For Whom Is This Classroom Management Intended?

Gloria

"One student hurriedly run into the classroom. It is usual with

him/her to be late." This sight usually happens in the school or

institution. According to the teacher's choice about unexpected things,

the classroom management can be changed. It is very embarrassed

that unexpected problems occur. Different people or different

situations create different solutions. Teacher's total classroom

management is created by teacher's choices. There are several things

on my belief about classroom management.

My institution has a very strict, "English Only" policy. In my case, I

fully agree with this policy. "English Only" policy is very helpful to

learn English. So I want to encourage students as a teacher to keep

this policy. If one student speaks Korean in our institution, I will warn

against speaking Korean in our classroom until three times. As it is the

three times, the students must buy some drink or cookie for other

friends and teacher.

It can be occurred that there are frequent tardiness and frequent

absences in the classroom. First of all, as a teacher I want to prepare

a negotiation agenda. Even if the students are so young as 8 years old,

they have their own thought and opinion. I suggest levying fines about

tardiness. The penalty for being late is one hundred won per one

minute. And then the total amount of money can be used by buying

some food for all students and teacher. In frequent absences case, I

will call the student. I want to know the reason why the student

absent. I will take disciplinary action, according to the development of

the situation. If the student sick, I have a flexibility of

punishment and try to consider unavoidable absences. But if the reason

for absences is laziness of him/her, I will lower his/her grade.

If my students prepare for any presentations that they may need to

do throughout the school year, I want to help my students kindly. I

will let my students send an email to me for questions about their

presentations.

In conclusion, teachers regarding classroom management should focus

on improvement of students, not on convenience of teachers

themselves. Classroom management involves both decisions and actions.

Teacher's beliefs and attitudes influence on classroom management. I

want to be the teacher with managing classroom for plus of students.