The document outlines an effective classroom plan, including listing 5 classroom rules that are observable, measurable, and positively stated. It notes the importance of rules coinciding with school-wide expectations. The plan identifies procedures for teaching rules, including an attention signal, daily schedule, student routines, teacher routines, and procedures for encouraging appropriate behavior with whole group and individual students, as well as discouraging problem behaviors. Dates for teaching and reviewing elements are also included.

1. Effective Classroom Plan
(Newcomer & Lewis)
List Classroom Rules:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Are they observable, measurable, positively stated, with no question about
meaning?
Do the rules coincide with school-wide expectations?
Identify Procedures for Teaching Classroom Rules:
Record dates
taught &
How and when will they be taught?
reviewed
Identify your attention signal:
Determine your daily/hourly schedule
Is your schedule posted?
Date taught

2. Identify Student Routines (e.g. requesting assistance, entering class,
sharpening pencils, class dismissal, passing in papers, grading papers,
transitions, working with peers, etc.)
List routines and steps
Date Taught
Identify Teacher Routines (e.g. greeting & escorting students, signaling for
attention, giving directions, providing feedback or corrections, grading,
etc.
List routines and steps
Date Taught
Identify procedures for encouraging appropriate behavior:

3. Whole Group
Individual Student
Identify procedures for discouraging problem behaviors