Educational Issue: Classroom Management

The presentation of classroom management covered lesson planning, staying organized, grading, class rules, and ways to set up the classroom. The group presented different lesson templates that teachers can use, and they are all organized in different ways for teachers can use the one that works best for them. Many schools provide an online grading system, rather than a grade book, with a variety of other things a teacher can use. They can add comments, set up a point system, average grades, e-mail parents, and use many other helpful tools. Where the online grading tools are fairly new, as a teacher I would still record grades in a grade book as well, but the online grading can do so much more for teachers. Classroom rules should be short and simple, established early on, and include a zero-tolerance policy so students can feel safe and comfortable. I think students should be involved in creating classroom rules to some degree because they will follow the rules more often if they had a say in what they are. There are many ways to set up a classroom, and I liked the activity where we could design our own classroom on the website. I will probably use a variety of set ups in my class, but I like how teachers are branching out from the rows facing the front of them room.