Behavioral and Procedural

The statement of purpose is: Focused Jargon free

Directly, clearly understood

The statement of purpose: Our classroom will provide a safe learning environment for all students which will encourage and foster cooperation, academic success and personal growth. All students are expected to be active participants in their education and academic growth.

Ms. Bible's Classroom Rules Rules: Rule 1: Come to class on time and be prepared with all class materials necessary. Rule 2: Follow directions the first time that they are given. Rule 3: Be respectful of others and their belongings. Rule 4: Complete and turn in all work on time. Rule 5: Follow all school rules. The rules are: Simple, specific, and jargon free terms Measurable Positively stated Conveys expected behavior Observable

Classroom Procedures Procedure: Hallway (Steps:) Walk slowly in the hallway. positive consequences: Smiles Verbal Praise negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege. Walk on the right hand side of the hallway to help traffic flow. positive consequences: Smiles Verbal Praise negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege. Avoid stopping in the middle of the hallway to help ensure that traffic jams do not occur. positive consequences: Smiles Verbal Praise negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege. Procedure: Locker (Steps:) Students should stop at their locker during the break period between classes. substep: You do not have time after each class. Please plan accordingly. positive consequences: Smiles. negative consequences: General Reminder If you need to go to your locker during class, please follow the same instructions as the bathroom procedure. substep: Raise you hand, receive permission, sign out, take hall pass, walk in the hallway, return immediately, sign in, return to your seat and begin working. positive consequences: Smiles Verbal Praise negative consequences: [Link] Reminder [Link] Reminder [Link] [Link] contact [Link] Referral Procedure: Bathroom (Steps:) Please remain seated and raise you had to receive permission.

substep: I will come to you and you may ask me your question. positive consequences: Smile Verbal Praise negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege. Once permission has been granted sign out the hall pass at the front of the classroom. substep: Use the sign out sheet. List your name, date and time out. positive consequences: Smile Verbal Praise negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege. Walk in the hallway to the nearest restroom. positive consequences: Smile Verbal Praise negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege. Return immediately to the classroom. positive consequences: Smile Verbal Praise negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege. Sign back in on the lob sheet and hang the hall pass back up. positive consequences: Smile Verbal Praise negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege. Return to your seat and resume working. positive consequences: Smile Verbal Praise negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege. Procedure: Dismissal (Steps:) Students are dismissed by the teacher and not the bells. positive consequences: Smiles Verbal Praise negative consequences: General Reminder Listen carefully for the given instruction to positive consequences: Smiles Verbal Praise

negative consequences: General Reminder Remain seated until further instructions are given. positive consequences: Smiles Verbal Praise negative consequences: General Reminder Line up accordingly and dismiss. positive consequences: Smiles Verbal Praise negative consequences: General Reminder Procedure: Late (Steps:) Students who are tardy require a tardy slip from either the Office or their previous teacher. positive consequences: Smiles Verbal Praise negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege. Enter the room quietly and hand the teacher your tardy slip. positive consequences: Smiles Verbal Praise negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege. Take your seat and began your classwork. positive consequences: Smiles Verbal Praise negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege. Procedure: Absences (Steps:) Students are responsible for all work missed while absent from the classroom. substep: It is your responsibility to ask for the work that you have missed. positive consequences: Smile and Praise. negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege. All make up work due to absence is due within two days after the absence. After that the grade on the assignment will decrease by 5 points a day. substep: If you miss class on Monday, you have until Wednesday to complete the work missed and turn it in for full credit.

positive consequences: Smile and Praise. negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege. If you know that you are going to be absent the day of a test please make arrangements to take the test on a different day. substep: Come and talk to me and will we decided on a day to give you the test. positive consequences: Smile and Praise. negative consequences: Individual reminder Second Reminder Loss of privilege.

Positive consequence timeline: Free and frequent Verbal Praise Smiles Intermittent Notes Home Extra free time Special Privalages Strong and long-term Special projects Field trips Student of the week award

The positive consequences are: Clear and specific Natural and logical Related directly to your rules and procedures

Negative consequence Steps: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 General Reminder Individual Reminder Second Individual reminder Detention Parent Contact Office Referral

The negative consequences are: Logical Natural Connected Educative not Vindictive

Classroom Crisis Procedures The crisis plan identifies: Who will seek assistance Who will be notified Crisis plan: Behavioral: Crisis student will be sent to the appropriate office with proper identification (e.i Behavioral Crisis card/note). Behavioral: Send the rest of the class to another teachers classroom that has been predetermined. Behavioral: Accompany C. student to the Office and help them re-gain their control. Medical: Crisis student will be sent to the appropriate office with proper identification Medical: If necessary have students help you move furniture away from the student. Medical: Monitor the student. What other students will do What to do after the crisis

Behavioral: Once the student is in the proper place Medical: Reassure student(s) after the incident is and being taken care off, return to the other over.

students. Behavioral: Follow up with the student using the home contact and the proper paper work. Medical: Follow up with proper paperwork and contact the parents of the student.

Action Plan Action Plan Task: Booster Sessions for Students There is a schedule included for each of the following: Informing Teachers Introducing to parents Teaching students Scheduling booster session (rule reviews) for students and staff Action plan parameters: Process [Link] booster sessions. Determine days and note the need to review certain components. [Link] mini lessons. Teach a mini lesson on any area that students might be having trouble with. Materials needed Lesson plans and adequate time. Intended date of completion 1. Before the school year begins. 2. As often as needed. Outcome Students will be provided reinforcement for the proper behaviors. Action Plan Task: Teaching The Plan to Parents There is a schedule included for each of the following: Informing Teachers Introducing to parents Teaching students Scheduling booster session (rule reviews) for students and staff Action plan parameters: Process Share with parents. Present at back to school night. Contact parents who were not able to attend.

