Effective Management in the Classroom
There is a secret to running a well-organized classroom where great learning expectations are achieved: The Pygmalion Effect.
The Pygmalion Effect says that all people, including our students, are designed to function at maximum efficiency when expectations are known. This is the key to excellent classroom management: Don’t make anything a secret.
Classroom management is not just discipline.  It is the day-to-day business of teaching and students’ learning. It is how a teacher creates an environment that is conducive to learning.
Some teachers make the mistake of thinking students already know how to be successful. They don’t. They are only successful when the teacher is able to do that magical thing called ‘teaching’. And it can’t be done without a management plan that leaves nothing to chance.
There are 4 Classroom Management Factors that are absolutely essential in high-performing classrooms:
- Rules and Procedures (classroom routines)
- Teacher-Student Relationships
- Mental Set of the teacher
- Discipline
At the top of the list will always be how well classroom management skills are employed and used consistently. Without that, the other three fall apart. In the next  three blog posts, I will share with you what the optimal environment for classroom routines looks like, how to facilitate transitions that are effective and need all students’ needs, and how to target the essential activities that must have a set routine and procedure in place.
If you want maximum results, tell the students what needs to be done to get them. Set strategies for classroom management and communicate high performance expectations. Only then will students excel.
Shannon Dipple -Â http://www.primary-education-oasis.com