Entry #4 : Analysis of Classroom Environment

Creating an Environment of Respect and Rapport

Explain how you establish and maintain an atmosphere of trust, openness and mutual respect in your classroom. Describe specifically how you encouraged the following conditions as you taught your unit for entry 3: Individual and group motivation; Positive student verbal and non-verbal communication skills; Positive student social interactions

Establishing a Culture for Learning to Encourage Student Engagement and Responsibility

Describe how you encourage students to be actively engaged and responsible for their own learning and take pride in their work.

How do you convey the importance of the content and your expectations for achievement?

Managing Classroom Procedures to Promote Student Responsibility

Describe how you develop routines and procedures to promote student responsibility, smooth operation of the classroom, and efficient use of time (e.g., organizing and managing groups of students, distribution and collection of materials, use of student helpers, transition between activities, etc.)

Encouraging Appropriate Student Behavior

Describe your classroom management plan. (include at least three appropriate classroom management strategies in your management plan). Specifically, how do you: Establish and/or maintain expectation of conduct, and Monitor and respond to behavior that does not meet these expectations

Organizing the Physical Environment

Please attach a simple sketch of the arrangement of the physical space of your classroom. How does this promote accessibility to learning for all students? What safety concerns are addressed by this arrangement?