Artifact # 5
Classroom Management Project, an exploration into the many varieties of classroom management.
Context
This project was completed during my internship at Appalachian
State University as a requirement of the course “Curriculum and Instruction
in the Elementary School.”
Impact
To complete this project, I had to spend many hours observing
in a fourth and fifth grade classroom at Beech Mountain Elementary School.
While I was there, I assessed what methods of classroom management succeeded
or failed. By seeing many different varieties of classroom management,
I am better able to think of the ways in which I will manage my own classroom.
Alignment
As part of the assignment, based on what I had learned
about classroom management, I was required to sketch an example of my future
classroom's layout (Tech 12.4).
Part of teaching is being able to communicate effectively
- both verbally and nonverbally. As part of my classroom management assignment,
I was required to comment on how the teacher that I observed communicated
with the class. After observing in the classroom, I was able to reflect
on the ways that I will communicate with my students on a daily basis –
including directions, routines and discipline (INTASC
#6)