Classroom Management Plan

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of Course Requirements

ISM- 380 Applied Behavior Analysis for Teachers

Targeted Grade Level: Kindergarten

Lisa Highley

October 4, 2016
1. Philosophy of Classroom Management-

I believe that classroom management is the key to success as a teacher. Classroom management
is everything a teacher does to organize and plan space, time, materials, students, and routines.
Teachers use classroom management to create a safe environment for students to learn and thrive
with effective discipline and organization. I think effective classroom management is creative
and build students self esteem.

I believe that effective classroom management begins with a relationship between students and
teachers. I believe that a teacher can be a friend. Students should never come to school and see
their teachers as the enemy or someone who seems distant. Although there is a big age gap
between students and teachers, the two can still relate to one another. School is not just all about
learning information and school work, it is about growing as a person. I will make it known
that I am always there for my students with anything they need. Teachers should express how
much they care by offering nurturing words and advice frequently. Teachers should never seem
foreign to their students. Students will grow to make good decisions from the effective discipline
that I instill in my class.

I believe in teaching manners and respect. I will always respect my students because they are
human and I will not take that right away from them. In return, they should be taught standards
for how others should treat them and how they should treat themselves. Manners will be
enforced in my classroom and everybody will be required to use please and thank you. How
you let others treat you is a good indication of how you will treat others and I believe that
children should be taught from a young age how they want to be treated. I will establish a
consequence and reward system that will teach my students to take responsibility of their own
actions.

I am going to use a patient and calm attitude with my students at all times. I do not believe in
yelling or raising my voice with my students. In order to teach students to be constructive and
control their behavior, I must model the behavior I expect. I believe in using a 5 to 1 ratio of
reinforcement of positive behavior versus correcting negative behavior. Students learn best when
praised for what they are doing right and observing when others get praised for positive behavior.
It is my role as a teacher to have a plan and implement it to the best of my ability. Students feel
safe when they know what to expect and I will convey my expectations through teaching and
modeling.

I believe that there should always be play in the classroom. Laughter should be an everyday
I believe that children are our future and we should treat them as such. We have to help them
build their confidence to make decisions for themselves that they can feel good about. We as
teachers can accomplish this by empowering students in their education and giving them the
chance to take control and accomplish tasks that they make for themselves. I believe that every
child has potential to become something great regardless of their background and where they
came from. Students should never feel like their opinion does not matter. This is why I will have
them be a part of deciding their own goals and rewards. Adolescence is a time of self-discovery
and a time where beliefs are cultivated and explored. A teacher should never hinder that valuable
time, but they should embrace it and always be there to help in the process.
I believe that teachers should be consumed in the classroom and spend a lot of time out of class
preparing and going over lessons and objectives. Teaching is not just a nine to five day job; it is
an everyday, all the time process of preparing children for their futures. Teachers should be
professional in all aspects of their life to ensure they are good role models for their students who
will look up to them. I believe that in order to be effective, teachers must be passionate and love
what they do. One of my hopes as an educator is to share my love for teaching with my students
and show them what it is like to be completely passionate in what I do with my life everyday. I
want to instill the mindset of having a purpose for everything you do in life. Therefore, each of
the components of my classroom management plan has a purpose and I will convey those to my
students. I want my students to find what they are passionate about and make a future for
themselves out of that.

2. Synopsis of Classroom Management Plan-

I want to build a loving and safe environment for my students to learn and feel comfortable. In
order to create this environment, I have set in place a classroom management plan that is
organized and effective. My classroom will be based on having good relationships with my
students, teaching specific routines and procedures, reinforcing behaviors with consequences,
using engaging instructional strategies, and setting clear expectations.

At the very beginning, I will begin to build relationships with my students by talking with them
and treating them with respect and understanding. Since I know there is a relationship between
student achievement and relationships with teachers, it is important to be to maintain these
relationships for my students success. I will build relationships and a community of learners by
having lunch dates with my students, greeting my students at the door, hanging up student work,
and conducting a class council.

