Classroom Management Lesson 10: Assignment This assignment worksheet for Lesson 10 has four parts. For each part, enter the results from the Lesson 10 Learning Activities and Check Your Understanding sections. Expand this worksheet to fit your answers and use the headings below to identify the nature of your answers. Save this assignment as [yourPID]_crmgmt10.doc Part 1 of 4 –Information From the Readings & Website Explorations In the space below, provide answers to the questions posed concerning the readings and website explorations. 1. In the space below, make a bulleted list of the interventions you would like to remember from this lesson. 2. How might you use Fred Jones’ system of Preferred Activity Time (PAT) in your classroom and what activities would you use as rewards that are related to your content? 3. From the Marzano reading, write one or two paragraphs describing both effective and ineffective ways to use “time out.” Part 2 of 4 – Your Thoughts on Assertive Discipline Use one or two paragraphs to state your opinion on assertive discipline and whether you use it or intend to use it in your classroom. Support your opinion with information from the website articles. ALPS Classroom Management Lesson 10 Assignment Page crmgmt10.doc Page 1 of 3 Part 3 of 4 – Tracking Student Behaviors & Interventions Used Describe a system for keeping track of unacceptable student behaviors and the interventions you use. Include a description or example of the documents or instruments that you use or intend to use to do this. Part 4 of 4 – Video Case Study View all six of the streamed videos entitled “Making the Grade,” of the Merrow Report on a group of rookie teachers in New York City and the challenges they face in their new jobs (a total of 1.5 hours long). The links to each of the 15 minute videos are available at the following PBS site: Making the Grade: First Day of School Rookie teachers enrolled in the Teaching Fellows program in the New York City public schools experience the ups and downs of teaching in one of the city’s lowest-performing schools. This program: With nervous excitement, the new teachers prepare their rooms for Day One of school. After a few rough starts, the Teaching Fellows find they are already exhausted. (2001, 15 mins) Making the Grade: Learning the Ropes Rookie teachers enrolled in the Teaching Fellows program in the New York City public schools experience the ups and downs of teaching in one of the city’s lowest-performing schools. This program: Even though the Teaching Fellows are gaining a sense of mastery and control in their classrooms, they are still attending classes on classroom management and techniques. The principal gives a thumbnail evaluation of each teacher. (2001, 15 mins) Making the Grade: Frustrations and Accomplishments Rookie teachers enrolled in the Teaching Fellows program in the New York City public schools experience the ups and downs of teaching in one of the city’s lowest-performing schools. This program: One new teacher quits. Another gets slapped in the face. Others learn that classroom management techniques are not as easy as they thought. (2001, 15 mins) Making the Grade: Challenges Continue Rookie teachers enrolled in the Teaching Fellows program in the New York City public schools experience the ups and downs of teaching in one of the city’s lowest-performing schools. This program: What the teachers learn in their continuing training at Brooklyn College is sometimes reflected in their various teaching styles. (2001, 15 mins) ALPS Classroom Management Lesson 10 Assignment Page crmgmt10.doc Page 2 of 3 Making the Grade: Preparing for High Stakes Tests Rookie teachers enrolled in the Teaching Fellows program in the New York City public schools experience the ups and downs of teaching in one of the city’s lowest-performing schools. This program: Curriculum-based learning comes to a halt as the entire school - including the Spanish, music, and phys-ed teachers - prepare for state and city tests. “Teaching to the test” is the motto. (2001, 15 mins) Making the Grade: Last Day of School Rookie teachers enrolled in the Teaching Fellows program in the New York City public schools experience the ups and downs of teaching in one of the city’s lowest-performing schools. This program: A flurry of end-of-schoolyear activities include a trip to the zoo, an award ceremony, and saying good bye. (2001, 15 mins) As you watch, identify from 5 to 10 incidents where the teachers in the videos could have used the interventions you studied in this lesson to address behavior problems. List those incidents and describe your suggested interventions to complete the following video case study chart: Brief Description of Situation Teacher Involved Description of Possible Intervention & How I Would Implement It If your time permits, you may want to watch the 2003 follow-up video listed below the assigned vidoes, entitled, “Teachers Wanted, No Experience Necessary.” (1 hour long) ALPS Classroom Management Page 3 of 3 Lesson 10 Assignment Page crmgmt10.doc