Classroom Management for Secondary Teachers

by Emmer, Edmund T.; Evertson, Carolyn M.; Worsham, Murray E.

• ISBN13: 9780205308378
• ISBN10: 0205308376
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Based on extensive research conducted by the authors in more than 500 classrooms over the past 25 years, this best-selling book presents students with a thoroughly practical, hands-on approach to classroom management. It helps an instructor perform one of the most basic tasks for a teacher to develop a smoothly running classroom that encourages learning! Classroom Management for Secondary Teachers gives teachers the information and skills they need to establish classroom management systems. Written for the prospective secondary level teacher, the content is organized so that it can be readily applied in the classroom setting. It addresses the planning decisions teachers must make arranging the physical space, establishing rules and procedures, planning and conducting instruction, maintaining appropriate behavior, addressing problem behavior, using good communication skills, and managing special groups. All examples, checklists, case studies, and group activities are at the secondary level.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Organizing Your Classroom and Materials	1	(16)
Five Keys to Good Room Arrangement	2	(1)
Suggestions for Arranging Your Classroom	3	(7)
Bulletin Boards and Walls	3	(1)
Floor Space	4	(4)
Storage Space and Supplies	8	(2)
If you Have to ``Float''	10	(1)
Further Readings	11	(1)
Suggested Activities	12	(3)
Room Preparation	15	(2)
Choosing Rules and Procedures	17	(24)
Preliminary Considerations	8	(17)
Definition of Terms	19	(1)
Identifying School Rules and Procedures	20	(1)
Planning Your Classroom Rules	21	(2)
Student Participation in Rule Setting	23	(2)
Consequences for Rule Violations	25	(1)
Planning Classroom Procedures	25	(1)
General Procedures	25	(4)
Biginning-of-Period Procedures	25	(2)
Use of Materials and Equipment	27	(1)
Ending the Period	28	(1)
Procedures During Seatwork and Teacher-Led Instruction	29	(2)
Student Attention during Presentations	29	(1)
Student Participation	29	(1)
Procedures for Seatwork	30	(1)
Procedures for Student Group Work	31	(3)
Use of Materials and Supplies	32	(1)
Assignment of Students to Groups	33	(1)
Student Goals and Participation	33	(1)
Cooperative Learning	33	(1)
Miscellaneous Procedures	34	(1)
Signals	34	(1)
Public Address (PA) Announcements and Other Interruptions	34	(1)
Special Equipment and Materials	34	(1)
Fire and Disaster Drills	34	(1)
Split Lunch Period	35	(1)
Further Readings	35	(1)
Suggested Activities	35	(1)
Rules and Procedures in an Eighth-Grade Class	36	(1)
Procedures for Small-Group Work/Laboratory Activities	37	(2)
Rules and Procedures	39	(2)
Managing Student Work	41	(14)
Your Grading System and Record Keeping	43	(2)
Feedback and Monitoring Procedures	45	(2)
Monitoring Student Work in Progress	46	(1)
Long-Range Monitoring	47	(1)
Communicating Assignments and Work Requirements	47	(2)
Instructions for Assignments	48	(1)
Standards for Form, Neatness, and Due Dates	48	(1)
Procedures for Absent Students	49	(1)
Further Readings	49	(1)
Suggested Activities	50	(1)
An Accountability System in an English Class	50	(1)
Managing Student Work in a Math Class	51	(1)
Managing Long-Term Assignments	52	(1)
Poor Work and Study Habits in Mathematics	53	(1)
Accountability Procedures	54	(1)
Getting Off to a Good Start	55	(32)
Perspectives on the Beginning of the Year	56	(2)
Planning for a Good Beginning	58	(3)
Procedures for Obtaining Books and Checking Them Out to Students	58	(1)
Procedures for Checking Out Textbooks	58	(1)
Required Paperwork	58	(1)
Class Rosters	59	(1)
Seating Assignments	59	(1)
First-Week Bell Schedule	59	(1)
Tardiness during the First Days of Classes	60	(1)
Administrative Tasks	60	(1)
Rules	60	(1)
Course Requirements	60	(1)
A Beginning-of-Class Routine	60	(1)
Time Fillers	61	(1)
Activities of the First Day of Classes	61	(4)
Before and at the Bell	61	(1)
Administrative Tasks	62	(1)
Introductions	62	(1)
Discussion of Class Rules	62	(2)
Presentation of Course Requirements	64	(1)
An Initial Content Activity	64	(1)
Ending the Period	65	(1)
The Second Day of Classes	65	(1)
After the Second Day	66	(1)
Further Readings	66	(1)
Suggested Activities	67	(1)
Beginning the Year in a First-Year Algebra Class Using Cooperative Groups	68	(5)
Beginning the Year in a High School Biology Class	73	(3)