In my classroom, we will use engaging instructional strategies to keep kids interested in their
learning and give them responsibility. It is important to me that my students feel involved in their
learning and their actions. My lessons will never be me strictly telling my students what to do,
rather showing them and participating in an activity together. My students will constantly be
engaged to help minimize disruptions and acting out.

The biggest thing I believe in my classroom management plan, is the effective use of routines
and procedures. As I planned for my class, I took into consideration times in the class where
chaos often occurs. Installing procedures and routines is important because it will keep the
classroom structured and organized. My routines focus in on transition times when students may
get confused as to how to behave if there were not an expected routine in place. The areas I
chose to explain procedures for are the beginning of the day, gaining attention, getting a partner
for partner work, and preparing to go into the hallway. I want my students to be able to run the
class following our procedures and routines even if I am not there.

I believe that a management system is not effective without a system of consequences and
rewards. Students need goals to work towards and I want their goals to be tangible and
intangible. I believe that reinforcements need to be used in a 5 to 1 ratio with praise being 5 and
redirecting poor behavior being the 1. I will reinforce wisely to make sure my students are acting
positively for the right reasons.

3. Building Relationships-

I believe that building relationships with my students is an important key to their success. I
believe that students need to have a positive relationship with their teachers in order to feel
comfortable and safe in the classroom. According to research, there is a strong correlation
between student success and a positive relationship with their teachers. When students have a
good relationship with their teachers they want to do well and participate in class to make their
teachers proud. There are times when the teacher is the only positive adult role model in a childs
life so having relationship with a teacher could mean so much to a student.

It is also important for there to be strong relationships between teachers and students because as
a teacher I will be able to understand my students behaviors better if I know the situations they
are coming from. As a teacher, I will be able to better reach my students on a more personal level
if I took the time to get to know them and their background. I plan to create a sense of
community in my classroom that promotes friendships and responsibility. I will express to my
students that the classroom is ours and not just mine. Students will have a chance to share what
they want in a teacher and what they want to do in kindergarten. After this community is
established I will begin to build relationships with my students. In my classroom, students will
refer to each other as friends. Whenever I prompt students to work together or share, I will
always use language like please turn and share with a friend. I believe that this will teach
students how to treat each other and lessons on how to treat friends in general.

Specific ways I will build relationships with my students and promote a community of learners:

1. I will have planned lunch dates with my students where they will get an opportunity to
have lunch with me. I will use this time to get to know my students more personally and
give them one on one time that they may need. This will be communicated as a positive
thing, not used for punishment of any sort.
2. Another way I will build relationships with my students and ensure a friendly
environment is by greeting them at the door. Although this is a simple thing, it will make
a huge difference on the way a student feels entering my classroom.
3. Hanging student work on my wall is a way that I will show students that I respect them
and appreciate the hard work they do in the classroom. When a student sees that I care
enough to hang their work up on the wall, they will work hard in the future to please me
and their friends (classmates).
4. Every Friday our class will participate in a Class Council. This will be a time for
students to express what they think the class is doing well as a whole and what they think
they need to improve on. They will share their thoughts to their classmates and this will
promote accountability and encouragement between peers. At the end of each Class
Council, students will stand in a circle ready to give a compliment to a friend. They will
be given a few minutes to think back from the week to come up with something that they
 think their friend on their right has been doing well. My students will go around the circle
and give a compliment to their friend out loud.

4. Engaging Instructional Strategies-

I believe that engaging my students in their learning is the optimal ways to help them better
understand what I am teaching them. Keeping my students engaged will also ensure better
classroom management because it will be necessary for students to pay attention and stay on task
when I require them to be engaged in the lesson. Keeping students involved also makes learning
fun for them. In order to learn, students need to talk about what they are learning, write about it,
relate it to past experiences and be able to apply what they learned to their daily lives. In order to
engage my students I will use a variety of instructional strategies.

