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
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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.
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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)
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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)
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