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Strategies to create a positive classroom climate.

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32 Strategies for Building a Positive Learning Environment

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This link will take you to my classroom climate mind map.

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10 Ways to Create Positive Learning Experiences

This article was chosen because it is also a list. Lists help me categorize things better. It gives me some more basic information on how I can make my classroom everything I want it to be and a safe and comfortable environment for my students. Number eight on this list really caught me by surprise. It is something I would like to try someday in my own classroom but I don't think it is appropriate for my student teaching classroom.

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Elissa Miller

Hustle & Flow: Classroom Style

The words hustle and flow describe one basic word to me: activity.

I want my classroom to be full of activity. Productive activity. You may not agree with some of the things I'm writing, but remember, I'm suggesting these for the long-term effect they will have on the student culture and classroom atmosphere.

The following are some ways to keep the hustle and flow going in your classroom and to help create a positive learning environment.

1. Address students by name. Our names are our identity and we should use them as much as possible. Learn your students names, and the correct pronunciation immediately!

2. Use "please" and "thank you". We take these words for granted but we need to keep in mind how important giving respect is in order to earn respect. Put these words to daily use on tests, homework, worksheets, presentations, etc. Saying "thank you" for an answer shows you hear them and appreciate them, even if the answer is wrong.

3. Listen. Students crave our attention and focus. We should be extremely careful that in listening we are NOT physically turning away, sighing, frowning, rolling our eyes, talking to someone else, or looking away. We show people they matter by our body language, whether we mean it or not. Body language can create a division in the classroom.

4. Don't allow bullying/teasing/put downs. Students need to know that they are entering a safe environment. They need to be comfortable and know they fit in before they can learn and take risks in their learning. This needs to be implemented from the very beginning. No bullying from students or from teachers! We are responsible for what we allow in the classroom. For every put down, require two put ups (that person now has to say two nice things.) The put ups don't mean anything; what matters is your consistency in protecting life and creating a level playing field for everyone.

5. Make Eye Contact. Making quick eye contact is important in creating a culture of trust. Students matter. They aren't lifeless objects just sitting in our room (although they may look like it) and we should we treat them as the valuable people they are. Recognize them.

Continue reading tips 6-10 on the next page.

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10 Ways to Create Positive Learning Experiences

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Hustle & Flow: Classroom Style The words hustle and flow describe one basic word to me: activity. I want my classroom to be full of activity. Productive activity. You may not agree with some of the things I'm writing, but remember, I'm suggesting these for the long-term effect they will have on the student culture and classroom atmosphere.

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Seven Strategies for Building Positive Classrooms

I choose this article because it lists helpful information to guide me and help me reach my goal for a positive classroom climate. As a student teacher, I see now more than ever the importance of a positive classroom. It not only helps the teacher with the instruction and discipline within the classroom, it also helps the students absorb the information that is presented to them. The last item on the list in the article is probably the most difficult one for me to adopt. As a student teacher, I am easily frustrated with the way a lesson is going or if some students are having a behavioral issue. It is difficult to remain positive in these types of situations so this in one that I will need to work on.

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September 2008 | Volume 66 | Number 1
The Positive Classroom

Carol Gerber Allred

The Positive Action program shows that we can promote academic achievement and build students' character.

Every day as millions of students go to school, their parents and caretakers hope these young people will be treated with care, valued, inspired, and educated. Students hope they will get along with their peers and teachers, have their work measure up, and enjoy the process of learning. These hopes define positive classrooms for parents and students.

Unfortunately, the accountability requirements of No Child Left Behind have created a different definition of positive classrooms for many educators. For them, positive classrooms have come to mean places where students arrive at school ready to learn; work diligently to master academic standards (particularly math and reading); go home and accurately complete homework; and return to school the next day eager to learn more. Often, teachers are so focused on ensuring that students pass achievement tests that they have little or no time to address students' social and emotional needs.

Education has to work for all stakeholders. By implementing the following seven strategies, we can combine the need for positive classrooms that support the whole child with the need for accountability and improved academic performance. The Positive Action program ( www.positiveaction.net) has refined these strategies through 26 years of research, evaluation, and development, and has implemented them in more than 13,000 schools.

1. Make Learning Relevant

Students are more engaged in learning and retain knowledge better when they see that it is relevant and vital to their own success and happiness. By discovering students' talents, learning styles, and interests, teachers can adjust teaching methods and strategies. By giving students a say in how the classroom operates, teachers increase students' sense of ownership in the education process.

2. Create a Classroom Code of Conduct

A positive and productive classroom requires a common understanding of positive and negative behaviors. To establish this understanding, teachers ask students to identify the ways they like to be treated. This discussion elicits lists of behaviors that are respectful, fair, kind, and empathetic. Together, teacher and students conclude that treating others the way you want to be treated is the best code of conduct, and they agree that this code will dictate the behaviors that are appropriate for their classroom.

3. Teach Positive Actions

We need to teach students positive behaviors in a thorough, consistent, systematic way; we cannot assume that students just know them. The Positive Action curriculum covers the following concepts.