1. Think, Pair, Share: After I present a question or topic to discuss, students will take a
moment to think about what they are going to say. During the think time, they will
place their finger on their brain to signal that they are thinking about their answer.
Whenever I say pair, they will turn to their partner and share what they came up with.
After a few minutes, I will say share and they will all stop talking and look up to me
and raise their hands if they would like to share with the whole class.
2. Fist to 5: This strategy is to help me gage where my students are at with their
understanding of the lesson or topic. When prompted, my students will hold up their hand
fist (meaning that they didnt really grasp the concept and feel like they need more work)
to 5 fingers (meaning that they think they fully understand what they just learned and
have mastered it). Since these students are only 5 and 6 years old, I cannot completely
base their knowledge on their Fist-to-5 self-assessment, but it keeps them engaged in
their learning and gives them responsibility in their learning as well.
3. Response to Reading: This strategy is situational based by what the lesson or topic is, but
it is a way to keep students involved when I read them books. I will use books
incorporated in my lessons and in order for the books to be effective, I will use a response
to reading technique. For example, when teaching the letter F to my students, I will
find a book that has words with f as the beginning letter. I will prompt my students to
stand up each time they hear a word that begins with the f sound. This engages students
in books we will read while also giving them a lesson.
4. White Boards: Using personal white boards in my class will help students be engaged in
the lesson while also getting to practice what they are learning. I think this is especially
helpful in kindergarten because they are able to practice writing their letters and sight
words without having to worry about making mistakes or needing to be sitting at a table.
An example of when I would use white boards in my class is when I am reviewing letters,
sight words, and phrases. Students will copy down the words I am writing on the board to
give them practice with writing letters and words. This will keep them engaged in what
they are learning and what we are doing together during instructional time.

5. Procedures and Routines-

In order for a classroom to run smoothly, everyday procedures and routines must be put into
place. Teaching these routines and procedures is important for all grades, but especially for
kindergarten since it may be their very first experience
at school. Students are more prepared to learn when
they know what is expected of them and providing clear
routine expectations makes them feel safe in their
classroom environment. It is my goal and intentions for
my students to know the classroom routines and
procedures well enough to run through the day without
me present. With this being said, I know that routines
and procedures need to be reinforced everyday to
ensure that each student is following the procedures put
in place.

1. Beginning of the Day- When my students first come

in the classroom, I want them to put any notes they
brought from home into the note folder, put their book
bag in their assigned cubby, hang up coats/ jackets in
their cubby, put on their name tag, make their lunch
choice, and begin with their morning work that will be
posted at the front of the room.
(example of what would be posted)

2. Gaining Attention- I will use active student

response to gain attention in my classroom. The student
responses will be taught at the beginning of the
school year and reinforced every few days so students
always remember what their response should be. An
example of an active student response that I will use is
when I say Hocus Pocus all of my students will
respond Everybody focus. This will be taught on the
first day of school so I can begin using it to gain the
attention of my students from the very beginning.

3. Doing partner work- In my classroom, each student

will be assigned as either a peanut butter or a
jelly. On one of the first days of school, peanut
butter and jelly partners will be taught to my students
by having them fill out their own chart. I will assign
each peanut butter a jelly partner and they will be
partners for the year or possibly change if
necessary. There will be a chart in the front of the
room so students can always reference in case they
forget (and for my own records) whether they are
a peanut butter or a jelly and who their partner is.
Anytime we have partner work, I will announce for
them to get with their peanut butter and jelly partner.
This will prevent any chaos and confusion and lead to
an easy transition into partner work. Reinforcement for
peanut butter and jelly partners be to make sure I
use them everyday. I will reinforce and reteach that
any time we find our peanut butter and jelly partner is
silent until I give them a task to complete together.
Peanut butter and jelly partners will be used for
various activities in the classroom and will also be
used to split the class into two groups quickly and
quietly.

