Dr. Daniel T. Lewis Classroom Management Plan

Preamble

This classroom management plan creates an environment where academic excellence and human flourishing abound. To promote academic excellence, students need a culture of respect and responsibility. Fostering respect and responsibility helps students develop the skills and attitudes necessary for a good work ethic, academic excellence, positive social behavior, and basic life skills. This classroom management plan helps students foster scholastic excellence and development of a culture of respect and responsibility. Students may expect regular recognition for their positive contributions and encouragement from their teacher and peers to exhibit respect and responsibility.

Introduction

Creating a positive learning environment requires clear expectations, consistent procedures, and a focus on student engagement. This classroom management plan fosters respect, responsibility, and academic achievement. These strategies give students the structure they need to thrive socially and academically.

Purpose Statement

This student-centered classroom management plan emphasizes mutual respect, personal responsibility, collaboration, and individual growth. Students are encouraged to take ownership of their learning through the following principles:

Respect: Students always show mutual respect for themselves, their peers, and all staff members.
Responsibility: All accountability for learning and the student's behavior lies with the individual student. Personal responsibility begins with coming to class prepared to engage in learning and participate fully.
Collaboration: Students always learn by working with their peers and teachers. Effective collaboration requires trust between students, their peers, and their teacher.
Individual Growth: Students should participate in each learning activity expecting growth in knowledge, understanding, and wisdom.

Classroom Procedures

The following classroom procedures help students understand expectations and maintain focus. The following procedures guide daily classroom operations:

Respect: Students always show mutual respect for themselves, their peers, and all staff members. They enter the classroom quietly, gather the material they need for the class, take their assigned seat, and begin the bell-ringer work posted on the board. Mutual respect includes raising hands and waiting to be called on by the teacher before speaking. Students must remain seated until dismissed by the teacher.

Responsibility: All accountability for learning and the student's behavior lies with the individual student. Personal responsibility begins with coming to class prepared to engage in learning and participate fully. This means coming to class with all the materials needed for learning. Personal responsibility begins with arriving to class on time and starting their work immediately. Trady students must sign the tardy log.

Collaboration: Students always learn by working with their peers and teachers. Effective collaboration requires trust between students, their peers, and their teacher. Students will complete their assigned group roles.

Growth: Students should participate in each learning activity expecting growth in knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. Student learning and growth come directly from the work and engagement students put into learning activities.

Disciplinary Actions

Peer Encouragement:

The student's personal responsibility for learning includes an obligation to encourage respectful, responsible, and collaborative behavior among their peers.

Disciplinary Steps:

Praise for Good Behavior: The teacher will praise students for good behavior.

First Violation of Classroom Procedures: The teacher will place a YELLOW card on the student's desk as a warning.

Second Violation of Classroom Procedures: The teacher will place a RED card on the student's desk and the student will have to stay after class for a conference with the teacher.

Student Behavior Reflection Assignment: The teacher will assign the student a behavior reflection homework assignment due the next class day. The school office will be made aware of the behavior problem.

Continued Violation of Classroom Procedures: The teacher will issue a communication to the parent or guardian about the student's violation of classroom procedures. The school office will be made aware of the behavior problem.

Parent/Guardian and Teacher Conference: The teacher will schedule a parent/guardian and teacher conference to discuss the students behavior problems. The school office will be made aware of the behavior problem.