Real Solutions - Physical Environment - Topic 1 - Classroom Organization

1. Classroom Organization
The Foundation of Classroom
Management
Best Behavior (Sprague & Golly, 2013)

3. Helpful Thoughts
• Change your behavior first
• Negative behavior is attention seeking behavior
• Teach students what you want
• Build caring and respectful relationships first
• Catch students doing the right thing
• Reward in a predictable way that includes surprises
Best Behavior (Sprague & Golly, 2004)

4. Remember, symptoms do not necessarily
mean the same thing for everyone…

5. Effective Classroom
Management
1.Explicitly teach your expectations
• Assume students do not know what to do.
• Shape behavior with positive feedback until behavior is automatic.
2.Establish a consistent classroom structure
• What behavior do you want to see in all aspects of your classroom?
• What behavior do you want to hear?
• How can you incorporate respect and emerging independence?
Best Behavior (Sprague & Golly, 2004)

6. Best Behavior (Sprague & Golly, 2012)
Building Blocks of
Classroom Management

7. Before School Starts: Design Your Classroom
Monitor Students.
No students
behind book cases
or dividers.
Gain physical
access to students.
Walk around and
through aisles.
Decide seating
arrangements,
placing high-need
and low-
performing
students within
your reach.
Place your desk so
that it is not
accessible to
students.
Best Behavior (Sprague & Golly, 2004)

8. List 5 or more critical features of classroom design needed before school starts.
Create easy to remember classroom expectations and link to school-wide rules.
What are 2 classroom management activities to do on the first day of school?
What is your strategy to handle 2 or 3 students consistently disrupting your class?
How will you keep all students on task during independent work?
Consider the following preparing
for learning activities
Best Behavior (Sprague & Golly, 2004)