Classroom Management in the CI Classroom

Laruen Watson, Bob Patrick, Keith Toda

Rapport & managing the CI classroom ● “Rising stress = lower acquisition” -Bob Patrick● We ask a lot of our students!!● Good rapport eliminates many management

issues

● Building rapport must be a conscious effort by the teacher

● Students need to know the teacher cares about them and are interested in them

● Students who feel cared about and valued are much more likely to behave well

Strategies● 1st day of school “What is important to you?”

“Why does it matter?”● Greeting your students at the door● Birthday calendar● Brag Wall● Circling with Balls activity● Personalizing stories (PQA)

● Extra-credit quiz question

● Postcards home● Jobs● Teaching to the eyes● Understandable messages

● Teaching “with” your students not “at”● “Nothing motivates like success!” -Susie Gross

Create a Safety Net

Yes. No.What does _____ mean?How do you say _____?Gestures

*How we manage

Power over Power with--punishment --invite--rewards --co-create--if you don’t x, --ask: what are you I’ll hurt you going to do?--coercion --trust--isolation --community

*How we assess

What is a grade in my gradebook?A means of communicating successCommunication is fluid and flexibleNever a means of behavior controlBehavior is about relationships

Not being successful is not acceptableAn A or a B. C = danger. D = failing

*Assessment practices for no-fail

classroom

80% rule = at least 80% make 80% or higherAlways ask: what were you prepared to tell me that I didn’t ask?Bonus: Tell me what’s going on in your life right now.Not happy with results? Review. Retest. Repost grades.Everything is negotiableClaim your power as the expert: I am your ally.

What is required

D.E.A

DailyEngagement

Assessment

Set UP for Success

Begin every CI activity in English with 1. the “why” of activity2. what we are going to do3. what is required for success

Cardinal Rules

Establish meaningPoint and pauseSLOW

Jobs

Writer. Artist. Counter. Screecher. Timer. (and the list goes on, and the list goes on . . .)

CI Builds/Fosters Community

•“I see you”•“I value you”•“I want your opinion”

Ask a Story

Testimonies• I started out (1st semester) strong, using the activities…and various stories to rousing success with increased student engagement. Second semester I was…out of energy, so we went back to my old ways, leading to increased restlessness and behavior problems and decreased student engagement.• – Joanie Cunningham

Testimonies•CI instruction has wildly made over my classroom...Concerning student learning, I have found the students much more engaged and tractable •– Greg Brady