Classroom Management Plan

Philosophical Statement:
As a teacher, I plan to be a progressive and romantic teacher. I want my students to be
able to think on their own while helping them along the way. When having a career in teaching, I
want to be more than just a teacher that teaches straight from a state regulated handbook. I want
to be a role model and someone who is a safe haven to the kids who do not get that kind of
attention at home. I want to be the one to make an impact and help prepare students for what they
are going to face in later years of their life. Students should learn from their teachers to be the
best they can be and how to have respect for others. I want to approach my classroom with a
positive and uplifting attitude so my students will be eager and upbeat to learn. Teachers should
be providing their students with all of the information they need in an entertaining and
interactive way that keeps their attention. Students can have a hard time focusing so I will
provide my students with hands on activities that help them better understanding of the material I
will be teaching them. I want my students to be able to think on their own while helping them
along the way.
The focus on the classroom should be more on how well the students are learning rather
than the content of their grades. I want my students to be able to work on my lesson plans hands
on rather than just reading paragraphs in a course-required textbook. My lesson plans will
venture off of previous or current questions and interests of the students. My classroom will
stress the activeness of students. They will learn from problem solving and thinking experiences.
My students will learn to work well and get along with others. By allowing them in group
activities or class discussions, I will be able to access the learning development of my students. I
plan on expressing that inside my classroom there will still be discipline and moral standards. I

will be a disciplinary teacher when inappropriate occasions arise. I want to be able to focus on all
of the children and not give one student more attention than others. They should all be treated
equally. When students leave my classroom, they will be well-rounded students and ready to take
on their next step in school.
I want students to learn to be good citizens while in my classroom. I plan to provide them
with good problem solving skills and help develop them into respectful young individuals. A
comfortable and exciting classroom is what is going to help the students participate in their
development of education. The teachers should always be prepared and ready to take on the day.
I plan to be a positive teacher to all my students and have that exciting and comfortable
atmosphere so students will enjoy being at school and enjoy learning.

Classroom Procedures:
Daily Routine: Classroom procedures will be a crucial piece to a well-managed
classroom. I will be a very organized teacher that sticks to a daily routine. I think this is very
helpful to help students get adjusted to the learning atmosphere. To start out the classroom
period, I will put up a bell ringer. Students will have an interactive notebook in which they fill in
their daily bell ringer. This bell ringer will be posted on a projector in the front of the room. After
the bell ringer, we will discuss as a group the possible answers that students have come up with.
This will allow students to understand the material if they are confused or help the students
become on task. I know that my routine portion will be pretty small due to the fact of me only
having my students for approximately 40 minutes out of the day. However when Friday comes
around, we will have some sort of assessment to see how the students grasped the content I
provided them during the week. This assessment will either be some sort of activity or quiz.

When students go through their week of school, they will learn things all the way up till Friday.
Since the sixth grade is the divide between elementary and secondary, we cannot assume
students will do well on a Mondays quiz or test because they may or may not be ready to study
thoroughly on the weekend. This way if the test or quiz is on Friday, the information is fresh
from what we have been working on throughout the week. However, if this method does not
prove to work, I will try a new method to better improve my students success.
Attention Getters: Since most sixth grade students prefer to be treated like adults, my
attention getters will be a little different than those of most elementary teachers. When the
students are being loud or disruptive, I will tell the students in a moderate tone that I am,
Waiting for some respect before we can move on. If this method does not work, I will either
flip the lights to get the students to quiet down, or have a whistle on hand that will bring the
students attention to me. If the students are working in groups and I want to bring the classroom
focus together, I will warn the students when they have five minutes left of group work, and then
after the five minutes is up, I will tell the students to finish what they are working on and to bring
it all together.
Late Work: When it comes to late work, I will always be willing to accept the work
students have put into classroom assignments. However, if the late work is unexcused I will
allow a set percentage to be taken off each day it is late. If the student continues to have an issue
with turning assignments in, I will have a personal individual meeting with the student to make
sure everything is going all right and to see if there is an explanation to why the students actions
have not changed. If after a week past the individual meeting I do not see improvement, I will
call the students parents to make sure they are aware of the childs work in class. I want to
address the students first because I want them to start making decisions on their own without the

aid of what could possibly be a helicopter parent. I want my students to gain freedom and learn
how to handle their homework individually. I believe this will help the students in the long run
when they attend higher level classes that may not allow late work.
Absent Student Work: If the student is absent, there will be an absence folder that will
contain a short paragraph of the main topics we covered as well as extra copies of the materials
we used in class. With this folder, I put the responsibility on the student to find out what they
missed to allow the students to start building some independence. I will be patient with this
routine in the classroom, considering that this might be their first exposure to a similar routine.

