Management Plan
Classroom Rules
1. Be Safe:
Safety is a crucial aspect of any learning environment and should be a priority in classroom management everywhere. Whether this safety needs to be prioritized in the physical, mental, emotional, or social aspects of their learning, a safe environment helps create the most beneficial learning environment for the students.
2. Be Positive:
One of the most important rules with my classroom is being positive towards yourself and others! Creating a positive environment helps the students be safe, respectful, strive for growth, and helps create a fun learning environment! By following this rule, students are more likely to follow the rest of the classroom rules and make their experience in my class a memorable one.​
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3. Be Respectful:
Students should always display respect whenever in the classroom. This can take the shape of many forms of respect, such as… respect towards themselves, classmates, teachers, and equipment. Whenever students are participating in activities or present in class, they should always be striving to display respectful attitudes and behaviors.
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4. Strive For Growth:
Physical Education is all about growing as learners and improving ourselves! In class it’s important we put our best foot forward to allow ourselves to grow and work towards improvement!
Consequences
1. Fixing Your Wrongs:
As humans we ALL make mistakes and do things that we wish we didn’t. However when we make mistakes it allows an opportunity for growth! In my class when students, teachers, etc. make mistakes the first thing they should do is “right their wrong”. For example, if students are running from point A to point B when they are supposed to be walking, they would need to walk all the way back to point A so they could walk to point B.
2. Pulling Student Aside:
If a student's behavior continues to break classroom rules, the next step in managing their behavior is to pull them aside and talking to them one-on-one. Hopefully in this attempt we would be able to find the root of this problem and see how it can be improved.​
3. Creating A Behavior Plan:
If a student's behavior still does not improve after being pulled aside, the student will need to stay after class, during lunch, before school, etc. to help create a behavior plan that the student can work towards in future classes.​
4. Talking To Parents:
If the student’s behavior continues to disobey rules and shows little-to-no improvement after opportunities to fix their wrongs, being pulled aside, and a behavior plan… the next step is to contact the parents to find the best plan of attack moving forward.
5. Contacting Administration:
If there is still no improvement after reaching out to the parents, the next step would be to reach out to the administration to see what further options and supports are available to help this student succeed and create a positive classroom environment.
Classroom Procedures
Attendance:
As a part of my classroom procedures, the students will be required to show up and attend class on a regular basis. Students will receive points every class period for attendance, dress, and participation. If students are absent they will need to complete a make-up assignment to gain those points back.
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Absence Make Up:
As a part of any schooling or class, absences will occur and any absence has the option to be made up. Depending on what was missed over the absence, the student can make up the assignment by meeting with myself to create an additional make up assignment to gain any missed points back. Along with this policy, any missed days due to school extracurricular activities are always able to be made up.
Dress Policy:
Everyday the students receive points for dressing in appropriate athletic attire that allows them to best participate in the activity/lesson. This attire should include a t-shirt, athletic pants/shorts (with appropriate length), and athletic shoes. In the event a student either forgets their gym clothes or chooses to not dress on any given day, they do not receive dressing points and are still required to participate.
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Injury:
I always encourage students to put in work and grow wherever they can. However, (especially in Physical Education) injuries can occur and prevent students from participating in certain activities. Whenever a student is injured, I always advise them to listen to their body and not push themselves to a point of risking further injury. With that being said, if a student is injured for any reason which restricts their ability to participate… the student needs to bring either a parent or doctor note. This note will excuse them from participating in the activity in that given time frame, however they will need to complete make-up assignments at a later date to receive credit for what was missed. However if this note/injury only partially restricts their participation, I will adapt/modify the lesson to meet their current capabilities avoiding the need for make-up assignments.
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Return of Equipment:
As a part of any class period, the students are going to be required to clean up after themselves which often includes the gym/PE equipment they were using for the day. One rule of thumb that the students should always abide by is to “leave the place cleaner than you found it”. What’s so great about this general rule is the life lessons that can be applied outside of the classroom once they graduate into the real world. Therefore clean-up routines are highly prioritized towards the end of every class period.
Class Routines:
With every class, there are certain class routines that will take place on a daily basis to ensure organization and structure. More specifically a typical day within my classroom will consist of journaling time, changing time (both into and out of gym clothes), instructional time, activity time, and reflection and clean-up time.
Typically once the bell rings, the students will have 5 minutes to write in their daily journals/starters while I take attendance. All of the students will have assigned gym spots on the floor where they can write in their journals. After the students have been excused from writing in their journals, they will have 5 minutes to get changed in the locker room and get back into the gym for instructions. Once the allotted changing time has been completed, I will start giving out instructions for the day’s activity. After instructions have been given out to the class, the students will be able to participate in the activity/lesson. When there are approximately 6-7 minutes left of the class, the students will be instructed to clean their area for 1-2 minutes and use 5 minutes to get changed out of their gym clothes. Once the students are done changing, they will be instructed to go back inside the gym and avoid wandering the halls.
Motivation
Personalizing Motivation:
One of the best ways a teacher can motivate their students is to get to know them and understand what individually motivates each student. No one person is the same, which is why as teachers we need to understand what each students are hoping to get out of the class and what drives them to learn and grow both as students and people.
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End of Class Rewards:
Another method to help encourage student participation through motivation is by allowing student “rewards” at the end of class where they get to participate in an activity once they are finished with the assignment/workout. This can include already set activities like Spike Ball, or can include personal options where they can pick their favorite muscle group to work out once they finish.
Implementation
Establish Expectations:
With any management plan the first step is establishing expectations for the class. This should include classroom routines, attendance policies, classroom rules, behavior expectations, etc. By setting the tone and establishing your expectations it allows the students to understand what is expected out of them. The more clear your rules and routines are, the less likely the students will be to break them. It is also crucial that class disclosures are sent home to parents as well so they are aware of what may or may not be expected out of them as well.
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Stay Consistent With Rules/Consequences:
A huge factor of implementing a management plan is staying consistent across the board with your rules and consequences. A reality about kids is they love to push buttons and see how far they can get away with bending the rules. By staying consistent with your expectations it ensures that the students know where the line is that they cannot cross. Not to mention that by following through with your consequences of broken rules, it shows the students you’re willing to back up what you say to the class.
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Occasionally Have Assignments Reflect Classroom Management/Rules:
An effective way to continuously set up reminders throughout the semester on your classroom rules and routines is by occasionally giving the students an assignment that reflects/compliments how the class should be set up. These can even be done if an entire class is having some difficulties following certain rules or procedures. This gives the students the opportunity to reflect on what they know or maybe need a reminder on.