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TPE DOMAIN E: CREATING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR STUDENT LEARNING

TPE Domain E: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning Lara Landry National University

TPE DOMAIN E: CREATING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR STUDENT LEARNING Abstract The following paper discusses the expectation of TPE Domain E: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning. I discuss my competencies in this domain and describe why I chose to include my classroom management plan and a behavior journal reflection as artifacts to support my competencies in this area. I have

chosen to review the article Schoolwide and Classroom Discipline by Kathleen Cotton as my third artifact.

TPE DOMAIN E: CREATING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR STUDENT LEARNING TPE Domain E: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning includes TPE 10: Instructional Time and TPE 11: Social Environment. It is important for teachers to manage their instructional time wisely. I feel that I am competent in this area because I establish procedures to routine tasks and I manage transitions to be most efficient. I am always reflecting too on how instructional time could be better utilized to make learning more effective. TPE 11 states the expectations of teachers to develop and maintain clear expectations for academic and social behavior. Based on my prior teaching experience in private school, I feel that this is an area I am especially competent in. In my teaching experience, I have established rapport with

students and their families for the purpose of supporting academic and personal success. I understand the importance of altering social environments to ensure maximum achievement of all the students in a class. I feel that I promote student effort and engagement and that I create a positive climate for learning (Appendix A: TPEs, 2008). As artifacts to show competency in TPE Domain E: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning, I have chosen to include my Classroom Management Plan and a Behavior Journal Reflection. I chose my Classroom Management Plan because it discussed my plan for managing a classroom; how the room with be arranged, the routines, procedures and rules. In it I discuss my plan to follow Lee Canter's approach to Assertive Discipline, my plan for working effectively with diverse students and families, and my plan for dealing with challenging students and situations. The plan concludes with strategies for working with other educators and legal and ethical imperatives regarding discipline.

TPE DOMAIN E: CREATING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR STUDENT LEARNING The Behavior Journal Reflection was included as an artifact because it demonstrates my efforts to support student effort and engagement and create a positive climate for learning. It also shows my commitment to positive classroom discipline

through a common respect and fairness. I find the behavior journal reflection to be a great tool for student reflection of misbehavior. They have to state the rule they broke, what they did to break the rule, and what they will do differently next time. Then there are lines for the student's name, date and parent signature. I have found that a simpler behavior journal is easier and has the same effect. There are behavior reflections online that require students to list three reasons for the behavior, three consequences and then fill out a plan for improvement. I think this takes too much time. Student bad behavior should to dealt with, but dealing with it shouldn't require such a lengthy reflection. It may be nice to have students reflect on their poor behavior, but it nicer if the student were able to return to the lesson and become an active participant. The more efficiently misbehavior is dealt with, the more opportunity for the misbehaved student to correct their poor behavior and engage in the lesson. For the literature review I decided to review the article Schoolwide and Classroom Discipline by Kathleen Cotton. This article discusses lack of discipline being the most serious problem facing the nation's educational system. It discusses the problems that arise from lack of discipline and follows with school-wide and classroom procedures for enforcing discipline.

TPE DOMAIN E: CREATING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR STUDENT LEARNING References Appendix a: The california teaching performance expectations (TPEs) (2008). Cal TPA: California Teaching Performance Assessment Candidate Handbook. Sacramento, CA: California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Retrieved from http://www.ctc.ca.gov/educator-prep/tpa-files/candidatehandbookappendixa-tpes.pdf

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