Ensuring+positive+behaviour+management

= = == =**Ways to ensure positive and effective classroom behaviour management:**= =** (All of these can begin in the early grades) **=


 * =** Get off to a good start with all students and your whole class · **=
 * =** Beginning and ending each day well and consistent **=

=** (Marzano R, Gaddy B, Foseid MC, Foseid MP, Marzano J 2005, A Handbook for Classroom Management that Works, Pearson Education Inc, pp 15-17 **= =** (Marzano R, Gaddy B, Foseid MC, Foseid MP, Marzano J 2005, A Handbook for Classroom Managment that Works) **=
 * =** Ensure there is appropriate discipline and consequences in the classroom are consistent (involve the students in creating a classroom pledge, rules or promise) **=
 * =** · **** Make certain that the classrooms rules and procedures are clear and well understood **=
 * =** · **** Set up positive teacher student relationships **=
 * =** · **** Take responsibility for your own learning environment **=
 * =** Encourage and give students the skills and knowledge to take responsibility (self-responsibility) for their own learning, behaviour and reactions in the classroom (Yes, even young children can be responsible for themselves) **=
 * =** · **** Share support and responsibilities with fellow teachers **=
 * =** · **** Establish shared in class activities that reinforce positive whole class and small group unity Ensure reactions in the classroom are __exactly__ what we want to portray in each situation (think well before you act or speak) **=
 * =** · **** Remember there is always more than one was to read each situation and react to situations in your learning environment **=
 * =** · **** Acknowledge birthdays and important events with the whole class at the beginning of each day **=
 * =** · **** Learn to deal with transitions and interruptions (e.g. lunch time, toilet breaks, special classes) in the classroom effectively **=
 * =** · **** Mental set: "withitness" (occupying the entire room, noticing potential problems, using a series of graduated actions, forecasting problems) **=

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