Classroom Rules:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Treat others the way you want to be treated.

Raise your hand.
Always do your own work.
Walk quietly in the hallways.
Have fun!

My classroom rules will be essential and require a lot of individuals to show respect. My first
rule, justifies this belief. I want my students to treat others with respect, just like they would like
to be treated. In the real world, you cannot burn all your bridges with other individuals or else
you will live a very lonely life. I think it is a very important life skill to show compassion and
respect for others. My second rule is also in regards to having respect. I want my students to
understand that it is polite to raise their hand if they have a question or concern rather than
blurting out and causing a disruption. For my third rule, students that will be caught cheating will
immediately be sent to the principals office. I want to stress how important it is to take pride in

your own work. For my final but most important rule, I want to create a positive and healthy
environment for my students so they can look forward to coming to class everyday.
I will more than gladly share my rules with parents and administrators as well as any
other staff members that wish to see them. Assuming that the administration will have their own
set of rules I will abide by, I will include them in a letter home to parents at the beginning of the
year. I will expect my students to follow by these rules not only while in my classroom, but also
in other areas outside the classroom. I will allow my rules to be manageable so if the rules do not
coincide with the behaviors of the classroom, they can be later reviewed and adjusted if needed.

Discipline Plan:
Procedures and routines facilitate classroom management (Wong, 4). However, if
students do not follow or exceed with procedures or routines, it is very vital that there must be a
discipline plan that follows the behavior. When it comes to students that express positive
appropriate behavior, I will praise them, which will either be a positive verbal statement or
nonverbal sign (Hensley, 127). Showing praise is very important because it helps create a
positive atmosphere in the classroom, and encourages students to keep actively doing the right
thing. I will show approval by giving a reason, and using a positive consequence (Hensley
129-131). Although negative behaviors also have to be addressed, I will make sure that I will
always end my day with a positive praise to the individual. I think this is very important so
young learners will not give up and realize that I truthfully want them to succeed.
When addressing negative behavior, I will use standards from my previous field
experience in the classroom. I will develop how each students personality differs throughout the
first week. I will learn to pick my battles with the students (Devenport). From experience, I have

learned that a lot of negative behavior often comes from something that previously occurred
before my classroom. This includes avoid getting caught up in the conflict cycle, believe that
their personal and cherished values and beliefs are being violated, maybe they are in a bad mood,
feel as if they are not meeting professional expectations, maybe they are feeling rejected and
helpless, they may be in a crisis, they may have unfinished or unresolved psychological issues
(Hensley 142-143). If a student is acting out, I will make a comment to the student. I will never
call a student out directly. I feel like this brings unnecessary attention to the student. I will
address the student individually after class to discuss why they behaved this way. Consequences
can include a signature in their signature log or a detention. However, extremely inappropriate
behavior will be immediately reported and will not be tolerated.
If a student is dealing with a separate issue that is really disrupting them from classroom
material, they will deal with this situation using the SODAS method. SODAS stands for defining
the situation, examining options available to deal with the problem, determining the
disadvantages and advantages of each option, and then decided on a solution and practice
(Hensley, 29). I believe this helps the student decide how to handle the situation like an adult and
is useful in other situations that may occur in the future. I will often check in on the student a
week after using the SODAS method to see how the solution worked. I will always be reminding
my students to do the right thing. I want the best for my students and for them to grow into very
respectful individuals while getting the best education I can provide.

Work Cited
Devenport, Stacy. 6th Grade Cooperating Teacher at Custer Baker Intermediate School. Personal
Interview. 20 April 2016.
Michele Hensley, M.S., Walter Powell, Susan Lamke, Scott Hartman, M.S. The Well-Managed
Classroom. Boys Town: Boys Town Press, 2007. Print.
Wong, Harry. The Well-Managed Classroom. Professional Reference For Teachers. N.d.: 1-8.
Print.