The document outlines strategies for creating a productive learning environment through effective classroom management. Key components include arranging the physical setting to minimize distractions, establishing a supportive classroom climate, and setting reasonable behavior limits. Additionally, it emphasizes collaboration with parents and faculty to promote student engagement and address misbehavior.

1. Creating a Productive
Learning Environment

2. Conducive Environment
to Learning
 A well-managed classroom is one in which
students are consistently engaged in
productive learning.
 Effective classrooms are the result of
effective classroom management.

3. Effective Classroom Management
 Teachers with effective classroom management
skills:
◦ Physically arrange the classroom in a way that
minimizes distractions and facilitates teacher-
student interaction
◦ Create a climate in which students feel they belong
and are intrinsically motivated to learn
◦ Set reasonable limits for behavior
◦ Plan activities that encourage on-task behavior
◦ Continually monitor what students are doing
◦ Modify instructional strategies when necessary

4. Arranging the Classroom
 Minimize distractions
 Facilitate teacher-student interaction
◦ Students seated closer to the teacher pay more
attention and are more interactive.
 Survey the entire class
◦ Check for signs of boredom, frustration, etc.

5. The Classroom Climate
 The climate is the overall psychological
atmosphere of the classroom.
◦ Students should feel safe and secure.
◦ Students should believe learning is a high
priority.
◦ Students should be willing to take risks and
make mistakes.

6. Strategies for Creating an
Effective Classroom Climate
 Form and maintain a productive relationship with
every student
◦ Be well prepared for class
◦ Demonstrate that you enjoy teaching
◦ Communicate high but realistic expectations for
student performance
◦ Include students in decision making and in
evaluation of their work
◦ Acknowledge that everyone has an “off” day now
and then

7. Strategies for Creating an
Effective Classroom Climate
 Establish a businesslike yet nonthreatening
atmosphere
 Communicate appropriate messages about
subject matter
 Give students a sense of control
 Promote a sense of community and belonging

8. Setting Limits
 Chaos reigns in classrooms without guidelines for
appropriate behavior.
 Setting reasonable limits promotes productive
behavior and contributes to students’
socialization.
 How can you set useful and reasonable limits?
◦ Establish initial rules and procedures
◦ Present rules and procedures in an informational
rather than controlling manner
◦ Periodically review existing rules and procedures
◦ Acknowledge students’ feelings about classroom
requirements
◦ Enforce rules consistently and fairly

9. Keeping Students on Task
 Effective teachers keep students on task
by:
◦ Keeping students productively engaged and on
task
◦ Choosing developmentally appropriate tasks
◦ Providing structure and support so students
know exactly what they need to do
◦ Adequately planning for transitions

10. “Withit” Teachers
 “Withit” teachers know what students are doing
at all times in the classroom.
 They regularly scan the classroom for
misbehaviors.
 They make regular eye contact with students.
 They know when, and often why, misbehaviors
occur.

11. How “Expert” Teachers
Manage the Classroom
 Rather than focusing on what students are
doing wrong, expert teachers:
◦ Modify their instructional strategies so that
students are more productive
◦ Ask, “How can I better capture students’
interest and excitement? Are my students
bored?”

12. Dealing with Misbehaviors
 Misbehavior is any action that has the
potential to disrupt students’ learning and
planned classroom activities.
 Teachers should plan ahead, as much as
possible, when considering how to deal
with misbehaviors.

13. Helpful Strategies for Dealing
with Misbehavior
 Ignore the behavior
 Cue the student by using a signal that indicates
the desired behavior
 Discuss the problem privately with the student
 Teach self-regulation strategies
 Use behaviorist approaches, such as applying
extinction and/or reinforcing an incompatible
behavior
 Use a combination of cognitive and behavioral
techniques
 Confer with parents

14. Working with Other Faculty
Members
 Communicate and collaborate regularly
 Form common goals regarding students’
learning
 Establish a shared set of strategies for
encouraging productive student behavior
 Commit to promoting equality and
multicultural sensitivity throughout the
school community

15. Working with Parents
 Recognize the important role parents play
in students’ lives
 Communicate on a regular basis
◦ Share students’ progress
◦ Coordinate efforts to increase the likelihood of
success
◦ Avoid blaming parents for students’ behaviors
or shortcomings