FUNEAP Workshop on Classroom Management

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The topic for this month’s FUNEAP workshop was classroom management. The participants learned how define clear and consistent behavioral expectations for classroom activities and common transitions that occur within and between the activities. They also learned how to teach behavioral expectations, model examples of expected and non-participatory behaviors, monitor student behavior, and provide feedback during and after activities and transitions.

   

Participants worked in groups to create a visual display for expected behaviors during an activity or transition. In this activity, they incorporated their knowledge of characteristics of students with learning problems and principles of Universal Design for Learning (previous FUNEAP workshop topics). Many of the participants are working in challenging conditions that include large class sizes, few resources, and challenging behaviors from streetwise children and youth. Despite the working conditions, they have terrific attitudes and they’re eager to learn strategies that will help them better address the needs of students with learning problems in their schools.   

Most of the classroom management information I presented at this workshop came from Randy Sprick’s (2009) textbook, CHAMPS: A Proactive & Positive Approach to Classroom Management.