1. Active Approaches to Positive Results National Chinese Language Conference Chicago, Illinois May 2, 2009 Wei-ling Wu , Ph.D. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, NJ [email_address] Active Approaches for Classroom Management

2. One of the most challenging problems “ The act of supervising relationships, behaviors, and instructional settings and lessons for communities of learners .” (Iverson, 2003, p. 4) Iverson, Annette M. (2003). Building competence in classroom management and discipline (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill. What is classroom management? Where there is a class, there is need for management.

8. “ Unity in duality” Balance!! Unity!! Active Management!! be reasonable push be flexible be firm let students have fun keep students focused be serious be humorous facilitate control encourage learning stop disruption provide guidance disciple care punish be proactive be reactive

9. What should a good teacher be? persistent reasonable efficient good at teaching 70 confident encouraging helpful listen to students enthusiasm patient open to new idea creative knowledgeable fun 79 fair nice caring understanding 46