Classroom Management

[Niko]

Skills for the Classroom

You've prepared well for your lesson, with all the steps clearly outlined in your lesson plan. However, having a well prepared lesson plan is not enough if your classroom management skills lack.

Points to consider are:

• Set time limits.
• Use pairs.
• Monitor, modify behaviour.
• Call on students randomly.
• Switch partners.
• Know students' names by heart.
• Create accountability.
• Hurry student's along.
• Improvise where appropriate.
• Take charge of seating.

With experience comes better classroom management. The idea is to work on the above list and add to it where you feel necessary.

For each lesson you undertake, you should be giving yourself a mental grade as to how effective and productive the lesson was for students. Grading your own performance after each lesson is important to maintaining high standards of teaching.