Lauren Pinho Education Field Experience EDUC 230-01 Professor Suk Fall 2013 Classroom Management Plan and

Layout For my classroom, I imagine myself teaching a high school art class. I would like my classroom to be open and friendly which is why I like the U-shape arrangement of the desks. To keep my students in a positive work environment I would require the following rules and procedures and back them with the following punishments and rewards. Procedures 1. Desks will be cleared at the beginning of class. All personal belongings such as bags and books will be placed under the students desk by their feet until the end of class. 2. Upon clean-up time, the teacher will call students up in groups to clean their work space. Students must follow directions designated by teacher on how to properly clean up materials used. Desks must be wiped down with sponge or towel. Any scraps or debris must be picked up off the floor. Students will continue to work until being called. Class will be dismissed once teacher has checked all work spaces. 3. Students name and Period must be written legibly on the back right of their project before handed in for grade. 4. Students must sign out before leaving the room for any reason including to use the bathroom, drinking fountain, or nurse. Rules 1. Be respectful. No talking during instruction. Students will be allowed to talk quietly during work as long as student is being productive and not disrupting others. 2. Students must raise their hands and not shout out. This includes asking for permission to use the bathroom or going to the water fountain. 3. Students must be respectful to other students. There is no tolerance for bullying. Follow the golden rule; treat others as you would like to be treated. 4. No cell phones at anytime. Cell phone must remain off or on silent and kept away. 5. Be cautious with room equipment. When starting a new project, listen to instruction on how to use all materials, this is for the safety of all students. Punishments Students who cannot follow the rules may face the following consequences: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Removal of privilege of talking during projects. Change of seating at a different table of the room or closer to the teacher. Inappropriate belongings taken away, i.e. disruptive technology. Points taken off in participation. Lunch detention. Trip to principals office in more extreme conditions.

Rewards Students who exhibit positive behavior may achieve the following: 1. Extra credit points on assignments. 2. A chance to further work on an assignment after it has been graded to receive a better grade. 3. A chance to choose options for assignments outlined by teacher, i.e. drawing patterns or working with clay. 4. Overall good behavior will be rewarded with party day at the end of the cycle/semester/year where teacher may bring in cupcakes or cookies for students to enjoy.

Lauren Pinho Professor Purvin Education Field Experience EDUC 230-01 Fall 2013 Rationale Statement Statement of Standard Six- Learning Environment Teachers shall understand individual and group motivation and behavior and shall create a supportive, safe and respectful learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning and self-motivation. (NJPTSB, 2004, pg 14) Name of Artifact: Classroom Management and Floor Plan Date of Artifact: Fall 2013 Course: Education Field Experience EDUC 230-01 Rationale Statement: To have a smooth running class, teachers need to think about the rules and procedures that they will have to put in place for their students. Then they must think of the rewards and punishments that will encourage their students to follow these rules and procedures they created. Students are always thinking with the best common sense and dont always want to follow rules because the rules are there for their best interest, so a little shove in the right direction using a consequence and reward system is a useful tool. For this assignment, I had to create a floor plan for how I imagine my future class to look. I created a U-shape formation of the students desk and kept the teacher table and white board at the front, leaving ample room for supplies and other needed equipment in the back and sides of the room. This also gives the opportunity for me, as the teacher, to walk around and see the students work with ease. Then I outlined some basic rules for my classroom and created some fair rewards and punishments to help motivate my students to follow them. Coming up with the rules and then punishments was a bit tough. It required me to really think back to being a student in my classes and trying to remember what my teachers did. I myself was a quiet student who didnt get in trouble much so I couldnt really remember a lot of consequences. It is also hard to think of rewards being that when students get rewards, it rarely connected with the thought of doing such a great job, in my opinion. I think this will be something that also will evolve with time and experience. I see myself being able to use this in my future classroom. I wont be able to see what my classroom layout will be until I actually have a classroom, but the rules and procedure I made are general enough to be functional in my classroom. When I experience more in my student teaching I can also see what my mentor teacher does as well or makes notes from what I witness from the class to determine what I should do as well.

References
Board, New Jersey Professional Teaching Standards. (July 2004) New Jersey Professional Standards for Teachers and School Leaders. Retrieved from http://www.state.nj.us/education/profdev/profstand/standards.pdf.