Classroom Management Plans - Outline for Behavioral Management

"Findings show that teachers who approach classroom management as a process of establishing and maintaining effective learning environments tend to be more successful that teachers who place more emphasis on their roles as authority figures or disciplinarians." - Thomas L. Good and Jere Brophy, Looking in Classrooms, 2008

Recent studies show that teachers who practice a consistent form of proactive behavioral managment in the classroom experience less student disruptions than those that practice reactionary authoritarian-style displinary techniques. Creating a classroom management plan can help establish a plan for a classroom environment that enhances student learning while reducing student violence and disruptions.

An effective classroom managemetn plan can be written in the form of a formal report for administration and personal purposes, or designed as a Web site viewable to parents. The following topics offer an excellent starting point, and can be used as headings for your plan:

• Introduction
• Management Theory/Philosophy
• Establishing Positive Relationships
• Establishing Classroom Routines, Procedures and Rules
• Fostering Communication
• Assignments, Homework and Grading
• Dealing With Inappropriate Behavior
• Teacher Organization

Researching the aforesaid topics and establishing a formal plan for running your classroom is proven not only to enhance the classroom environment for your students, but to reduce teacher stress. Who can argue with that?!