4. Getting ready to go into the hallway- When ever it is time to line up to go into the hallway, I
will make my way over to the light switch and turn the lights off. I will teach my students that
when the lights are off, they are to put a finger on their lips to show that their lips should be
closed and they should be quiet. Once the lights are off and my students are quiet, I will say that
they have from the count 5,4,3,2,1 to get into their seats and have their stuff cleaned up. I will
announce for either the peanut butters or the jellys to come get in line first, and then the other
group after that. Each day there will be an assigned back of the line person to close the door after
all of the class is out of the room so they will take their place at the back. Once we are all in line
I will count down with my fingers (3, 2, 1) and then we will sing the hallway song that I will
teach my students, all together. After the song they will take a deep breath and catch a bubble in
their mouth. The bubble will stay in their mount all through the hall until we reach our
destination. I will teach this to my students at the beginning of the year by showing an having the
principal or another adult come in the room and do follow the procedures when I prompt them
that I expect of my class. This process will be used multiple times a day so students will have
many times to practice an master what is expected of them.

5. Daily
Schedule-
Every
morning after
breakfast,
students will
come into the
classroom and
sit down for
circle time.
The first thing
we will do
everyday at
circle time is
go over the
daily
schedule. At the beginning of the year I will read each
event on the schedule out loud and the class will know to
repeat it. On the first day of school I will teach them how
to chorally respond together when I read each item out
loud. This will be done everyday and will become a
routine. During Daily Schedule time, I will assign a
Schedule Master for the day. Their job will be to move
the clip down the schedule as we move onto the next
thing each day. I will teach them how to be the Schedule Master by modeling the behavior and
having them practice. Each day will be reinforcement when students watch each other act as the
Schedule Master.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Peanut-Butter-and-Jelly-Partners-955936
http://www.classroomfreebiestoo.com/2012/04/hallway-songs.html
http://creatingandteaching.blogspot.com/2014/07/daily-schedule-this-is-how-we-do-it.html

6. Classroom Expectations-

Safety
Respect
Responsibility
 These words will guild the expectations for the students in my class. At the very beginning of the
school year, I will introduce those words and explain what they mean and in particular what they
mean for the context of our classroom. As a class, we will come up with examples and non-
examples of actions of each of the words in different settings of the school day. The settings of
the school day that I want to focus on are the classroom, the hallway, and the bathroom. If at any
time we do something out of the ordinary (field trip, etc.) we will come up with examples and
non-examples of exemplifying safety, respect, and responsibility in terms of the special occasion
before it occurs.

I want to include students in deciding rules/ expectations because I believe that students need to
take ownership of their actions and agreeing on rules and expectations is the best place to start.
According to William Glasser, teachers should give students choice and place the responsibility
on them. After my students come up with the class list of expectations and rules, I will create a
behavior matrix to post in the classroom. Once the matrix is posted, I will reteach each behavior.
We will review how to act safe, respectful, and responsible each day.

BE SAFE BE RESPONSIBLE BE RESPECTFUL

CLASSROOM - Always walk - raise your hand - use kind words
- Keep hands and feet before talking - raise your hand
to yourself - use indoor voice - be quiet when others
-keep area organized - ask before leaving are speaking
HALLWAY - Always walk - stay in a straight line - catch your bubble

BATHROOM - keep hands, feet and - wash your hands - keep water in the sink
objects to yourself - flush the toilet - use the trash cans
- let others have privacy

7. System of Reinforcement-

Reinforcement is a vital piece to ensure that a classroom is well managed and runs smoothly.
After teaching students all of the classroom rules, expectations and routines, it would be silly to
expect students to simply follow everything they were taught day to day without any sort of
reinforcement. It would be a waste of time to take the time to create a classroom management
plan if I did not have a plan to reinforce it as well. Reinforcing positive behavior is a great way
to teach my students how to act and keep them motivated to learn. I will always be sure to have 5
positive reinforcements to 1 negative one. I believe that it is important to constantly praise my
students for what they are doing right versus what they are doing that is wrong. In my classroom,
there will be both individual and class rewards for on task behavior. This way, even if classmates
are having rough days, students individually will be rewarded for having positive behavior.

