Secondary Classroom Management Strategies

Purpose:

• The overall purpose of a management plan for students in a secondary setting is to promote respectful student behavior in the classroom. My feelings are that you are preparing these students to be adults in their up coming professional life that they will soon lead.
• Plainly in my approach, the students should be taught with the respect and common courtesy they deserve. If students choose to act in a less than appropriate behavior, then the teacher will provide the solutions for an appropriate behavior.
• The students will be rewarded for their classroom management process through the opportunities of the music program. These rewards could possibly consist of concerts, class musical trips, as well as many other performing/educational experiences in and outside the classroom.
• The class behavior will be presented in a handout depending on the situation in their music folders or just as a classroom handout. This handout will instruct the students of the positive behaviors and manners that are acceptable in the classroom.

Room Arrangement:

• In a secondary classroom setting, students will be given the opportunity to sit anywhere that is not distracting. The obvious seating shuffling will take place if need be.
• In an ensemble type situation, students will be arranged in normal band instrumental sections according to their instrument. Music part placement will be determined by their technical ability, but also where all students will be given a chance to play all part levels at one time during the year.

Behavioral Expectations:

• Students will be taught with the utmost respect from day one in attempt to prepare them for their futures.
• Students shall be quiet using common courtesy while others are talking, thus giving positive effort to the classroom instructions and activities.
• Students shall follow teacher’s instructional directions being respectful and nice to the people in the classroom.
• Students will be provided in their music folders or just as a classroom handout, a list of positive actions they should do in class. These actions will include common courtesy manners which are written above, also other daily exercises students could do during the course of the class time. For example in an instrumental ensemble situation, students will be provided instructions on what to do during setup and warm-ups. These could be simplest things like putting the instrument together, to playing particular warm-up excerpts, as well as playing or tuning the instrument with others.

Rewards:

• Students will be rewarded with being a part of a group. It is the fact students are being a part of a group that works together as a team to conquer challenges. The students are learning how to be social, working together in a group.
• In this musical class or group, these students will be able to possibly travel to places performing what they learned, music. These performances could be such things as community activities, concerts, or other performances which will show case the talents of these students.

Consequences:

• If students behave in an inappropriate manner, the students will be provided appropriate solutions to correct the situation.
• If things still are inappropriate, school actions such as detention will be provided thus leading to the call of parents/legal guardians by the teacher.
• If things seem to get progressively worse, then students will be warned and then lose chances to be a part of the group (ensemble).
• The final consequent when all other avenues have been exhausted would be bringing the problem to the school principal.