Classroom Management

A well-developed classroom management system is important, because it creates the learning environment. In a well-developed management system, students are motivated to learn to their full potential while allowing more time for the teacher to successfully teach a lesson without having to unnecessary behavioral distractions. Without a well-developed classroom management system, students would not get the appropriate education that they are entitled to get and students may not think of school as a safe environment.
A well-developed classroom management system should also talk about ways to increase social competence skills for students with and without disabilities. Adequate social competence skills can result in positive social outcomes such as gaining acceptance of peers, forming lasting relationships, and getting along with people in general. Without social competence skills, most students with disabilities will not get that appropriate education in a least restrictive environment that is stated in the federal law.
As a future teacher, I believe that all children deserve the right to be educated. All children are seeking knowledge, and they should expect a teacher to be capable of providing the knowledge they desire in an understandable manner. I know that explicit instruction is appropriate when teaching a task that is complex and works best for students who have problems learning, limited background knowledge about a particular topic, initial failure with learning the content, and limited intrinsic motivation to learn. I believe that it is important for one to know the difference between adaptations and accommodation. Adaptations changes the difficulty level where as modifications keeps the difficulty level only reduce the amount of content or way something is taught. Accommodations are changes to delivery of instruction, method of student performance, or method of assessment that do not significantly change the content or conceptual difficulty level of the curriculum. When teaching students with mild disabilities it is important for one to remember that:
· Maintaining active engagement and sustained focus on the content, largely through good organization and management
· Using tasks and questions that are sufficiently clear and easy that a brisk pace may be maintained, with high success rates
· Providing frequent opportunities for reading and responding to questions
· Providing clear and frequent feedback concerning correctness
· Mastering skills to overlearning
· Closely monitoring progress and providing whatever instruction is required for learning.