Materials needed Pamphlets that were handed out to the children. Back to school night. Intended date of completion By the first month of school. Outcome Parents will understand the plan and what is expected of their children in order to potentially help out with any problem children. Action Plan Task: Plan Toolkit There is a schedule included for each of the following: Informing Teachers Introducing to parents Teaching students Scheduling booster session (rule reviews) for students and staff Action plan parameters: Process [Link] posters for rules and procedures. Increase the size of the rules to fit poster board. Do the same thing for important procedures. Also make a flip chart of all the procedures, hand them out and display one at the front of the classroom. [Link] the Student of the Week program. Design the certificate and set up a Student of the Week wall/whiteboard. [Link] a substitute teacher notebook. In this notebook include all the information to carry out the behavior plan. Create an Office referral form. [Link] sure that the negative consequence and actions can be displayed. Materials needed Poster board, permanent markers, tape, paper, computer, software, printer, Notebook and dividers. Intended date of completion Before the school year begins. Outcome This will help ensure that the plan underway to be taught. Action Plan Task: Teaching The Plan to Students There is a schedule included for each of the following: Informing Teachers Introducing to parents Teaching students Scheduling booster session (rule reviews) for students and staff Action plan parameters: Process

[Link] a pamphlet about the plan. Use Microsoft word. [Link] the plan. Create a lesson plan. Materials needed Paper, computer, software, printer, lesson plan template. Intended date of completion Before the school year begins. Outcome The plan will be ready to be taught to students. Action Plan Task: Recognition Activities for Students There is a schedule included for each of the following: Informing Teachers Introducing to parents Teaching students Scheduling booster session (rule reviews) for students and staff Action plan parameters: Process Student of the week. Each week one student will be selected to receive this award. This award is not based off of who received the highest scores, but rather is a culmination of a several factors. Materials needed Paper, computer, software, wall of fame Intended date of completion Before the school year begins. Outcome This is intended to recognize those students who put forth their best effort. Also to hopefully encourage all students to strive for the same thing.

Instructional First, as a teacher, I must provide the proper classroom climate. It is my responsibility to have a classroom in which students feel safe, secure and are focused on learning. Marzano tells us that student learning decreases when they feel threatened in some way are under challenged (Leithwood, et al). This can be accomplished through the classroom rules. Another important thing to remember is the way the classroom looks. If I want to keep my students involved and cooperating during classroom activities, my room should be inviting and thought provoking. This can be accomplished with organizing the classroom and allowing the students to help decide on displays. When planning and preparing the units of study always keep the students involved. Make sure that they are involved in planning, implementing and assessing. If students are actively involved there will be less disciplinary problems. I think that this may be the most important part of Instructional Management. Another component to instructional management is behavioral. As a teacher, I will need to clearly communicate and reinforce classroom rules, routines and procedures. I will also allow the students to evaluate these things and see if they think anything needs changes, added or deleted. They will not have the final say. As a class we will need to discuss these issues. The last key part of Instructional Management is making sure that everything runs smoothly throughout the entire year. You can accomplish this by reflecting and evaluating every day or week as you see fit. If something isnt working change it and if everything is running smoothly leave it alone. In my classroom I will use a variety of teaching methods. There will be entrance and exit slips every day to help measure student grow and understanding. There will be occasional worksheet assigned to help supplement the units; mostly maps. Students will regularly engage in cooperative learning/group work settings when appropriate. The various methods to be used are

think, pair, share, small group work, etc. Students will also make use of technology for virtual tours that may be individual, whole class, partner or group oriented. When covering political topics students might engage in political debates as the role play different presidents. Students will also complete KWL charts, graphic organizers, etc. Students will engage in note taking with guided notes strategy at first. Students will also be assessed in the form of projects. A few examples are pamphlets, PowerPoints, posters, letters, speeches, etc.

Source: (Leithwood, et al. How Leadership Influences Student Learning.09/19/[Link]

Organizational I have included a small sketch of how I would like to arrange a room. I would want a desk area for myself at the top left hand corner near the door for the classroom. In the middle of the classroom near my desk I would like to have a smart board placed there. The projector will be a ceiling mounted projector to not waste any space. I will primarily use an i-pad for any projections, so there will be no need for a big bulky cart. Beside the smart board I would like to have the bulletin board for my classroom upon which I can display classroom rules and procedures and a large dry erase calendar on which due dates for assignment and tests can be written. Directly in front of it I would like to have a small table for assignment papers, homework and additional information; these will be all separated with their own organizational bins. In the very top right hand corner I would like to have a mobile lab of some sort to help supplement my instruction. Students will use the mobile lab to complete map assignments, virtual tours, research and projects. This lab will have almost daily use (with this I place caution because we do not want them to be technology dependent, but we want them to be technology fluent). I have areas on both sides of the room devoted to group work space and display areas. The group work space area is multifunctional. In the back right hand corner I have storage space for filing and various other items. The entire middle area is designated to my students. I want there to be enough space for the students to be able to move their desks around and so that we can organize the room and try to get away from row, row, row. Ideally, the students desk tops and chairs would be two separate entities. The organization of the students desk really lies within the class size and the topic being covered that day. There will be days were rows or columns of desk will be the most effective for instruction and there will also be days were a

horseshoe, circle, square or rectangle will be most effective. This also will depend heavily upon the age of students being taught.