Building a Classroom Culture

(General Syllabus)

 

3 Graduate Semester Hours

Online

Instructor:  Sandra Weaver

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216-406-5556

 

 

Course Description: This course explores several schoolwide and individual classroom discipline approaches. Participants will learn how to build equitable classrooms that emphasize safety and connection, where everyday interactions and conflicts become meaningful SEL learning opportunities.  Several strategies for building procedures and routines and high behavioral expectations will also be incorporated.

 

Objectives:

The student will:

           

1.Examine the various techniques and approaches to schoolwide classroom management.

2.Examine the various techniques and approaches to individual classroom management.

3.Create a classroom plan that incorporates procedures and routines.

4.Integrate the principles of social-emotional learning, discipline and self-regulation into classroom setting.

5.Review and apply school law in order to administer classroom management practices.

 

 

Suggested Textbooks/Suggested Readings:

Bailey, Becky. (2015). ‘Conscious Discipline: Building Resilient Classrooms”

Wong, Harry, Wong, Rosemary, etal. (2018). “The Classroom Management Book”

 

Topics:

• Schoolwide Management Models
• Importance of Procedures and Routines
• Individual Classroom Management Models
• Integrating SEL strategies
• Self-regulation
• School Law