Comprehensive Classroom Management : Creating Communities of Support and Solving Problems

by Jones, Vern; Jones, Louise

• ISBN13: 9780205625482
• ISBN10: 0205625487
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-28
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Comprehensive Classroom Management presents practical methods for creating a positive learning environment, working with behavioral problems, and dealing with a range of challenges in the K-12 classroom. The authors use real life examples to help both pre and in service teachers understand and apply the principles of classroom management in their own classroom situations. The text uses numerous case studies, examples, and descriptions of specific strategies based on current research and classroom experience. Comprehensive Classroom Management features classrooms ranging from kindergarten through the twelfth grade. It focuses on creating positive learning environments for students, and provides extensive, practical materials on both problems solving and building individual behavior change plans for students with behavioral problems.

“I love this book and I love teaching my classroom management course using this book! It is clear, straightforward, and grounded in solid research. It is very comprehensive, yet at the same time, easy to read.”-Elizabeth Whiteman, Hudson Valley Community College

Comprehensive Classroom Management presents practical methods for creating a positive learning environment, working with behavioral problems, and dealing with a range of challenges in the K–12 classroom. This text uses real-life examples to help both pre- and in-service teachers understand and apply the principles of classroom management in their own classroom situations. The text uses numerous case studies, examples, and descriptions of specific strategies based on current research and classroom experience. The authors focus on creating positive learning environments for students, and provide extensive, practical materials on both problem solving and building individual behavior change plans for students with behavioral problems.

New to This Edition:

-Extensive new material in the areas of working with culturally diverse student groups, special education, and teacher–student relationships

-New research and numerous new examples that keep the text current.

-Complete Instructor's Manual on CD-ROM with sample test items, activities, reproducible forms, and links to useful websites makes course preparation far easier

-Classroom vignettes video, free to adopters, that illustrates management issues in short clips

Author Biography

Vern Jones is the curernt Chair of the Education Department at Lewis & Clark College Graduate School of Education and Counseling. He has experience as a junior high school teacher of students with emotional and behavior problems, a junior high school vice principal, and a district resource coordinator for students with emotional and behavior disorders. From 1986 to 1989, Vern was co-chair of the American Educational Research Association's special interest group on classroom management. He has served as a scholar in residence in the department of education at Western Michigan State University, visited California State University at Riverside as a Distinguished Scholar, given the centennial address for the University of Idaho School of Education, and served as a distinguished lecture series presenter at Hastings College in Nebraska. In 1990, he won the Burlington Northern Award as Graduate School Teacher of the Year at Lewis & Clark College. He has given keynote addresses at state conferences in over ten states and consulted with school districts and staff in over 25 states.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foundations Of Comprehensive Classroom Management

Classroom Management in Perspective

Extent of the Problem

Social Factors Influencing Students'

Behavior

School Factors Significantly Influence Students'

Learning and Behavior

Classroom Management: A Changing Perspective

Comprehensive Classroom Management

The Author's Basic Assumptions about Classroom Management

Factors Influencing How Teachers Manage Their Classrooms

Developing Your Own Approach to Effective and Professionally Responsible Classroom Management 37

Understanding Students'

Basic Psychological Needs

Theoretical Perspectives

Students at Risk for School Failure

The Issues of Order, Caring and Power

Creating A Safe And Supportive Learning Community

Establishing Positive Teacher-Student Relationships

Research on Teacher-Student Relationships

The Teacher as a Model

Establishing Effective Relationships with Students

Methods for Communicating Caring and Support

Evaluating the Quality of Teacher-Student Relationships

Creating Positive Peer Relationships

Why it is Important to Develop a Positive Classroom Community

Understanding the Classroom Group

Acquaintance Alctivities

Activities for Establishing a Cohesive, Supportive Group

Activities for Enhancing Diverse Liking Patterns

School Climate

Working with Parents

Keeping Parents Informed

Parent Conferences

Dealing Effectively with Parents'

Criticism and Confrontation

Placing School-Home Interaction in Perspective

Additional Methods for Positively Engaging Parents of Second Language Learners

Assessing Parent Contacts

Implementing and Assessing New Methods

Developing Standards for Classroom Behavior

Developing General Behavior Standards or Rules

Classroom Procedures

Creative Examples of Teaching Rules and Procedures

An Outline for Beginning the School Year

Classroom Management Skills That Help Maximize On-Task Behavior

Activities for Implementing and Assessing New Methods

Increasing Student Motivation And Learning By Implementing Instructional Methods That Meet Students' Academic Needs

Enhancing Students'

Motivation to Learn

Key Issues in Student Motivation to Learn

Students'

Academic Needs

Meeting the Needs of Students with Special Needs

Two Additional Methods for Enhancing Students'

Motivation to Learn: Cooperative Learning and Peer Tutoring

Example of Enhancing Motivation and Student Success

Implementation Alctivities

When Prevention Is Not Enough: Methods For Altering Unproductive Student behavior

Responding to Violations of Rules and Procedures

Effective Responses to Irresponsible Student Behavior

Responding to Defiant Behavior

A Classroom Procedure for Responding to Disruptive Behavior

Activity for Assessing Your Skills in Responding to Escalating Student Behavior

Using Problem Solving to Resolve Behavior Problems

Placing Problem Solving in Context

A Model for Solving Problems with Individual Students

Methods for Solving Problems between Students

Methods for Group Problem Solving

Methods of Responding to Serious and Continuing Student Behavior Problems

Incorporating Problem Solving into a Schoolwide Student Management Plan

Implementation Alctivities

Developing Individual Behavior Change Plans

Behavior Management in Perspective

Understanding What Causes Student Behavior: Conducting an Environmental

Analysis/Functional Alssessment

Strategies for Helping Students Develop New Behavioral Skills

A Team Approach to Developing a Positive Behavior Change Plan

Implementation Alctivities

Possible Procedures for Common Areas in an Elementary School

Recommendations for Secondary-Level Teachers Regarding the Teaching of Limited English-Proficiency Students

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