I want to promote positive behavior in my classroom by giving students the power and
responsibility of their own actions.

Class Reinforcer A Marble Jar

Each time the class does something well as a whole (staying quiet, helping each other, all
students ready to learn, etc.) I will put a marble in the class jar. Whenever students are positively
reinforced for something good they did on their own (like answer a question correct, share with a
friend, help clean up, etc.) they will get the option for their own small prize or to put a marble in
their class jar. This will teach students responsibility for themselves and for their classmates. It
will also give them a choice in how they want to be rewarded. Whenever the jar is completely
filled with marbles, students will decide together as a class what they would like their prize to be.
I believe in allowing students to chose whatever they would like in order to take ownership in
their positive actions and what they would like as a reward.

Individual Reinforcer Clip Up and Clip Down Chart

I believe that students need to take responsibility for their

actions both positive and negative. In my class I will have
a clip up/ clip down chart that will be used as a visual aid to
help students make good choices throughout the day. I like
this chart to the left because each student will start off in the
green, regardless of the previous days behavior. Each
student will have a close pin with their name on it, written
small enough that it cannot be seen from a far away distance
to try to keep the privacy of students and avoid public
humiliation. The chart will only be used in situations where
behavior (both positive and negative) goes beyond typical
kindergarten behavior. For example, talking out the first
time is not grounds for clipping down, but repeat offenses in
the same setting would be a ground for a clip down.
Clipping up and clipping down would never be used for
getting an answer right or wrong or for how well a student
understands educational content. This chart would simply
be for behavior. I believe having this chart hung in the room
would be a constant reminder to stay on task and show
positive behavior. At the end of each day, if a student is on
blue, purple, or pink, they would get to put a marble in the
marble jar and also have a skittle out of the jar. If a student
is on pink, they would get a call home telling their parents
how much of a super student they are and what they have
been doing positively in the class.

8. Hierarchy of Consequences-

MILD MODERATE SEVERE

MISBEHAVIORS MISBEHAVIORS MISBEHAVIORS
Behaviors - Talking out - Disrespect - Strong and
- Off task - Verbal aggression repetitive defiance
- Delay in following - Class disruption - Physical
directions - Repeat offenses aggression
- Defiance - Severe verbal
aggression

Responses - Proximity Previous response plus: Previous response plus:

- Change seating/ - Positive practice - Parent Involvement
location - Conference with - Referral to office
- Signal/ gesture/ look teacher (paired with - Removed from
- Record misbehavior Behavior Improvement classroom
- Model/ practice Form) - Detention or
expectation - Timeout Suspension (decided by
- Discussion with student - Time owed administration)
- Planned ignoring - Loss of privileges - Teach and practice
(recess, etc.) expected behavior
- Teaching and practice
of expected behavior
- Clip down
(taken from class notes)

In order for a management system to rum smoothly, there needs to be a hierarchy list of
consequences that students are aware of. Above I have included the hierarchy of consequences
that I plan to use in my classroom. I believe in consequences versus punishment in order to teach
my students the correct way to behave. I will never surprise a student with a consequence they
are not expecting and I will be sure to follow the hierarchy to stay consistent for each student.
Although I believe in following my system, I also need to include a Severe Clause that states if I
deem a behavior unsafe, I will remove the student from my classroom immediately and send
them to the office. I believe that all other cases of misbehavior should be handled within the
classroom rather than constantly sending students to the office. No matter what the misbehavior
is, I will reteach and practice the expected behavior so they can learn from their consequence and
be redirected. This system will be communicated to students through direct instruction, it will be
posted on the wall, and it will be sent home for students and families to discuss and for parents to
sign.

