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Post explanation of group roles for student reference.

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Post explanation of group roles for student reference.

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By having policies for everything, even the issues that seem to be lower order concerns, it helps to reinforce the structure of the classroom.

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Designated area for information / news / announcements of interest to students.

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Designated area for information / news / announcements of interest to students.

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Post a listed agenda. Number the three or four things students should accomplish by the end of the period, so students can pace themselves and understand the day's "end goal".

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Every teacher must develop classroom procedures in order to make their life easier and create a more effective learning environment for students. Teachers who have not created and reinforced procedures for each of the following situations will cause themselves undue stress while robbing their students of important classroom time.

In a typical school, classes last 50 minutes. If you lose five minutes at the beginning of each period, you will lose 250 minutes, or five class periods, every 50 days. In other words, while those five minutes don't seem to matter that much on a given day, added up they account for a lot of lost learning time. Further, if you lose control of a class in the beginning, it can often be hard to bring them back to task. Misbehaviors can occur as students are free to chat and interact. Beginning class on time is a learned behavior. Students change based on the expectations of their teachers. Thus, reinforcing this every day will help you no matter how the students behave in other classes.

Collecting homework should be a streamlined process. However, if you do not have an enforced plan on how you want students to turn it in each day, it can quickly become an inefficient mess with papers handed in at odd times. This can lead to classroom disruptions, grading issues and even possibly lost papers. Therefore, you need to decide when and how students will turn in their work. Ideas that you might want to consider include:

Collecting homework at the door as students enter the class.

Having a specific colored folder on your desk where students are responsible for turning in their homework before class begins.

Having students pass their homework to the front of each row that you then collect.

No matter what system you pick, make sure that you consistently enforce it to get the greatest benefit.

While it is normal to consider how you are going to start your class each day, it is less common to focus on the best way to end each class. Some thought should be given to this, especially if your lesson includes students to move around or use a class set of materials that need to be returned. If you had the children move their desks, you will need to leave time for them to be moved back to their correct positions, otherwise, you or your next class will be left with this task. If you had students use books or materials that need to be returned to a specific location, ensure that they are returned and accounted for. This will lead to less loss of texts and less work for you and others. Finally, if you have an assignment that students need to copy or a worksheet that needs to be distributed, build in the time to take care of this or you might find that students leave your class without getting the correct information. A little bit of prevention can truly save you from headaches later.

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Here are five key classroom procedures that every teacher needs to have created and reinforced with their students.

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Individually labeled bins for each class used to return graded work

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Individually labeled bins for each class used to return graded work

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weekly warm-up sheet that they keep and that I will collect and grade at the end of the week.

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weekly warm-up sheet that they keep and that I will collect and grade at the end of the week.

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Have materials students need for class placed on a table or desk by the door for students to pick up as they come in to cut down on time passing out materials

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Have materials students need for class placed on a table or desk by the door for students to pick up as they come in to cut down on time passing out materials

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What are some strategies/ideas you can incorporate to make instructional and non-instructional procedures more effective? (use the level of performance chart and effective look-fors for support)

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What are some strategies/ideas you can incorporate to make instructional and non-instructional procedures more effective? (use the level of performance chart and effective look-fors for support)