Week 4 Sept. 12th- 16th

Reflect on your school’s or mentor teacher’s classroom management system.

There are good things as well as bad things when it comes to my mentor teacher's classroom management strategies. Some of the bad things happen because my mentor teacher is such a nice person. She likes her students to have fun in class, but sometimes the students take this for granted. You give them an inch, and they take a mile. One of the major problems I have found is that she doesn't follow through with punishment. She warns the students, and continues to warn them but usually doesn't punish them unless it becomes a severe situation. I feel as though the students take advantage of this as well because they know they can keep getting away with things.
 Although this does create problems, my mentor teacher has some good ways to maintain classroom management. For instance, if the students are talking she starts at 5 and counts down to 1. When she gets to one the students have stopped talking and are ready to go. Also, for the bellringer each day, she sets a timer for five minutes. Once the timer goes off the students know that it's time to get started. She also uses homework as a way to get them to stay quiet on track. The harder they work, the less homework they have.