VESC™’s online course Classroom Management has been developed for both new and experienced teachers. The course addresses the key issues and challenges facing teachers in today’s classrooms and offers practical advice and instructional strategies that immediately improve classroom management.
The online course provides in-depth exercises, reflective questions, readings, and external information resources to make learning engaging and meaningful. As they engage in the various activities that comprise the online course, the participants use a variety of interactive strategies; these strategies are simple, but highly structured. These same strategies are to be used with students in the classroom to develop their communication and higher-order thinking skills
TOPICS COVERED IN THE ONLINE COURSE
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
- Climate and Culture
- Lesson 1: Establishing Relationships with the Students
- Lesson 2: Building a Classroom Environment that is Safe and Inviting
- Lesson 3: Setting High Expectations
- Lesson 4: Developing Communication Skills
- Rules and Procedures
- Lesson 1: Setting Behavioral Standards for the Classroom
- Lesson 2: Developing Rules for the Classroom
- Lesson 3: Establishing Procedures in the Classroom
- Lesson 4: Monitoring the Implementation of Standards, Rules, and Procedures
- Time Management and Planning
- Lesson 1: Observing the Time Spent on Activities Other Than Instruction
- Lesson 2: Planning Instructional Time
- Lesson 3: Organizing Space, Time, and Activities
- Lesson 4: Pacing/Planning for the Week, Month, Semester, and Year
- Students' Motivation to Learn
- Lesson 1: Assessing Students’ Motivation to Learn
- Lesson 2: Developing Students’ Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation
- Lesson 3: Developing Administration Support of Students’ Motivation to Learn
- Lesson 4: Developing Instructional Strategies to Enhance Students’ Motivation to Learn
- Student Behavior
- Lesson 1: Resolving Behavior Problems
- Lesson 2: Responding to Disruptive Behavior
- Lesson 3: Developing Procedures to Respond to Disruptive Behavior
- Lesson 4: Developing Behavioral Plans to Address Disruptive Behavior
REQUIRED TEXTS
The Key Elements of Classroom Management Managing Time, Space, Student Behavior and Instruction; by Joyce McLeod, Jan Fisher, and Ginny Hoover; published by ASCD
Constructive Communication and Structured Thinking in the Classroom with Graphic Templates for Structured Thinking Skills, Vol. 1 (2 book set); published by VESC™
VESC Implementation Strategies for Constructive Communication and Structured Thinking; published by VESC™