Beginning the Year in a High School English Class Using Mastery Learning	76	(8)
Conduct Problems in a History Class	84	(1)
Preparation for the Beginning of School	85	(2)
Planning and Conducting Instruction	87	(24)
Planning Classroom Activities	88	(5)
Types of Activities	89	(4)
Organizing Activities	93	(1)
Kounin's Concepts for Manageing Group Instruction	94	(6)
Preventing Misbehavior	95	(2)
Managing Movement	97	(1)
Maintaining Group Focus	98	(2)
Transistion Management	100	(1)
Instructional Management	101	(2)
Planning	101	(1)
Presenting New Content	102	(1)
Checking for Understanding	103	(1)
Further Readings	103	(1)
Suggested Activities	104	(1)
Ms. Carpenter	104	(1)
Mr. Miller	105	(1)
Ms. Kendall	105	(1)
Kounin Concepts	106	(1)
A Science Lesson	106	(2)
Planning for Instruction	108	(3)
Managing Cooperative Learning Groups	111	(20)
Research on Cooperative Learning	113	(1)
Strategies and Routines that Support Cooperative Learning	114	(4)
Room Arrangement	114	(1)
Talk and Movement Procedures	115	(1)
Group Attention Signals	115	(1)
Promoting Interdependence within the Group	116	(1)
Individual Accountability	117	(1)
Monitoring Student Work and Behavior	118	(1)
Interventions for Groups	119	(1)
Effective Group-Work Skills	120	(2)
Social Skills	120	(1)
Explaining Skills	121	(1)
Leadership Skills	121	(1)
Beginning the Use of Cooperative Learning Groups	122	(5)
Room Arangement	123	(1)
Procedures and Routines	123	(1)
Forming Groups	123	(1)
Initial Group Tasks	124	(1)
Teaching Group Skills	125	(1)
Using Group and Individual Rewards	126	(1)
Further Readings	127	(1)
Suggested Activities	128	(1)
Planning for Cooperative Group Instruction	128	(3)
Maintaining Appropriate Student Behavior	131	(16)
Monitoring Student Behavior	132	(2)
Consistency	134	(1)
Prompt Management of Inappropriate Behavior	135	(1)
Four Ways to Manage Inappropriate Behavior	135	(1)
Building A Positive Climate	136	(2)
Improving Class Climate Through Incentives or Rewards	138	(5)
Grades and Other Symbols	138	(1)
Recognition	139	(1)
Activities as Rewards	140	(1)
Materials Incentives	141	(1)
Caution in the Use of Rewards	141	(2)
Furhter Readings	143	(1)
Suggested Activities	143	(1)
Examples of Incentives and Rewards	144	(3)
Communication Skills for Teaching	147	(22)
Constructive Assertiveness	149	(3)
Empathic Responding	152	(4)
Problem Solving	156	(4)
A Note on Parent Conferences	160	(1)
Further Readings	161	(1)
Suggested Activities	161	(1)
Developing Assertiveness Skills	161	(1)
Assertiveness Assessment Scales	162	(4)
Recognizing Listening Responses	164	(1)
Practicing Empathic Responses	165	(1)
Problem-Solving Exercises	165	(1)
Three Dialogues	166	(3)
Managing Problem Behaviors	169	(22)
What is Problem Behavior?	170	(1)
Nonproblem	170	(1)
Minor Problem	171	(1)
Major Problem, but Limited in Scope and Effects	171	(1)
Escalating or Spreading Problem	171	(1)
Goals for Managing Problem Behavior	171	(1)
Management Strategies	172	(13)
Minor Interventions	173	(2)
Moderate Interventions	175	(3)
More Extensive Interventions	178	(7)
Special Problems	185	(4)
Rudeness toward the Teacher	185	(1)
Chronic Avoidance of Work	186	(1)
Fighting	187	(1)
Other Aggressive Behavior	188	(1)
Defiance or Hostility toward the Teacher	188	(1)
A Final Reminder: Think and Act Positively	189	(1)
Further Readings	189	(1)
Suggested Activities	190	(1)
Managing Special Groups	191	(26)
Teaching Heterogeneous Classes	192	(7)
Assessing Entering Achievement	192	(1)
Modifying Whole-Group Instruction	193	(2)
Cooperative Work Groups	195	(1)
Small-Group Instruction	196	(2)
Mastery Learning	198	(1)
Teaching Remedial Classes	199	(6)
Learner Characteristics	200	(1)
Establishing Your Management System	201	(2)
Monitoring Behavior	203	(1)
Managing Student Work	203	(1)
Planning and Presenting Instruction	204	(1)
Students with Special Needs	205	(8)
Content Mastery Classroom (CMC)	205	(1)
Inclusion	206	(1)
Students with Emotional and/or Behavioral Problems	207	(1)
Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)	208	(1)
Students Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing	209	(2)
Students Who Are Visually Impaired or Blind	211	(1)
Students with Limited English Proficiency	212	(1)
Further Readings	213	(1)
Suggested Activities	213	(1)
Using Small Groups in English	214	(1)
An Inclusion Program in a Middle School	214	(1)
Problem Scenarios	215	(2)
Appendix: Answer Keys for Chapter Activities	217	(10)
References	227	(6)
Index	233