The document outlines steps for establishing an effective classroom management plan during the first month of school: 1) finalize a management plan and expectations; 2) prepare for the first day; 3) implement the plan on day one by communicating expectations; and 4) continue reinforcing expectations during the first four weeks through positive feedback and practice opportunities before implementing consequences. The goals are to welcome students and set clear expectations to work productively as a team from the beginning of the year.

2.  Task 1 – Summarize Your Classroom Management
and Discipline Pan
 Task 2 – Make Final Preparations for Day One
 Task 3 – Implement Your Plan on Day One
 Task 4 – Implement Your Plan on Days 2 Through 20
(The 1st Four Weeks)
 Task 5 – Prepare Your Students for Special
Circumstances

3.  Launch your Management Plan in the first
month of school. Build positive relationships
with students and communicate your
expectations clearly so that you and your
students are working productively as a
team by the end of the first four weeks of
school. Starting the year with an effective
classroom management plan results in an
increase of appropriate behavior and
improved academic performance.

4.  Compile essential information regarding
your vision, classroom organization, and
discipline procedures into a concise
document for use by you, your building
administrator, and substitute teachers.

5.  Make a sign for your room.
 Prepare an initial activity for students to
work on when they enter the room.
 Prepare a plan for dealing with families
who want to take your time on the first
day of school. You may want to send out
a note to families introducing yourself
and your expectations in the classroom.

6.  Guidelines for Success
 Posted Rules
 Attention Signals
 CHAMPS expectations for Classroom
Activities & Transitions
 Encouragement Procedures (Motivation &
Rewards)
 Correction Procedures for Misbehavior
 Beginning & Ending Routines
 Procedures for Managing Student Work &
Independent Work Periods

7.  Make final preparations to ensure an orderly,
respectful, and comfortable first day for you and your
students.
 Communicate to students that your classroom will be
interesting, organized, and fun!
 Communicate your classroom goals, rules &
consequences, procedures, guidelines, and
expectations.
 Deal with logistics such as distributing textbooks.
 You may want to plan a get-acquainted activity.
 Students should leave at the end of the day feeling
welcomed into their new class and fully aware that
they will be expected to work and study to the best
of their abilities.

8.  Be prepared to implement strategies
that allow you to make a great
impression on your students on the first
day of school.
 The first day is important because it will
leave the students feeling welcome and
it will set up your expectation for
behavior from the beginning.

9. For example…
 Write your schedule on the
board/overhead
 Greet the students individually
 Get students’ attention as soon as the
bell rings
 Communication ESSENTIAL classroom
information in the first 10 minutes
 Teach your attention signal.

10. 1. Teach your expectations before the
activity or transition begins.
2. Observe student behavior by circulating
and visually scanning.
3. Provide Corrective Feedback during
and immediately after the activity.

11.  During the first month of school, continue
to implement the 3 Step Process for
Communicating Expectations, and take
time to verify that students understand
what is expected of them.
 Remember that no matter how clear you
are about your expectations the first
day, the students need to have them
reinforced regularly.

12.  Constantly review your expectations with
student during the first 4 weeks.
 During this time, provide frequent
positive feedback and addition
opportunities for practice.
 After this time, it will be necessary to
begin implementing consequences for
not meeting these expectation.

13. FOUR WAYS OF TEACHING EXPECTATIONS TO NEW
STUDENTS
 Teach the new student individually your CHAMPS
behavioral expectations
 Re-teach the entire class, having students present
the expected behaviors and procedures
 Use another students as a buddy to help orient the
student
 Prepare a “welcome to our class” video made by
the students

14. TEACHING EXPECTATION FOR UNIQUE EVENTS
* Students need to know how thy are expected to
behave during any unique event that occurs, such
as a field trip.
• Model the behavior expected
• Identify the specific types of situations students are
likely to be engaged in during the event
• Use the CHAMPS acronyms to define your
behavioral expectations
• Review expectations for at least four or five
consecutive days

15. This chapter covered:
 the final preparations you should make
before school starts
 what to do on the first day of school
 procedures and considerations to deal
with during the remainder of the first
month
 preparations for special circumstances
that may come up later