The importance of doing positive actions to feel good about yourself.

Positive actions for a healthy body (such as nutrition, exercise, and sleep).

Positive actions for the intellect (such as thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills).

Positive actions for self-management (such as managing time, energy, emotions, and other personal resources).

Positive actions for getting along with others (such as treating others fairly, kindly, and respectfully).

Positive actions for being honest with yourself and others (such as taking responsibility, admitting mistakes, and not blaming others).

Positive actions for improving yourself continually (such as setting and achieving goals).

4. Instill Intrinsic Motivation

People need to feel good about themselves. In the Positive Action program, teachers help students understand that people are likely to feel good about themselves when they engage in positive actions. The program explains a three-step process for choosing positive actions: First, we have a thought; second, we act consistently with the thought; third, we experience a feeling about ourselves based on the action. That feeling leads to another thought, and the cycle starts again. With practice, students learn that if they have a negative thought, they can change it to a positive one that will lead to a positive action and a positive feeling about themselves-a powerful intrinsic motivator.

With repeated reinforcement by the teacher, this simple explanation helps students understand and improve their behavior in any situation.

5. Reinforce Positive Behaviors

Teachers can strengthen intrinsic motivation by recognizing and positively reinforcing positive actions when they see them. Recognition activities and items-such as tokens, stickers, and certificates-can be effective. But when teachers or other staff use this strategy, it's important that they recognize the positive behavior, ask how it made the student feel, and tell the student the extrinsic reward is a reminder of that good feeling. When students make the connection between their performance and feeling good about themselves, intrinsic motivation is enhanced and positive behaviors continue.

6. Engage Positive Role Models

Families and community members are concerned about their children's welfare, often want to be engaged in their children's education, and have resources to offer. Educators can integrate them into many classroom and school activities, such as curriculum activities, assemblies, committees, after-school events, and homework.

7. Always Be Positive

Perhaps the most important strategy, yet often the most difficult to carry out, is to be positive-from classrooms to playgrounds, during school and after. There is always a positive way to respond to a situation. A positive attitude is the change agent that will create positive classrooms and schools that produce happy and successful students.

A Research-Based Program

It is challenging to implement all of these seven strategies continuously and well. For schools looking for a tool, the Positive Action program is one proven approach. The program provides an easy-to-use curriculum for teachers at each grade level; a principal component for developing school climate; and kits to facilitate the involvement of counselors, families, and communities.

Positive Action has been rigorously evaluated in longitudinal randomized studies with students from a range of backgrounds and in a range of community types. The U.S. Department of Education's What Works Clearinghouse reviewed these studies and recognized Positive Action as the only character education program that-by the clearinghouse's standards-achieves positive effects in both academics and behavior (see http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/character_education/pa). The many schools using Positive Action stand as testimony that focusing on positive reinforcement and intrinsic motivation in the classroom results in a positive environment for teaching and learning and enhances academic rigor.

Carol Gerber Allred is the President/Founder of Positive Action and Program Developer of the Positive Action program; 800-345-2974; carol@positiveaction.net.

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Seven Strategies for Building Positive Classrooms

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September 2008 | Volume 66 | Number 1 The Positive Classroom Carol Gerber Allred The Positive Action program shows that we can promote academic achievement and build students' character. Every day as millions of students go to school, their parents and caretakers hope these young people will be treated with care, valued, inspired, and educated.

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Classroom management and discipline Part 3

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Classroom Management and Discipline, Part III:Dealing with Difficult and Challenging Students

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Classroom Management & Discipline, K-2, Part II: Management and Intervention Strategies

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Classroom management and discipline Part 1

A continuation of the introduction video to the left, these three videos provide a wealth of information on classroom management techniques. They address many of the questions that I had when beginning my student teaching assignment.

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Classroom Management & Discipline, K-2, Part I: Positive, Proactive Strategies

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Classroom management and discipline introduction

This four video set on classroom management and discipline has a lot of insightful information to help me begin my career as a teacher. After watching them, I realized how much more I need to progress, not only as a disciplinarian, but as an educator in general. It has many useful tips to help me in my future classroom.

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Classroom Management Strategies To Take Control Of Noisy Students

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Classroom Management & Discipline, K-2, Dealing with Difficult, Challenging Students

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http://www.berproducts.org/video-training/discipline-management/practical-approach-classroom-management-discipline-grades-k-2.html Learn from experienced teachers as they demonstrate practical strategies for creating and maintaining well-managed primary classrooms. Viewers will observe positive ways to establish a productive learning environment, develop responsible learners and deal constructively with misbehavior - from the most minor to the most challenging.

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10 Proven Classroom Management Strategies

This video really hit home for me as my student teaching assignment has a lot of kids with behavior problems. It didn't take them long to see that I am a pretty nice guy and they do their best to push my buttons. This video has the exact formula I need to get my career as an elementary educator off to a great start. I will be tough but fair.

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Top 10 Proven Classroom Management Tips for Teachers