Effective Classroom

Management Strategies
Isabelle Tearse
Liberal Studies/Teacher Credential
Dominican University
San Rafael, CA
Agenda
1. Terms
2. Arrival Story
3. Purpose
4. Research Question
5. Review of Literature
6. Methods
7. Findings/Conclusion
8. Questions
 Terms

Classroom management- “Teachers create…and maintain an Early childhood- “the period from birth to age eight” (The

environment in the classroom that allows students the best Center, 2018, p. 1).

opportunity to learn” (Taylor, 2009, p. 3).

Arrival Story
 Purpose
The purpose of this study was to explore effective

class management strategies for early childhood

classrooms, specifically in kindergarten.

○ It sets up the classroom so that the teacher

can engage the students in learning
○ Makes the teacher’s job easier
 Research Question

What are effective

classroom
management strategies
in early childhood
education?
Review of Literature
➢ School-Based Educator Management Practices

➢ Amount of classroom control

➢ Importance of Visual Classroom Management Strategies

Review of Literature- Finding #1
Impact of School-Based Educator (SBE)
Management Practices :

❖ Know a variety of classroom

management strategies

❖ Not everything is going to work

for the teacher
Hildenbrand and Arndt
(2016)
Review of Literature- Finding #2
Amount of Classroom Control Varies:

❖ Beliefs on Discipline Inventory

❖ “Medium Approach”

➢ Intervention

➢ Non-interventionist

Sahin (2015)
Review of Literature- Finding #3
Color Wheel Management Strategy:

❖ Specifically useful in lower

grades (K/1st)

❖ Visual for younger children

Watson et. al. (2016)

Methods
● Qualitative design using classroom observation
● Completed in one semester
● I observed a kindergarten classroom in one elementary school
● Every Tuesday I went to an elementary school in the bay area, from 8 am to 10:30 am
○ I observed the classroom management strategies used
● The participant of this study was one female teacher
○ Aged 40
○ Has been teaching for 15 years
Finding #1

Establish classroom
management systems at the
start of the school year
Finding #2

Students can self-regulate using

classroom management techniques
Finding #3

Non-verbal classroom
management strategies
allow for a calm classroom
Conclusion

What are effective classroom management

strategies in early childhood education?
Conclusions
➢ Teachers who implement classroom management strategies at the
beginning of the year make their lives significantly easier

➢ Teachers can can allow students to have autonomy over their bodies and
actions and how they affect their learning

➢ Teachers benefit from implementing non-verbal classroom management

strategies
Implications on Me as a Future Teacher
➢ Push me to further my knowledge on various effective classroom
management strategies

➢ Inspire me to practice various techniques and see which strategy works

best for my students and I

➢ Motivate me to speak with my colleagues from lower grades about what

strategies they use to understand the strategies my students already
know
Recommendations:
➢ Talk with administration and other
teachers to see what strategies they
are using

➢ Make strategies widely known

so that the children see them
repeatedly
“The greatest sign of success for a
teacher is to be able to say ‘The children
are now working as if I do not exist.’”

Maria Montessori
Discussion

Questions?