CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
STUDENT TEACHING
During student teaching I developed a behavior management plan for a first-grade classroom. This plan incorporated a reward system. Pictured below is the behavior management plan. Each student was given their own gumball machine with 5 gumballs in it. Each day, the students would start with 5 gumballs. Throughout the day, behavior would determine if each student lost gumballs. At the end of the day, if the student had 5 gumballs, they were allowed to color in a star. Once the students earned 5 stars, they were allowed to pick from a small prize box.
PRIMARY LEARNING SUPPORT
This behavior management plan/reward system is similar to the system that I used in the first grade classroom during student teaching. The students each have a small container called a "you-tube." After each class, the students are able to earn up to 5 marbles. These marbles stand for different areas of Whole Body Listening. These include; eyes on speaker, ears listening, hands and feet to self, mouths quiet, brain thinking. If the students have shown exceptional behavior, they can earn up to two extra marbles for that class period. After a certain number of days, determined by the special ed teacher, the students get to "shop" at the classroom store with their marbles. Each item is worth a different amount of marbles. I use this behavior management plan with a student that I work one-on-one with for literacy.
INTERMEDIATE LEARNING SUPPORT
In the intermediate learning support classroom that I work in as a TA, I developed a Homework-opoly "game" for the 4th grade students in literacy and math. The special education teacher and I noticed that the students were having some trouble turning in homework on time. I was inspired by the Math-opoly learning center that my block partner and I created during a field experience. Homework-opoly allows students to move their clips around a Monopoly board designed with rewards related to school. The students are able to choose "chance" cards that reward them.
CLASS DOJO
Another classroom management plan that I have been exposed to is Class Dojo. I love Class Dojo and think it an effective method to use in the classroom for students of any age. Classroom Dojo allows teachers to give red dojos for inappropriate or unwanted behaviors and green dojos for appropriate behavior or kindness. Each student's parent can see their own child's dojos and what the reason for the dojo was. It is a simple tap on an iPad which makes it easy to use while teaching also. The teacher can also give whole class dojos for when the whole class is exhibiting exceptional or unexceptional behavior. Through Class Dojo the teacher can also communicate with parents through a text message style communication. The teacher can also post pictures and messages to the student's wall for only the student's parents to see or to the classroom wall for all of the parents to see.