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CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
ELIZABETH VANDEMOERE
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
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Table of Contents
Pages 1: Title
Pages 2: Table of Contents
Pages 3-4: Mrs. Van De Moere Philosophy
Pages 5-6: Classroom Rules and Consequences
Pages 6-9: Classroom Procedures
Pages 9-10: Classroom Layout
Pages 11: References
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Ms. Van De Moeres Philosophy of Education

I believe the students are our future. As an educator, I want to provide the skills and

resources my students will need to be successful. I will accomplish this by implementing a

positive and supportive classroom environment that will help to motivate the students without

pressure, having my students actively engaged in course content using various techniques, and

attending to each individual students learning needs towards growth.

My personal goal for my classroom is to establish a warm, comfortable, supportive atmosphere. I

will design my classroom, so students have partners and can exchange their understanding of the

course content; this will assist them in developing social skills as well as strengthen the students

grasp on the curriculums subject matter.

I consider active participation in the classroom to be crucial to student success. Having active

participation within the class will lead to growth towards becoming an empowered learner. I will

view students as empowered Learners and provide them with skills, such as:

How to set goals

How to evaluate one selfs strengths and weaknesses.

How to take beneficial notes

How to express ones feelings

These skills inspire students to think on a deeper level, and explore outside the classroom for

real-world examples that connects to their learning and goals.

I believe that every student learns differently; because of this, I plan on incorporating useful

techniques within the lesson for a more well-rounded educational experience. These techniques
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could include, but are not limited to: visual aids (such as interesting videos), real-world examples

to provide relevance, and one-on-one Q & A that will give me an understanding of where the

individual stands compared to the rest of the class and where they need improvement.

It is my belief that for me to be a successful educator, I will need to focus on the individual needs

of my students as well as maintaining a positive and supportive environment for the students to

feel comfortable enough to express their ideas and questions. Keeping up on modern day

teaching techniques will also contribute toward more effective learning exercises for the

students.

CLASSROOM RULES, CONSEQUENCES AND PROCEDURES:

Classroom Rules/ Consequences:

I am fostering a warm, comfortable, supportive learning environment with every rule on

the list. Respect enables students to feel comfortable with participation and being who they are
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thus, producing a warm environment. Participation supports students that need hands on

learning, while also supporting growth in public speaking. Staying on task supports student

growth in patience and allows the teacher a chance to aid students who struggle. Follow

directions supports student learning by teaching time management skills and preparing students

for real world obstacles. Believe in yourself promotes self-respect allowing students to feel

comfortable taking on new challenges; this rule also aids in encouraging diverse learners to

preserver. Have fun establishes a warm and comfortable classroom where students will learn and

enjoy themselves while doing it; it will aid diverse learners by making subject matter more

interesting. Lastly, take ownership of actions creates a comfortable environment through stability

which leads into consequences.

Verbal warnings act as student exposure to consequences and support student learning in this

area; diverse learners will benefit from these in culmination of other consequences. The

consequence loss of bathroom/water is for when a student abuses the bathroom/water privilege;

this consequence supports student awareness of actions promoting rule #5. The consequence

receive negative is for a minor offense after a verbal warning has been given; the 5 negatives

concept supports a comfortable environment where the students dont feel threatened making

mistakes. Teachers choice allows the teacher to soften or strengthen the consequence depending

on the offense; this will either: support the student in showing them an understanding and warm

environment, or create a safe and comfortable environment for the rest of the students if the

offense was extreme, resulting in a referral and or buddy room/ detention for the offending

student. Referrals and buddy room/ detention are for students to understand there are limits to

breaking the rules and engaging in misconduct they again support the other students in ensuring

a comfortable, supportive and warm environment.

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Step ups support the rules which uphold my philosophy; an example would be when a student

reaches 5 negatives, if they are at a verbal warning they will jump to loss of bathroom/water or

referral depending on the offense.

Consequences every week; negatives every day

Procedures:

A) Entering the classroom (threshold by doug lemov).

a. Before entering the classroom, I will shake the students hand and greet them with

a Good Moring Mr./Mrs. ______, please grab your warm-up and take out your

homework.

b. If the student fails to properly greet me with a Good Morning Ms. Vandemoere

and a proper handshake I will prop them to the back of the line and try again with

better enthusiasm.

