For this assignment, use the same grade level you selected in Topic 2 and the “Class Profile.”
Research five different elementary classroom environments. Take note of the materials found in each environment and how the rooms are arranged. Map out three different classroom arrangements that facilitate students working productively individually or in groups. In creating your arrangements, consider ease of flow of traffic consistent with age-appropriate development of motor skills, social and emotional needs, and physical activity of your students from the “Class Profile.” Your arrangements can be hand-drawn or computer generated, but must be submitted in a PDF or Word document.
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Include a 250-300 word essay using three scholarly resources regarding appropriate elementary classroom arrangements. Explain your rationale for the space you designed. Justify each item in your designs (e.g., materials, furniture, design elements, how they are arranged).
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For this assignment, use the same grade level you selected in Topic 2 and the “Class Profile.” Identify seven classroom management procedures that accomplish the following:
Establish routines;
Optimize time for instruction;
Allow the learning environment to operate efficiently;
Address digital citizenship, including the safe, ethical, and legal use of technology and digital information;
Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning; and
Consider additional concerns that may arise in the classroom consistent with the class profile and grade level.
1. In a total of 350-500 words, write a detailed step-by-step process that identifies how you will teach and practice each procedure.
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Standards assessed in the field experience:
InTASC: 1(a), 1(e), 2(a), 2(b), 2(g), 2(h), 3(a), 3(d), 3(e), 3(j),3(k), 9(l), 10(l)
ACEI: 1, 3.2, 3.4, 5.1, 5.2
Spend 5 hours observing and interviewing a certified teacher in grades 1-8 about the teacher’s classroom management plan, the school’s behavior expectations for students, the school’s behavior management program, and how these expectations are apparent across the campus and in the classroom.
Your interview questions and observation should probe:
The type, number, and degree to which the expectations are stated in positive language and the rationales for these expectations.
The forms and locations in which the expectations are posted on the school grounds and in the classroom.
How expectations are initially taught, reinforced, and monitored school-wide and at the individual classroom level for students who start the academic year at the school site or later in the year.
When differentiation is appropriate for teaching and reinforcing those expectations, including examples of that differentiation.
How classroom and school-wide behavioral expectations are communicated to students and families.
The teacher’s reflections on the overall degree of effectiveness of her or his classroom management plan.
Recommendations for change of the classroom’s management plan based on personal experiences.
Ask additional questions as appropriate. Retain a copy of the questions asked and responses received.
After the interview and observations, complete the following tasks in 250-500 words:
Summarize what you found from your interview and observations;
Draw conclusions from your summary;
Apply the conclusions you have drawn to your practices as a future educator.
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