9. Communicating Expectations-

On the very first day of school it is important to start building my community of learners. I will
need to teach my students what is expected of them day to day and what school is like in general.
Kindergarten may be the very first time some of my students go to any sort of organized or
structured place so I have to make sure I teach what they need to know. In order to communicate
my expectations to my students, I will model appropriate behavior. The first few days and weeks
will be vital for teaching my students and I will use that time wisely and to my advantage to
ensure a basis for my class to run smoothly. I will develop short lessons that define the
expectations in concrete terms, why I want them to behave this way, and explicitly teach and
demonstrate what the expectations look and sound like.

Along with communicating to my students my classroom expectations, communicating with

parents is a critical part in reinforcing the behaviors. I believe that parent involvement is directly
related to student success; therefore I want to include parents/ families in my classroom as much
as possible. I know that it could be frustrating for parents at times when their kid is getting
trouble in school and they might not understand, but I believe sharing my expectations with them
will be best in encouraging students to act at the best of their abilities. At the beginning of the
year I will send home a letter outlining the expectations I have for their children. The parent will
be required to go over the expectations with their children and sign and return a copy to school.
At the beginning of the school year I will have an open house for families to come and see my
classroom and ask any questions they may have. With kindergarten students, families may feel
anxious about sending their child to school for the first time so I want to meet them and help
them feel at ease and know their childs new environment.

Although I think communicating expectations to families at the beginning of the year is very
important, I also plan to communicate with them weekly and frequently. Each Friday I will send
home a newsletter recapping what we did in class that week along with what to expect in the
coming week. In these newsletters I will incorporate any times I need parent volunteers and/or
times when parents are invited into my classroom. I will encourage parents to come into my
classroom and see what we do on a day-to-day basis so they can be informed. In the newsletters I
will always include my contact information and make myself available in case a parent has an
emergency, needs help assisting their child in homework, or has an concerns or praises. These
newsletters will just be a fun and easy way to share what their children are doing in class without
overbearing them with too much information or confusing them in any way. Along with the
newsletters I also plan to call home to parents every few weeks to address any concerns I have
but mostly to let them know how their children are exceling.
Example of newsletter that will be sent home to parents each week.
http://www.doctemplates.net/kindergarten-newsletter-template/
10. Method of Record Keeping-

As a teacher, I believe that it is important to record both positive and negative behaviors from
each student in my classroom. Establishing hierarchy of consequences wouldnt mean anything
or be followed if there was no way to keep track of where they are at in the hierarchy. I also think
that keeping track will help me better inform parents on how their student is doing in terms of
behavior in my class. I also want to be able to reward my students after a period of good
behavior.

Daily Checks- As stated about in my system of reinforcement, I will use a clip up/ clip down
chart to manage classroom behavior and act as a visual aid for students to note their own
behavior and consequences. Each student will start in the same spot each day and be asked to
move their clips up or down after a moderate misbehavior or higher. In order to keep track of
where their clip was at the end of the day, students will keep a calendar in their take home folders
and fill in the day with the color that corresponds to their behavior on the behavior chart. There
will be a key at the top of the calendar that explain what each color means so that parents can
look to see what their childs behavior was like each day. This will help me, the student, and their
parents keep track of their behavior is a personalized way. If a student is in the orange or the red,
I will write a note on their calendar explaining the reasons they made it to that color for the day.
This will help parents better understand and will remind me what each student needs to work on
behavior wise.

http://thefirstgradescoop.blogspot.com/2012/07/freebie-behavior-charts-for-parents.html

11. Conclusion-

In conclusion, this assignment taught me that there are so many components that go into a good
classroom management plan. Creating a plan is the only way to ensure that my classroom is
going to run smoothly in the future. I have learned that just like adults, children need structure
and expectations and this needs to be communicated clearly with students and reinforced
constantly. Through this process I also learned that there are a lot of resources for teachers out
there I just need to take the time to use what I find to fit and mold with my beliefs about my
personal classroom management. I know that when I have my own classroom I will need to be
flexible and change some pieces of my management plan to fit individual students or my class as
a whole. Managing a classroom

I have learned that being a teacher is more than just giving educational instructions based on
standards, but it is managing children and their behavior all while trying to teach. How I manage
my classroom will determine how well my students learn. It is important to use instructional
strategies to keep my students engaged in their learning and on task. I learned the importance of
keeping students involved in their work so they can strive and be focused.

