REDG 605: Adolescent Development, Learning, and Assessment

Student Learning (SL) and Classroom Management (CM) Plan Assignment

Context: The ways in which a teacher approaches his or her classroom (beliefs about student capabilities, the teacher/student
relationship, and behavior) affect the outcomes of the classroomi.e. academic learning, social and emotional learning, etc.

Central Focus: Interns will reflect upon their own values, beliefs, and understandings gained from the literature to develop a
student learning and classroom management plan.

The table below can serve as a guide for your thinking about how you might approach your classroom regarding SL and CM.
Knowing that your beliefs, values, and understandings about SL and CM can and will change, this document is intended to be a
launching point for your planning and approach.

Philosophy: What do you believe about SL and CM?

What will it look like?: If a community member walked into your classroom, how would they describe it?

Teacher Roles: What will you, as the teacher, do to influence SL and CM?

Student Roles: What will your students do to influence their own learning and management?

Curricular Roles: What role will your content area play in your classroom?

Physical Space Roles: How will your classroom be arranged? Will the arrangement change?

Other Aspects: What might be important to you, but missing from the list?
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Student Learning (SL) Plan Classroom Management (CM) Plan

Philosophy: As the year goes on the learning will be based Philosophy: The teacher will help provide a safe, effective,
on the pace and depth of student understanding. There will positive environment for all students. She will help
be an interaction between the teacher and student and maximize the opportunity for student learning by letting the
several activities that will be help learning. The process of students know how behavior can benefit the classroom in a
student development and learning will be looked at rather positive way.
than the end result. Student thinking will help stem the
learning of the year.

What SL will look like in my classroom: Student learning What CM will look like in my classroom: Classroom
will be discussed at the beginning of the year. Ideas from the management will look like the teacher letting the students
students will be noted on things that they think will work know what is and is not okay for the year as well as posting
well. At the start of the year the teacher will get to know the the rules of the classroom and communicating them directly.
students to understand what they may need. The teacher Students can only follow what they are aware of. The
will facilitate and the students will learn through classroom needs to be a respectful, positive environment and
experiences, practice, and examples. Learning will be a very that starts with the teacher having a great classroom
fun, engaging and positive experience with plenty of management plan.
activities.

Teacher Roles: The teacher will be prepared for each Teacher Roles: The teacher will have rules and enforce
lesson every day, and have a back-up plan for extra time at them each day. The teacher will make it clear what
the end of class if there is any. The teacher will do her best acceptable and unacceptable behavior is as well as the
to understand what each student needs in order to be consequences for behavior not allowed in the classroom.
successful, as well as try to build relationships with them to There will be rules that will be followed not only by the
understand them on a more personal level. Aside from the student but by the teacher as well. The teacher will be
content the teacher will be a positive role model and help respectful of the students views and keep them under
shape them into being nice, respectful, young adults who are control when it comes to discussions. Each student will be
prepared for life after high school. treated equally and held to the same standards as everyone
else. The teacher will do her best to make sure the
classroom is a positive environment.
Student Roles: Each day students will come in ready to Student Roles: The students will behave and be respectful
learn. Students will be able to feel comfortable and eager to of one another. They will be responsible for their own
learn new material. They will ask questions about the actions and not feed into the unacceptable behavior that
material, as well as questions that help lead into other topics. other students take part in. If a student is addressed they
Students should always be wondering why we are doing will listen to the teacher and answer appropriately. Students
what we are and be engaged in the material. They will pay are not only learning the content but learning respect, caring,
attention and complete homework for the following day. responsibility, and how to become young adults.

Curricular Roles: The student and the teacher will be Curricular Roles: The student and the teacher will have the
aware of what curriculum needs to be covered in the school appropriate behavior needed to complete tasks efficiently.
year. They will work efficiently through the material and They will stay on task and make sure that every move
make sure there is an understanding of it. The student will benefits the day. If students stay on task and have positive
ask questions whenever they need to for a deeper behavior they may be rewarded by going to lunch early, or
understanding. Any questions will be addressed by the getting a few bonus points on homework. The teacher and
teacher and further lessons will be performed if necessary. the students need to work together to have a mutual
The student and the teacher both have the end goals in mind understanding for what behavior will benefit the learning of
as well as learning objectives for each day and are able to the curriculum.
recite them at the end of the day and determine if the goal
was reached.

Physical Space Roles: In student learning physical space Physical Space Roles: Students and teachers will respect
will be discussed in that it will benefit learning. At times the physical space of each other. If space is violated there
students will remain in their own desks, however during will be a discussion about what may be changed. Giving each
certain activities students will be asked to be in groups. other space will eliminate problems that may arise from
Students wont be forced to do anything they dont feel students or teachers feeling like they were invaded.
comfortable with, however group activities are essential to
learning.

Other Aspects: Communication will be an important factor Other Aspects: The teacher will have a no tolerance from
when it comes to learning. Students and the teacher need to the beginning of the year to the end. Behavior that is
be able and open to discussion about things that are going unacceptable will stay that way until the end of the year, and
well, as well as things that are not going well. despite the status of the students, they will all be held
Communication can benefit both the teacher and the student. accountable.