When we talk about Management, most of the times it comes to our minds a company or a business, since Management is often related with an enterprise. However, this concept can be applied to education as well. We call it "Classroom Management" and is the variety of skills and techniques that teachers use to keep students organized, orderly, focused, attentive, on task, and academically productive during a class.
But, what are the benefits of Classroom Managament? Well, some of the beneficts are:
Effective Teaching
Classroom
management strategies help to create an organized classroom environment that is
effective to teaching. Students know the expectations in different types of
learning situations. This will allow the teacher to plan the specific
activities in order students can accomplish these expectations.
Effective
use of time
One of the
steps of Classroom Management is planning, if we as teachers already have planned
our activities, then we know more or less how much time the activities will
take, then we can decide which activities are more meaningful to students.
Another advantage is that if an activity takes more time than the expected then
we have a "plan B" so we don´t affect the class and we accomplish
with the majority of the activities.
Consistency
A teacher
with strong classroom management skills creates consistency for students. Your students may do better when
you're gone if you have set expectations for everyday tasks. You can also
create consistency throughout the school by aligning your management strategies
with the school principles, if your school focuses on respect and
responsibility, incorporate them into your classroom. The students will listen
to those words throughout the school and know that the expectations are the
same anywhere in the building. This will create an excellent identity of the
student with the school making a better process not only in learning, but in
the everyday routine of the student.
Fewer
Behavior Problems
One of the
main goals of classroom management is to reduce misbehavior in the classroom.
Effective classroom management gives the students little time to misbehave.
Because the expectations are clearly explained, the students know what they
need to do.The expectations for behaviors that are part of a classroom
management plan give students boundaries, as well as consequences.
So teachers, what other benefits can you find when we apply Classroom Management techniques? Write your anwers in the comment section below. Thanks!!!
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https://education.gov.gy/web/index.php/teachers/tips-for-teaching/item/1651-why-classroom-management-is-important
Totally agree, I talk about my situation in particular, being in preschool, you have to be very creative to make the class dynamic, and interesting for children, that way you keep the interest of the child in your class.
ResponderBorrarArriving with unexpected activities generates less indiscipline and works better as a group.
I know that it is not only for classes with children, but also for young people and adults. If the teacher has the ability to manage the group with different strategies achieves a better teaching-learning relationship.
Excellent job!!! ThnkS =D
Management could be applied in many live situations and jobs. Nevertheless, teachers must have a good management in order to achieve their objectives for the class and help their students move a step forward their own goals.
ResponderBorrarAs just a miscalculation can lead to a problem during class, call it dissipline, motivation, understanding, content, time, etc. problems. But I guess that experence in classroom management help you quickly react to any problem you may encounter, because a class hardly ever goes perfectly as planned, and therefore is an essential hability teachers have to develop and work.Thanks for sharing.
I work with little kids and sometimes it’s hard because they don’t have a wide vocabulary, so it’s difficult to them to follow instructions so I have to use clear and short expressions, and the movements to express what I said help a lot.
ResponderBorrarAnother technique that help me to provide transitions is the use of the songs, for example when I play the “Clean up” song they know that is time to clean up and they just do it.
So it is important to apply it =)
Thanks!!!