Classroom Management Plan

My class sizes vary from 15 ESL students in an ESL class, to 37

students in a traditional 10th grade language arts class. The learning

needs in the ESL classroom revolve around speaking the language, and

the learning needs in the traditional 10th grade language arts class

revolve around accountability for completed work. In order to meet the

needs of both classrooms, I will establish rules, routines and

invitational education practices.

On the first day of class, I will spell out my rules:

o Listen And Follow Directions

o Raise Your Hand Before Speaking
o Respect Your Classmates And Your Teacher
o Keep Hands, Feet, And Objects To Yourself
o Maintain a Growth Mindset

In order to ensure students understand the rules and take ownership of

them, I will ask the class to give me examples and scenarios of rule

breaking and rule compliance. In order to give the rules teeth, I will

consistently reference the rules and apply them fairly when needed.

Another teaching practice I will engage in consistently is routine

building.

I will establish routines with my students regarding classroom

structure. For example, students will have a starter at the beginning of

class that they are expected to do quietly and individually unless

otherwise instructed. Another example includes meeting high

expectations routinely and consistently in both academics and

behavior. Routines provide stability and since my students need to

maintain steady progress as a learning need, routines best serve the

students. Due to establishing rules and routines, my classroom

management plan may seem strict and inflexible, but my invitational

education practices will add the needed flexibility.

Educational invitation practices center around creating a

welcoming classroom environment. This includes bringing the

understanding that students are human beings with non-academic

needs of love, acceptance and validation. For example, utilizing

technology to create diversity in ones class in order to validate a

students culture or language. A teacher may show video clips of other

cultures and how they view history in a social studies class. They may

find articles or short stories that discuss other cultures and methods

they use in mathematics. The goal of bringing in diversity through

technology is to create an inviting classroom for all students from all

cultures and languages.

The aim of my strategy is to increase motivation and

participation in my class by creating structure meanwhile maintaining

an inviting classroom culture. Should this management plan fail, my

alternative is to have a candid conversation with the student to

understand why they both arent motivated in my class and act out. I

will begin the conversation by stating to the student that I genuinely

want to know what I can do to increase their motivation and behavior

due to maintaining an inviting classroom culture. Based on the

suggestions I get from the student (or parent), I will tweak my

management plan to ensure that particular student follows rules and

routines, while feeling loved, accepted and validated.