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TABLE OF CONTENTS About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Preface ................................................................ xv Acknowledgments ...................................................... xvii Introduction .......................................................... 1 !e CHAMPS Approach .............................................. 2 How to Use !is Book ................................................ 6 Section Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 SECTION ONE Overview of the CHAMPS Approach ................................ 11 CHAPTER 1 Develop a Clear Vision for Your Class and Your Classroom Management Approach .............................................. 13 Task 1: Understand Foundational Principles and Practices !at Guide the CHAMPS Approach ................................................ 14 Learn about the CHAMPS approach and critical concepts that can help you establish a positive and proactive classroom. Task 2: Understand How to Shape Behavior ................................ 32 Develop an understanding of fundamental behavior management principles so that you can make e!ective decisions and take appropriate actions to help students learn to behave responsibly. Task 3: Prepare Your Classroom Management Plan .......................... 40 Understand how to use your Classroom Management Plan to summarize important information, policies, and procedures you will use to motivate students and address appropriate and inappropriate behavior. SECTION TWO Preparing: Build Your STOIC Classroom Management Plan .......... 51 CHAPTER 2 Structure for Success—Behavioral Decisions .......................... 53 Task 1: Develop and Display Guidelines for Success ......................... 55 Develop and plan to actively share guidelines that describe the basic attitudes, traits, and behaviors that will help your students be successful in your classroom and throughout their lives. v TABLE OF CONTENTS Task 2: Develop and Display Classroom Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Develop a plan for designing and then posting three to six specific classroom rules that will be used as the basis for establishing overarching expectations about behavior and for implementing corrective consequences for misbehavior. Task 3: Design a Positive Physical Space ................................... 65 Arrange the physical space in your classroom so that it promotes positive teacher- student and student-student interactions and reduces the possibility of disruptions. Task 4: Select an Attention Signal ........................................ 75 Decide on a signal you can use to get students’ attention in any setting. Teach them to respond by focusing on you and maintaining complete silence. Task 5: Design Effective Beginning and Ending Routines .................... 77 Design e!ective procedures for beginning and ending the school day or class period. Task 6: Design Procedures for Managing Common Transitions ................ 89 Define clear behavioral expectations for all common transitions that occur within your class. Task 7: Prepare for Common Areas and Special Circumstances ............... 101 Identify expectations for student behavior in all common areas and for circumstances like assemblies and substitutes. Task 8: Establish and Maintain Family Contact ............................ 104 Build positive relationships with your students’ families by making initial contact with them at the beginning of the year and maintaining regular contact throughout the year. CHAPTER 3 Structure for Success —Instructional Decisions ..................... 115 Task 1: Establish an Efficient Daily Schedule .............................. 116 Arrange or modify your daily schedule to maximize instructional time and responsible behavior and minimize wasted time and irresponsible behavior. Task 2: Clarify Expectations for the Common Instructional Activities !at Occur in Your Classroom .......................................... 121 Establish e!ective procedures for the major instructional activities that occur within your classroom, including teacher-directed instruction, partner work periods, cooperative group work, and independent work periods. Task 3: Design Procedures for Managing Teacher-Directed Activities ......... 132 Establish e!ective procedures for teacher-directed instructional activities. Task 4: Design Procedures for Managing Independent Work Periods .......... 141 Establish e!ective procedures for facilitating independent work periods. vi CHAMPS Task 5: Design Procedures for Managing Partner and Cooperative Group Work ......................................................... 146 Establish e!ective procedures for facilitating partner and cooperative group activities. Task 6: Design Procedures for Managing Student Assignments ............... 154 Determine how you will assign, monitor, and collect student work. Task 7: Design Procedures for Managing Student Technology Use ............ 164 Design efficient and e!ective procedures for when and how students use technology in the classroom, as well as clear procedures for when technology will not be used. Task 8: Develop Long-Range Classroom Goals ............................ 172 Identify several major goals—instructional and behavioral—that you wish to accomplish with all of your students by the end of the year. Task 9: Understand Considerations for Developing Effective Grading Practices ..................................................... 174 Learn about grading reforms and reflect on your current grading practices. Task 10: Develop a Grading System !at Creates a Relationship Between Student Effort, Growth, and Success ..................................... 182 Design a grading system that aligns evaluation with course objectives. CHAPTER 4 Teach Students to Meet Expectations ............................... 201 Task 1: Teach Your Guidelines for Success and Classroom Rules .............. 203 Prepare to teach and reinforce your guidelines and rules to students at the beginning of the year. Task 2: Prepare Visuals and Lessons to Communicate Your CHAMPS Expectations ............................................... 209 Develop a preliminary plan and prepare lessons for teaching your CHAMPS expectations to students. Task 3: Teach Behavioral and Social-Emotional Skills ....................... 219 Be prepared to teach behavioral and social-emotional skills that are essential for school and life success. Task 4: Clarify Behavioral Expectations for Common Areas and Special Circumstances ................................................. 226 Be prepared to teach your CHAMPS expectations for common areas. Also be prepared to teach expectations to any new students who enter your class and for any unique events that may occur. Task 5: Clarify Behavioral Expectations With Parents and Guardians ......... 233 Communicate with families about what their students will be learning and doing in your classroom. vii TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 5 Observe—Use Data to Monitor and Adjust Your Management Plan ................................................. 237 Task 1: Scan All Sections of the Classroom Continuously and Circulate Whenever Possible ............................................ 238 While teaching, observe students for behaviors to praise and misbehaviors to correct. Task 2: Understand Why and How to Use Data for Continuous Improvement in Your Classroom ........................................ 241 Learn about the importance of using data in your classroom, the types of data you should collect, and how to feasibly incorporate data collection e!orts into your teaching practice. Task 3: Use Data Snapshots to Monitor and Adjust Your Management Plan .... 253 Develop a plan to collect and use data as part of an ongoing process of refining your Classroom Management Plan. CHAPTER 6 Interact Positively—Build Positive Relationships and Provide Positive Feedback ................................................... 257 Task 1: Strive to Provide a High Ratio of Positive Interactions ................ 258 Plan to interact at least three times more often with each student when they are behaving appropriately than when they are misbehaving (that is, at least a 3:1 ratio). Task 2: Build Positive Relationships With Students With Noncontingent Attention .............................................. 264 Create a positive relationship with each student by using every opportunity possible to provide each student with noncontingent attention. Task 3: Provide Positive Feedback With Contingent Attention ............... 272 Give students a variety of positive feedback on their progress and success in meeting behavioral and academic goals. Task 4: Provide Intermittent Celebrations ................................. 281 Periodically reward both individual students and the whole class with a celebration that acknowledges their progress and success in meeting behavioral and academic goals. Task 5: Maintain a Positive Ratio of Interactions With Parents and Guardians ... 286 Plan to interact with families more often when students are behaving appropriately than when they are misbehaving. Task 6: Maintain Positive Communication With Colleagues ................. 288 Contribute to a positive sta! environment by bringing positive communication skills to your interactions with colleagues. viii
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