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Management Philosophy

Maria Reyes

November 2, 2010

Classroom Management involves more than keeping a student behavior

under control. The physical set up of the classroom, how you transition from

lesson to lesson and teaching self discipline are also an important part of

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classroom management. This and many other things are what involve classroom

management. I believe an important part of classroom management is the role of

a teacher as a guide to their students. Helping the students think for themselves

and encourage them to go above and beyond what is expected of them is an

important part of my classroom management philosophy. When a student feels

the support of their teacher they will be more focused in the classroom and

overall classroom management behavior wise will be easier. Two theorists who

have similar ideas to mine are Rudolph Dreikurs and Richard Curwin and Allen

Mendler. I agree with a lot of their ideas and will probably implement them in my

own management philosophy.

Rudolph Dreikurs believed that when a teacher acts in a democratic

fashion they demonstrate effective instruction and provide a collaborative

learning community where teacher and student work toward common goals

(Manning & Butcher pg. 63). To me a having a democratic classroom also means

that the students feel that they have a say in what they do and they will not be

afraid of voicing their opinions to me. Another idea I liked from Dreikurs is that of

a logical consequences. Prior to establishing a logical consequence Dreikurs

believed teachers must establish simple, specific classroom rules (Manning &

Butcher pg. 69). To me that is common knowledge all students should know what

is expected of them in a classroom and they should be taught to them at the

beginning of the year that to me is something crucial. Once a student knows how

they need to behave they should be introduced to the consequences if the rules

are broken. The consequence should be logical lets say the student is being

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disruptive in class a logical consequence could be put him apart from the class

and make him write a small note explaining why they where behaving that way.

After 10 minutes have a small talk with they student and let him become part of

the class again. I also like Dreikurs idea of encouraging a student instead of

praising them. If a student is working hard on a paper a simple acknowledgement

from the teacher will go a long way. It can be as simple as your hard work is

paying off I know you can get that A on your paper soon, that will encourage the

student to work harder. This encouragement will also help a student self esteem

grow which is something I wanted all my students to have a strong self esteem.

Richard Curwin and Allen Mendler are theorist who I also share ideas with.

They believed in Discipline with dignity to me this means that even though you

can be a strict teacher when disciplining the student you need to be fair and take

every situation in consideration because not all students are the same. Curwin

and Mendler wrote that teachers must convey a sense of warmth and make their

classroom welcoming places with basic human touches that encourage

acceptable behavior and set the tone for responsible learning (Manning &

Butcher pg. 111). Students should always feel welcomed and comfortable in the

classroom and I want my students to know they can always count on me. As well

as Dreikurs Curwin and Mendler also believed in a democratic classroom which

is something I really want to have in my classroom.

I want my future classroom to be one where my students feel welcomed,

and feel like they are an important part of the class, my class will be democratic

everyone will have a say. My students will think for themselves and will have a

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strong sense of self esteem. My role as their teacher will be to guide them to be

that person they want to someday be. It will be my number one job to always

encourage them to shoot for the stars and higher. I will accomplish this by putting

in motion a good classroom management plan and will some ideas of theorist like

Dreikurs, Curwin and Mendler.