INTRODUCTION
Establishing a safe and productive learning environment begins with a plan, one that is founded on established theoretical foundations and professional practices. For this task, you will act as a teacher creating a classroom management plan for your future class based on a school you would work in. In your plan, you will customize the essential pieces of a safe and productive learning environment that encourages positive social interactions, individual and collaborative learning, and appropriate classroom behaviors. You will then justify the effectiveness of your plan by explaining the relevant theories and classroom management practices that support it.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The originality report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
A. Develop a classroom management plan for a class you aspire to teach in the future by doing the following:
1. Describe your future class by identifying the grade level (K-12) and content area, if applicable, and two types of instructional activities specific to your class that are relevant in a classroom management plan.
Note: Examples of information you might include in your description are as follows: If it is a secondary science class, will there be laboratory activities as well as direct instruction? If it is an elementary grade, will there be centers?
2. Explain your personal philosophy about your (the teacher’s) role as a classroom manager. Include your responsibilities in establishing a positive, safe, and productive learning environment that is inclusive of diverse student populations.
3. Identify three specific goals of your classroom management plan.
4. Describe your classroom layout for the class described in part A1. Include your and the students’ seating arrangements and the placement of classroom materials and resources (e.g., computers, displays, lab equipment, supplies) needed to conduct the class activities identified in part A1.
a. Explain how the classroom layout could change between the layout described in part A4 and a layout for a different type of activity (e.g., direct instruction, learning centers, group work).
5. Describe two specific classroom routines, including one procedure associated with each routine, that you will implement to best provide structure for the classroom.
a. Explain how these procedures will be communicated to students.
6. List three specific classroom rules that support teaching and learning in your classroom.
a. Explain how these classroom rules will inform and be supported by the creation of norms in your classroom.
b. Explain how these classroom rules will be communicated to students.
7. Describe positive reinforcement and consequences you will use to help students adhere to classroom norms, rules, and procedures.
8. Explain how all students will be actively involved in the plan and what their roles will be in participating in a productive and collaborative learning environment.
B. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.