Course Objectives

• Recognize differing perspectives of student/teacher authority.
• Select a preferred classroom management approach from those presented in the module.
• Analyze how meaningful rules and procedures can affect classroom behavior.
• Develop rules and procedures for your classroom to match your classroom management approach.
• Recognize the relationship between engaging lessons & activities and classroom management.
• Evaluate whether lessons include an appropriate amount of interactivity or interest to positively affect classroom behavior.
• Evaluate the sources and flow of power in your classroom.
• Examine how misbehavior begins and plan strategies for dealing with it.
• Analyze techniques for helping students establish positive habits outside of the classroom.
• Plan strategies for handling classroom management issues that stem from beyond the classroom.
• Examine the benefits of deploying a classroom management strategy at the school level.
• Identify steps your school can take to develop a classroom management approach that crosses classrooms.

Syllabus

(ASCD online course, 2011) Reimagined self-paced asynchronous online course. Upon completion, learners will be awarded an ASCD Certificate worth up to 20 Clock Hours.