). Retrieved from http://wps.pearsoncustom.com
Wong, H. (2008). A computer teacher shows the way.Effective
Teaching, Retrieved from http://teachers.net/wong/AUG08/