Overview
This lecture introduces five critical features of evidence-based classroom management and a comprehensive online resource to help teachers implement these practices effectively.
Five Critical Features of Classroom Management
- Maximize classroom structure by establishing routines and organizing the physical environment.
- Clearly define and directly teach behavioral expectations to students.
- Actively engage students in instruction to minimize problem behaviors.
- Develop a continuum of strategies to acknowledge appropriate student behaviors.
- Develop a continuum of strategies to discourage inappropriate behaviors.
Implementing and Contextualizing Management Features
- These features apply across grade levels and instructional settings, but should be adapted to fit classroom culture and student needs.
- Effective classroom management focuses on changing the environment and teacher behavior, not "fixing" students.
The Supporting and Responding to Student Behavior Resource
- The resource is interactive and best used online for access to hyperlinks and self-assessments.
- Features an interactive map for navigating foundational practices, prevention, acknowledgment, responding to behavior, and data systems.
- Includes a self-assessment tool with yes/no questions to identify areas for growth.
- Contains a decision-making guide for responding to varying levels of student behavior.
- Provides tables for each feature with examples, common errors, empirical support, and further resources.
Tools and Scenarios in the Resource
- Offers fast-response tools for addressing different types of student behavior effectively (Functionally Accurate, Specific, and Timely).
- Includes real-life scenarios for both elementary and secondary classrooms demonstrating the implementation of these practices.
- Additional resources and learning materials are available through embedded links.
Key Terms & Definitions
- Classroom Management — Techniques used to maintain a productive, orderly learning environment.
- Empirical Support — Practices backed by research evidence showing effectiveness.
- Self-assessment — A tool for evaluating personal proficiency or needs in classroom management practices.
- Prevention — Strategies implemented to proactively reduce the likelihood of problem behavior.
- Acknowledgment — Recognizing and reinforcing positive student behavior.
Action Items / Next Steps
- Access and review the "Supporting and Responding to Student Behavior" guide online via PBIS.org.
- Complete the self-assessment within the resource to identify areas for improvement.
- Begin familiarizing yourself with the interactive map and decision guides for classroom management.
- Prepare for further modules, which will cover each critical feature in depth.