Classroom Management Strategies Questionnaire
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine your classroom management strategies as a daycare teacher.
Part I. Instruction: In the following items please check the column which corresponds to the scale of your classroom
management strategies. We are interested in your immediate impression. Remember, this is not a test and there are no right or
wrong answer. The “right” answer is the one that is true for you. Be sure to make only one check mark on each scale.
Name (optional): ___________________________
a.
educational Attainment:
high school graduate
vocational
undergraduate
masters
b.
professionally licensed:
Yes
c.
no. of years in service:
1-2 yrs
specified:
No
3-4yrs
5-6yrs
specified:
Part II. Classroom Management Strategies
5-always
4-most of the time
3-sometimes
2-seldom
Managing Classroom Behavior
1.
2.
3.
1-never
5
4
3
2
1
I am confident in managing current behavior problems in
my class
I am confident in ability to manage future behavior
problems in my classroom.
I am confident in ability to promote students emotional,
social, and problem solving skills.
5
Specific Teaching Techniques
1. I coach positive social behavior.
2. I describe or comment on bad behavior
3. I reward targeted positive behaviors with incentives.
4. I praise positive behavior
5. I use time Out for aggressive behavior.
6. I single out a child or a group of children for
misbehavior.
7. I use physical restraint.
8. I reprimand in a loud voice.
9. In-house suspension send to Principal’s office for
misbehavior.
10. I warm or threaten to send child out of classroom is
she/he doesn’t behave.
11. I send child home for aggressive or destructive
misbehavior.
12. I call parents to report bad behavior.
13. I ignore misbehavior that is non- disruptive to class
14. I use verbal redirection for child who is disengaged.
15. I use problem-solving strategy
16. I use anger management strategy for self.
17. I prepare children for transitions with predictable
routine.
18. I use group incentives.
19. I use special privileges
20. I set up individual incentives program.
4
3
2
1
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
I give clear positive directions.
I warn of consequences for misbehavior.
I use clear classroom discipline plan and hierarchy.
I use emotion coaching.
I use nonverbal signals to redirect child who is
disengaged.
26. I use persistence coaching.
27. I send home notes to report problem behavior to
parent.
28. I send notes happy grams home about positive
behavior.
29. I call child after a bad day.
30. I take a student interest survey.
31. I call parents to report good behavior.
32. I model self- regulation strategies for students.
33. I teach specific social skills in circle time.
34. I use imaginary play/drama, stories and puppets to
teach problem solving
35. I set up problem solving scenarios to practice
prosocial solutions.
36. I promote respect for cultural differences in my
classroom.
37. I teach children to ignore disruptive behavior.
38. I teach children anger management strategies.
Working with parents
1. I promote parents involvement in classroom.
2. I teach parent skill to enhance classroom learning at
home.
3. I collaboration with parents on a home-school
behavior plan and share goals for student.
4. I hold extra parent conference for particular problems.
5. I talk with parent about special activities to do with
child at home.
6. I develop teacher- parent partnerships.
7. I send home teacher to parent communication letters
or newsletter
8. I ask parents to share ways to incorporate their
cultural history the classroom.
9. I make homme visits.
10. I hold parents support groups.
Planning and Support
1. I use self-reflective inventories to plan personal
teaching goals.
2. I review my progress in reaching goals for individuals
students behavior plans.
3. I review my discipline hierarchy according to the
student’s developmental ability
4. I collaborate with order teachers for solutions and
support.
5. I give support to others teachers.
6. I read the classroom management book.
7. I manage my stress level utilizing positive cognitive
strategies.
8. I encourage a positive school community.
5
4
3
2
1
5
4
3
2
1