Developing a Behaviour Management Plan
Perhaps the most powerful factor in determining the 'Look, Feel and Sound' of your future classroom is yourself, the teacher, and your unique personality, teaching style and philosophy.
Secondly your group of students will play a major role in determining how your classroom will be. More than likely there will be students who are from diverse cultural backgrounds, perhaps with English as a second language, as well as a range of personalities, learning style preferences, disabilities (diagnosed or not) and any number of students with special needs of some description.
Finally, your school culture, collegiality and support structures, school values, rules and community expectations will play a significant role in determining the behaviour management/classroom management strategies that you can, and will, be able to implement.
The following pages offer guidelines for developing an effective behaviour management plan. Explanations and examples are provided.
Secondly your group of students will play a major role in determining how your classroom will be. More than likely there will be students who are from diverse cultural backgrounds, perhaps with English as a second language, as well as a range of personalities, learning style preferences, disabilities (diagnosed or not) and any number of students with special needs of some description.
Finally, your school culture, collegiality and support structures, school values, rules and community expectations will play a significant role in determining the behaviour management/classroom management strategies that you can, and will, be able to implement.
The following pages offer guidelines for developing an effective behaviour management plan. Explanations and examples are provided.
A boss drives. A leader leads.
A boss relies on authority. A leader relies on cooperation
A boss says ‘I’. A leader says ‘We’
A boss creates fear. A leader creates confidence
A boss knows how. A leader shows how.
A boss creates resentment. A leader breeds enthusiasm.
A boss fixes blame. A leader fixes mistakes.
A boss makes work drudery. A leader makes work interesting.
(Glasser, 1998)
