Jennifer
Lynch
1/14/15
Classroom
Management- Component #1- Relationships
In classroom management, every relationship is of the upmost importance. Respect is always expected.
1. With Students
My comfort level: I am the most comfortable with my students. There is a level of trust and I feel free to talk to them. I do not have any stage fright with getting in front of my students.
What comes easy to me: It is easy me to gain trust from students. Students feel free to talk to me because I usually crate a safe environment.
Obstacles in building these relationships: Sometimes I have trouble with discipline, especially when I consider the student's motivate and how the student feels, but I'm getting better with discipline. I will get even better with discipline once I learn the discipline rules for wherever I work.
How developing this relationship correlates with how I will manage my class: If I have a good relationship with my class and I will generally respect each student, then the students will tend to respect me more. It will be a better experience for everyone involved.
How I will work with this group to develop and maintain my relationships: By doing an "All About Me" project at the beginning of the school year, I will be able to make content more interesting by tying it in with the interests of my students. I will have class discussions which allow my students to show their personalities. There will be a time during each school day where students can tell me what is on their minds. I will have a mailbox and pieces of paper for students to give me constructive feedback about my lessons as well as my teaching style. I will attend their extracurricular activity events. I will celebrate birthdays and other important dates. I will set goals with my class and celebrate all improvements.
2. With Colleagues
My comfort level: I feel relatively comfortable with my colleagues.
What comes easy to me: I feel comfortable talking to people and starting conversation.
Obstacles in building these relationships: It takes me a while to warm up to people.
How developing each of this relationship correlates with how I will manage my class: My colleagues can give me good ideas and stories to learn from. They can also offer constructive feedback as they can relate to me.
How I will work with this group to develop and maintain my relationships: I will talk with them personally and share stories on my classroom, then when their birthdays and other special occasions happen I will celebrate them.
3.
With Parents
My comfort level: It takes me a while to warm up to the parents because I want to make a good impression on them. Once I get a feel for the parent's personality, I am really comfortable talking with parents.
What comes easy to me: I can praise their children and can talk about common ground. I have learned to use positive words and to have student work available when I talk to parents.
Obstacles in building these relationships: Some parents can be difficult to work with and need to be handled delicately. I do not want to offend the parent or the child. I feel like my parent teacher conference practice in my Communication in the Classroom class really helped with this. Sometimes I forget to make a sentence sound more positive by using "and" instead of "but."
How developing this relationship correlates with how I will manage my class: Parents hold valuable information about the child that can help me. Having the parent on my team can help the parent create a positive change at home. If the parent knows how to do the work, then they can help the child study.
How I will work with this group to develop and maintain my relationships: I will e-mail and/or call parents before school begins. When I have negative news, I will try to sandwich it with positive news, no child is all bad. I will send newsletters and offer Remind texts for homework and important dates. I will also host conferences if the parent needs to meet with me.
4. With Administrators/Counselors/Outside Resources and Staff
My comfort level: I feel fairly comfortable with this group of people. If I need to talk with them, I can achieve my goals for those discussions. It can be scary because principals are my boss and I want to make a positive impression on them.
What comes easy to me: I can talk with them and I can also provide reasoning for my actions or questions.
Obstacles in building these relationships: Sometimes it can be difficult to talk to someone who is higher than I am because I realize how much power they hold in my life.
How developing this relationship correlates with how I will manage my class: Having this resource will help me with any students who are experiencing issues. These people could make a advice on many topics because they are trained to specialize in their individual areas.
How I will work with this group to develop and maintain my relationships: I will talk with these people and I will celebrate any special occasions that happen. I will find commonalities with these people.
I read the following article:http://hepg.org/hel-home/issues/27_1/helarticle/five-easy-ways-to-connect-with-students_492
My comfort level: It takes me a while to warm up to the parents because I want to make a good impression on them. Once I get a feel for the parent's personality, I am really comfortable talking with parents.
What comes easy to me: I can praise their children and can talk about common ground. I have learned to use positive words and to have student work available when I talk to parents.
Obstacles in building these relationships: Some parents can be difficult to work with and need to be handled delicately. I do not want to offend the parent or the child. I feel like my parent teacher conference practice in my Communication in the Classroom class really helped with this. Sometimes I forget to make a sentence sound more positive by using "and" instead of "but."
How developing this relationship correlates with how I will manage my class: Parents hold valuable information about the child that can help me. Having the parent on my team can help the parent create a positive change at home. If the parent knows how to do the work, then they can help the child study.
How I will work with this group to develop and maintain my relationships: I will e-mail and/or call parents before school begins. When I have negative news, I will try to sandwich it with positive news, no child is all bad. I will send newsletters and offer Remind texts for homework and important dates. I will also host conferences if the parent needs to meet with me.
4. With Administrators/Counselors/Outside Resources and Staff
My comfort level: I feel fairly comfortable with this group of people. If I need to talk with them, I can achieve my goals for those discussions. It can be scary because principals are my boss and I want to make a positive impression on them.
What comes easy to me: I can talk with them and I can also provide reasoning for my actions or questions.
Obstacles in building these relationships: Sometimes it can be difficult to talk to someone who is higher than I am because I realize how much power they hold in my life.
How developing this relationship correlates with how I will manage my class: Having this resource will help me with any students who are experiencing issues. These people could make a advice on many topics because they are trained to specialize in their individual areas.
How I will work with this group to develop and maintain my relationships: I will talk with these people and I will celebrate any special occasions that happen. I will find commonalities with these people.
I read the following article:http://hepg.org/hel-home/issues/27_1/helarticle/five-easy-ways-to-connect-with-students_492
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