In My Classroom
How will you create a
learning environment that is conducive to learning?
I think first of all appearance
is extremely important. We discovered in class how wall art could be important
to creating the environment for students. I think in a room that is organized
and well structured will allow my job as a teacher to be made easier, and less stress
on me means more focus on my students. I think grouping desks is a great idea
because ultimately I want all my students to get to know each other, and I
think the best way to learn and grow together is to create a community-like environment.
That means I want my students to collaborate with me to create rules, goals,
and new ideas. America believes we are all about the power of people and their
power to make decisions so I figure this is extremely helpful in molding
students into citizens as well as facilitating learning by not sounding
dictatorial. I plan on creating an environment where I am extremely
approachable where any problems concerning school work, bullying, or at home
issues can be brought to me without hesitation. Another thing I want to
implement is smooth transitions. I love the idea of planning activities around
the transition periods. I believe this is so important not to lose time in
between subjects and outside courses such as art and music. There are many
things that I read about in the book that would seem to produce a learning environment,
yet I know I will often have to go through trial and error to see what works
best for that particular class.
Now consider your CSEL
case study. Develop a full continuum of
responses for dealing with the misbehavior of your case (ignoring through
dealing with serious and repetitive infractions).
My case study involved Lisa and her disruption with the
group. Right away I noticed that this might be a tricky case and ignoring the
problem might only exacerbate it. She
seems to be bossy and controlling and maybe group work isn’t best for her. However,
I believe I would skip both ignoring and cueing and move on to discussing the
problem privately with Lisa. Taking her aside or most likely outside of the
classroom, I might be able to get to the true root of the problem, and reiterate
my expectations, and why her behavior is disruptive to our school family. However,
since I do believe Lisa’s case might be complicated, I might have to interact
with her parents or even plan an intervention if it were to worsen. In her
specific case I do not believe teaching her self-regulation strategies would be
very helpful due to the fact that she seems to have no sympathy for her misbehavior.
It privately discussing the problem with her was to have little or no affect; I
believe it would be most logical to confront her guardians. I would not want to
harp on all negative qualities and behaviors but gently present the case to her
parents and seek advice and possibly intervention. From there I believe we
could solve the issue without getting other students involved, and I might gain
understanding from the parents with the best way to deal with their child who
may have emotional or social problems. I know it’s likely not everything will go according to
planned, but I love that I have a spectrum to use to help manage my classroom!
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