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"Consistent and predictable classroom routines provide students with clear expectations for appropriate behavior. Teachers can establish classroom routines for various times in the school day. They help minimize distractions and interruptions that can slow instruction and disrupt student engagement in academic content."
Rationale
A dependable system of rules and procedures provides structures for students and help them to be engaged with instructional tasks.
Teaching rules and routines to students at the beginning of the year and enforcing them consistently across time increases student academic achievement and task engagement
Clearly stating expectations and consistently supporting them lends credibility to a teacher’s authority
Teaching Strategies
Helpful Ideas for Teaching the Expectations of Be Safe, Be Respectful and Be Responsible:
Where to start: Keep these tips in mind when starting the year:
Develop a few behaviors/rules aligned with each school-wide expectation.
Develop explicit steps to follow for common classroom activities (e.g. handing in papers).
Post classroom procedures in a prominent place and refer to them frequently.
Pre-Teaching: Review the behavior expectation for a particular common area before transitioning to and from that area. Develop a rhyme or song that reinforces the behavior as you transition.
Direct Experience: Take the students to a particular common area and have them “practice” the expected behavior (i.e. walking feet in the halls).
Get the children’s input: Use children’s literature to stimulate a group discussion about a common problem behavior, such as hitting. Have the students identify the problems with this behavior and brainstorm coping strategies or solutions with them. Use the Behavior Expectations Matrix for that area to guide your discussion.
Role-Play: Have the students act out scenarios that address the expected behaviors in common areas to ensure their understanding as well as to provide them an opportunity for feedback. Encourage students to use the words on the Behavior Matrix.
Reflection: Have the students talk about any experiences they have had at school and process their responses in relation to the Behavior Expectations Matrix.
Acknowledgement: Whenever possible positively acknowledge students who are demonstrating school-wide behavior expectations by utilizing the school-wide acknowledgement system.
Common Area Expectations 2022.pdfBehavior Expectations & Definitions Grid.pdfUniversal School Expectations_Guidelines.pdfSnapshot 2 - Classroom Teaching Matrix 7-27-19.pdfClassroom-Routines.pdfEstablishing-Classroom-Rules-and-Proceedures.pdfConnection to Professional Standards
Connection to Professional Standards
Core Proposition 1: Teachers are committed to students and their learning.
Standard 1.2-Application ofLearning Theory-The teacher demonstrates an understanding of how students develop and learn.
Standard 1.3-Classroom Climate-The teacher creates a respectful environment that provides opportunities for equitable participation and supports students in developing positive dispositions towards learning.
Core Proposition 3: Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning.
Standard 3.1-Managing Classroom Routines and Expectations-The teacher establishes an organized and efficient learning environment that involves and engages all students maximizes learning time, and enhances student learning in a variety of individual and group settings.
Standard 3.2-Student Engagement-The teacher encourages and clearly communicates expectations for student involvement in the learning process, which results in a high level of student engagement.
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