Classroom

Management

Melissa Griggs
EDU 643
June 27, 2016

Area of Focus

The purpose of this study is to focus on

classroom management and find ways to
improve the classroom management of
teachers.
A smaller part of this study is to show how
positive reinforcements can influence
classroom management.

Definitions

Classroom management is allowing all

students and teacher to work together in an
effective learning environment.
Positive reinforcements are ways to show
students that they are doing things correctly
or to correct a student in a way that is not
negative.

Research

How can I use positive reinforcements to

change my classroom management?
Are there other tools that could be used to
change my classroom management?

Intervention

I plan to use more positive words instead of

negative words.
I plan to ask students to do things instead of
demand them. (And then get mad when they
dont do them).
I plan to practice routines and procedures with my
class during the first couple of weeks of school.
I plan to have students to help create rules so that
they feel as though they have a say in the
classroom. This will help them to take ownership
of their behavior for learning.

Membership

Any student that is in my classroom.

I will have honors students, special education
students, and regular education students.
I will have two semesters of different students
per year.

Negotiations

I will need to explain this to the students as

well as parents.
I will need to show examples of what I expect
from students.
I will need the students to understand what is
expected of them.
I will need parents to understand what I
expect from the students as well as how they
can help their student.

Timeline

This will take more than just a few weeks or

months.
I am planning to use this for at least two years
to see if there are any improvements.
At the end of the two years, I will reevaluate to
see if there are things that I need to totally
remove.
I will be looking at the end of each semester to
see if there are things that I can improve on at
that time.

Statement of
Resources

I will use different resources to determine if

this is effective.
I will be looking at referrals, overall behavior
of students, and also interactions of students.
I will be talking with mentor teachers as well
as administration to see what is or has worked
for them.

Data Collection

I will be able to determine how effective this is by

comparing the number of referrals that I have to
write for students. (I use to write an average of 23 per week.)
Since I change students at Christmas Break, I will
be able to compare each semester to see what I
need to change and if anything working.
At the end of each semester, I will have students
fill out a survey similar to those that we fill out to
see if they feel that I need to improve on anything.