B) Warm-up

a. Every Monday students will pick up a warm up packet as they walk in, that they

will use for the whole week.

b. As they walk in they will either pick up the packet/ notes for the day or pull the

packet out along with their homework.

c. Students will turn their homework in to the in-box in the back of the classroom

before starting their warm-up

d. Students will have 7 Minutes to complete their warm-up before going over it as a

class.

e. These 7 minutes will include turning in homework.

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f. Once the 7 minutes are over one student will present the warm up, to the class.

g. After the warm-up is over students will file the packet in their binder and pull out

the note outline for the lesson.

C) Passing papers in.

a. Students will turn their homework in at the beginning of each class before doing

their warm-up to the in bin located in the back of the classroom.

b. Any class work done during the classroom will be turned to the in box as they

leave the classroom at the end of the period.

D) Absences:

a. If student is absence their partner will take notes for them.

b. They can receive all the missing assignments from the Absent bin at the student

center

c. Students will have the amount of day they missed to make up the missing

assignments.

E) Grading Assignments:

a. Assignments will be grade the week it was turned in and passed back the

following week

b. Students MUST SHOW WORK to get credit.

c. Homework and in-class assignments are 40 percent, projects are 10 percent,

quizzes are 10 percent and exam/test are 40 percent of the final grade.

F) Hand signals

a. Students will use hand signals to indicate an action they would like to proceed

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b. Students will hold up their index and middle finger like the peace sign to indicate

they need to use the bathroom.

c. Student will hold up their index finger for a pencil or to sharp their pencil.

d. Just holding up their three middle fingers indicates they would like to get water.

e. Holding their pinky up indicated they need a tissue or through something away.

f. Raising all five fingers represents a question or statement.

G) Leaving the classroom

a. Before being dismissed students will pick up any trash around their area.

b. Students will make sure the desks are lined up together

c. As students are dismissed they will push their chairs in and walk in an orderly

form to the door.

H) Communicating with Parents

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a. I will first send an email to the parents for any positive or negative information

b. I then will make a call home if I get no reply

c. Lastly, I will schedule a conference with the parents if needed.

Classroom Layout:

Background information: The Future district will provide laptops to the students and teachers.

My future classroom: I want to keep my area simple and organized so I decided all I need is one

book shelf to add resourceful books and some personal items such as pictures. I also would want

printer in my classroom; it will be helpful for all the project the students will be doing

throughout the year. The student center table is where students can find missing assignments,

grab a tissue, sharpen their pencil and turn-in work. In the top right-hand corner, is the creative

center; The creative center consists of three whiteboards along the walls, a low table where

students can seat on the floor or pillows and work together on task, (problems or share creative

ideas with each other) on the shelf holds a bunch of art supplies, such as; compasses, rulers,

blocks, color pencils, markers, colored paper and scissors. In the front left corner, is the

students computer charging station where every night students will store their laptops. I have a

small group table in the back of the room, for pulling groups during individual practice time.

Students will seat in pairs at the desk that are in rows. Doug Lemov states I am a big fan of

rows ..This layout socializes students to attend to the board and the teacher as their primary

focus. Another reason why the students would be in pairs is to practice having intelligent

conversations about the lesson; think-pair-share, think-write-share and quiz-quiz-trade (Katie

Cartier) . On the left wall will be a bulletin board that displays the students work throughout the

year. In, the front of the room will be a smart board and projector, the smart board will come in
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handy with hands on activities we do class and the projector will be helpful when teaching the

lesson. Storage is important to have and in my classroom, I will have two storage units and three

bookshelves, each storage unit will have white boards as its doors, that way students can work

out problems anywhere in the classroom.

Classroom Key: Teacher Area: Desk, Chair, Printer Tables: Student Center, Creative Center,

Charge Station, Small group(U) Student Desk and Chairs Boards: Bulletin Board, Smart Board,

Projector: Smart Board projector, Over Head Projector Storage: Storage unit,

shelfs, Turn In Bins Misc.: Rug, Door

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References

Professor Katie Cartier at Arizona State University, Teachers college.

Lemov, D. (2014). Teach Like a Champion 2.0: 62 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to

College. Somerset: Wiley.