McKayla Nuffer
EDUC 301
Analysis of Classroom Management
Journal 1
Analysis of Classroom Management
Due to my field experience not being placed within a classroom setting, I have decided to
reflect on a past teacher’s classroom and the learning climate that she created within it.
Classroom management is a necessity and the primary focus is to make sure that the teacher is
always regulating the classroom, even if it appears that the students have more of a dominant
position in the manner. Students should play a role in the management of the classroom as
ideally it is their education with the assistance and guidance of the teacher. Even so, as an
educator it is his/her job to ensure that all the students are treated fairly and that they receive the
attention that they deserve. Creating an environment that monitors the expectations for learning
and the students’ behaviors is vital and should be taken under certain approaches and manners.
In middle school, my 8th grade health teacher ran her rules of the classroom according to
the rules stated in the classroom rules of the school’s code of conduct. The students, therefore,
knew what the proper classroom behavior was because it was the same for every classroom
within the inatitution. There were some rules that were more pertinent due to the content that
was discussed in class, which she verbally stated and reinforced if need be, including acting in a
mature manner when discussing parts of the female and male anatomy, depression, eating orders,
etc., and most importantly respecting others. These rules reemphasize rules of the institution, but
were highly noted and made a point of if a student did not follow these guidelines, and were
handled as they were supposed to be based on the code of conduct.
During my time within the classroom, there were students who did not follow the rules
and the potential for disruption was addressed by my teacher. If my teacher felt there was a
possibility of a distraction, particularly by a specific student, she would make sure that the
student well understood the behavior that he/she needed to follow by addressing him/her when
the student came into the door before class was to begin, trying to eliminate the possibility of a
distraction. During class, if a student was being disruptive she would initially give the student a
warning, and then if the student was continuing to not adhere to school rules, he/she were either
sent to the hallway to be spoken with or to the office if too big of an issue. The teacher did sign
pre-sign passes if a student needed to come and finish work, or specifically work for her during a
study hall, but only if the student was not being disruptive during regular class time. The
arrangement of the classroom was designed to create minimal distractions or for the teacher to
catch an act of disruption before it occurred as all the desks were in rows. She had students in
assigned seats determined by her innateness of how the students naturally behaved. There were
some students’ seats that were switched during the year if they had been disruptive on a
continual basis due to who they were sitting by, but that was very rare.
As a teacher, maintaining a positive and productive environment for one’s students is
essential. As I can recall from my past, my teacher maybe on one occasion had to talk with a
student outside in the hallway, having the student come back in once finished, but generally only
having to tell students to focus on their work or to stop distracting other students who were
trying to work is the only measure she had to take. I have learned that it is important to have
control of your classroom and to have consequences intact for behavioral issues. It is always
important to be consistent as well, meaning one student should not get away with something that
another student gets into trouble for. My health teacher created a very good environment for her
classroom and was not a teacher who let things slide. Like I said before, the main strive that an
educator must create for classroom management is to establish an environment of productive
learning and proper behavior. She upheld the same rules for everyone and made evident the
rules of her classroom, which is what needs to be executed for the collective results that a teacher
depends on.