Dr. Lori Flint gave a presentation on re-thinking classroom management at the ECU Clinical Teacher Conference. She presented several statements about classroom management and student behavior that the audience had to determine were true or false. Most of the statements presented conventional wisdom about classroom management but were actually false, such as the ideas that student behavior will always be a problem, focusing solely on content prevents discipline issues, and teachers either "win" or "lose" their class in the first few days. She advocated for a more student-centered, authoritative approach to classroom management built on mutual respect, as opposed to an authoritarian model.

1. Re-Thinking
Classroom
Management
(an interactive session)
Dr. Lori Flint
ECU Clinical Teacher Conference, Spring 2014

2. 1. Teacher expectations of students do not influence how much students
achieve in class (and in their lives).
2. Student behavior will always be a problem in every classroom.
3. “Grumpy” teachers always seem to have more classroom management
issues than positive, happy teachers.
4. Teachers who collaborate with other teachers have fewer classroom
management issues than teachers who “work on their own”.
5. Focusing on your “subject” is the best way to prevent discipline
problems in the classroom.
6. Classroom management has nothing to do with discipline.
7. There are fewer classroom management problems in smaller
classrooms.
8. Teachers either “win” or “lose” their classes on the first few days of
the school year.
9. A teacher should spend more time covering material than managing
their classrooms in the first 3 days of school.
10. Most classroom management problems have nothing to do with students
– they are the teacher’s fault.
KEY to the POP-QUIZ: 1-F, 2-F, 3-T, 4-T, 5-F, 6-T, 7-F, 8-T, 9-F, 10-T
From: http://allthingslearning.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/are-we-on-the-right-%E2%80%9Ctrack%E2%80%9D-with-classroom-management-part-one%E2%80%A6/

3. A recipe for misbehavior?

4. Which one works best?
Authoritative
• Mostly democratic
• Student centered
• Interest based
• Mutual respect
• Learns self-regulation
Authoritarian
• My way or the highway
• Teacher centered
• Subject based
• Respect the teacher
• Learns external regulation

5. MY MANAGEMENT RULES
• Respect & be worthy of respect
• Share the power
• Have students help create rules
• Give them good stuff to learn
• Build in movement
• Build in social learning
• Differentiate instruction

6. Let’s argue the point….

7. RESOURCES
• Invitations to Learn (article)
• http://busyteacher.org/14770-move-from-a-teacher-centered-class-to-student.html
• http://www.edutopia.org/stw-sel-classroom-management-resources
• http://www.pbis.org/
• Avoiding Power Struggles: http://www.nea.org/tools/49922.htm
• http://www.empoweringparents.com/How-to-Give-Kids-Consequences-That-Work.php
• http://www.slideshare.net/vadenbd/helping-students-become-more-selfregulated-learners
• http://www.fredjones.com/Positive_Discipline/Discipline_Ch18.html
• http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_create_a_positive_school_climate
• http://www.edutopia.org/classroom-student-participation-tips
• http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/constructivism/exploration.html
• http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2013/12/24/ctq_powell_strengths.html
• Teach using andragogy instead of pedagogy
• Improving students’ relationships with teachers to improve learning