What has been very beneficial to me is learning that children need to know what is expected of
them in order to behave positively. Children are not just born with the knowledge on how to
behave; they need the good behaviors taught to them. I will have students walk in my classroom
that have never had constructive consequences to their behavior and actions and I will need to
model how to act. Teaching the routines and procedures I expect on the first day of school will
help to minimize disruption and confusion.

12. Connection to Research-

1. Marzano said The quality of teacher-student relationships is the keystone for all other aspects
of classroom management. Because of his theories and his research, building relationships with
my students is an important part of my classroom management plan. I will spend a lot of time
with my students getting to know them and understanding their likes and dislikes in order to help
them succeed. I will respect my students and expect the same respect back in order to have a
quality teacher-student relationship.

2. Theorist Harry Wong develop and researched a theory that routines and procedures are
necessary for a teacher to be effective and successful. He believes that a classroom should be
heavy on routines and teachers should teach these routines to their students early in the school
year or else any routines will not be successful. I used his theory in my plan by teaching my
students our classroom routines and procedures on the very first day of school. Like Wong
believes, I will teach my students the routines and procedures until they become automatic.

3. Vygotskys Social Learning Theory was a driving force to my engaging instructional

strategies. In those strategies I included students working with peers during Think, Pair, Share
because he believed that children learn through social interaction and collaborating with peers. I
also can connect his theory to my peanut butter and jelly partners because it is important for
students to use each other to learn and understand material.

4. In my plan I also used strategies that align with John Deweys belief that students learn by
doing. When teaching a new routine or expected behavior, I will have students model the
behavior and practice it. I also use hands on techniques that align with John Deweys theories in
my engaging instructional activates. Students are asked to copy letters on their white boards, etc.
exemplifying Deweys learning theory by having them do and be engaged.

http://bottemabeutel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Marzano-Marzano.pdf
http://study.com/academy/lesson/harry-wong-classroom-management-theory-plan.html
https://www.learning-theories.com/vygotskys-social-learning-theory.html
https://www.marxists.org/archive/novack/works/1960/x03.htm

(Bonus) Classroom Management Quotes-

1. The ultimate goal of classroom management should not be on simple obedience, but on
having students behave appropriately because they know its the right thing to do and
because they can understand how their actions affect other people (Hardin, 2008, p.
142).

2. Effective classroom discipline should be a means of helping students become caring,

ethical individuals (Hardin, 2008, p. 147).

3. If the goal is to have children take responsibility for their behaviors, teachers must allow
students to make decisions about what is right and wrong (Hardin, 2008, p. 143).

4. Rather than creating rules, (the) students (will) engage in conversation about the type of
community they wish their classroom to be (Hardin, 2008, p. 150).

5. Students must know that they are cared about and valued regardless of their behavior
(Hardin, 2008, p. 147).

6. Only praise that places no judgments on a students character or personality makes the
classroom a safe place in which students are free to try and to make mistakes (Hardin,
2008, p. 145).

7. There's a difference between trying to control students and establishing control of your
classroom. Rules are about compliance. Procedures are about coherence. (David
Ginsburg)

8. The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say The children are now
working as if I did not exist. (Maria Montessori)

9. Student achievement at the end of the year is directly related to the degree to which a
teacher establishes good control of the classroom procedures in the very first week of the
school year. (Harry Wong)

10. Sometimes, the only thing worse than losing a power struggle is winning one. (Larry
Ferlazzo)