1. Please fill in your web.
Your
Content Food Pets
Area
Chocolate None
Basketball Mrs. Chambless
Softball
Golf Sports
Music
Sponge Activity
Log on to Computer Family SheDaisy
(Don’t Worry)
www.protopage.com/lchambless Rock
Explore the site John Blues
Ben Country
Nate Christian Rock

2. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
--William Butler Yeats

3.  Go to my Protopage:
www.protopage.com/lchambless
 Find the tab “New Teacher/All Teachers”
 Click in the blue box on the link that says “St. Clair
RESA New Teacher LiveBinder 2012”
 Watch video as a group!

4.  Take a Stand:
◦ Teacher makes a statement.
◦ Students stand up if they agree with the statement.
◦ Students sit down or stands up for next statement.
◦ *Used for Classbuilder activity or content.
1.Stand if you teach elementary
2.Stand if you teach middle school
3.Stand if you teach high school
4.Stand if you are a 1st year teacher
5.Stand if you are a 2nd or 3rd year teacher
6.Stand if you are feeling a little overwhelmed with
everything you have to do before school starts!

5. Ican write, explain, rehearse, and
reinforce my classroom procedures.
or
I can write my first day script which will
incorporate my classroom procedures.

6. Full Article is in LiveBinder

7.  Go to: LiveBinder
◦ Go to Article tab
◦ Read: Top 10 Things I Wish I Had Known When I
Started Teaching
Which number in the
article do you think is
most relevant for you to
follow as advice?

8. Procedures = Effective
Management

9. Procedure: What the teacher wants done
Routine: What the students do automatically
The number one problem in the
classroom is not discipline; it is the
lack of procedures and routines.
**Do not call a procedure a rule

10.  Don’t know them
 Have not been taught
 Have not practiced them-
◦ Show video clip #13 Tight Transitions

11.  Classroom procedures are statements of students expectations
necessary to participate successfully in classroom activities, to
learn, and to function effectively in the school environment.
 Classroom procedures tell a students how things operate in a
classroom, thus reducing discipline problems .
 Classroom procedures increase on-task time and reduce
classroom disruptions.
 Classroom procedures allow many different activities to take place
efficiently during the school day, often several at the same time,
with a minimum of wasted time and confusion.
Pair/Share: Talk to a neighbor and tell them
which reason is important to you.

12. What will students be expected to do:
 When entering your classroom (Web activity)
 When the bell rings *(prompts on board, work on desk, journaling/problems, group
projects, project list, other)
 When their pencil breaks
 When they have late work* (airplane story)
 When they correct homework
 When they need supplies
 When they finish their work early
 When they have a question
 When they need to use the restroom
 When they are absent * (assignment books/planners, list on board, file folder for each
class period, classroom assignment notebook, website, others)
 When they exit your class
 When another adult or student walks in the room

13.  Explain your procedures
 Rehearse
 Reinforce
Teach It
Practice It
Quiz It
(Numbered Heads Together)
Live It
(Be consistent with procedures)

14. 1. Look in Tab: Routines and Rules
2. Read 1 st Article: Providing Structure
Routines and Rules Checklist
1. Copy and paste article into your email or word
program.
2. Think about and write your routines under question 1.
3. Collaborate and share with others will working.
4. Save and email to yourself.

15.  Talk with your mentor teacher- look at their lesson plans
 Talk with students last years teachers- end of year
goals, special needs of students …
 Talk with the teachers in the grade above you- their
expectations of students entering their classrooms

16. 1. Am I in the right room?
2. Where am I supposed to sit?
3. What are the rules in this room?
4. What will I be doing this year?
5. How will I be graded?
6. Who is the teacher as a person?
7. Will the teacher treat me as a human being?
Email these to yourself

17.  Use a check list to ensure you are prepared
 Introduce Yourself
 Teach procedure for taking roll, lunch count, …
 Conduct a room tour

18.  Get to know your students & let your students get to
know you
◦ Getting to know you web activity
 First day to introduce yourself
 Second day as team building activity
 Third day as writing activity
Class Building Activity: Find Someone Who: has the
same music taste as you…

19.  Classroom Expectations Activity (team builder)
◦ Teacher’s expectations of students
◦ Students’ expectations of teacher
◦ Make poster and post on door
 Create your classroom climate
◦ Clam
◦ Organized
◦ Prepared
◦ Positive - reinforce positive behavior (“I like the way you…)
◦ Inviting
◦ Consistent
◦ Teamwork

20. Teacher’s Expectation
1. Be respectful of others
2. Be responsible
3. Do your best
4. Be prepared for class
5. Ask Questions
(only have 3-5 expectations)
What will your expectations be?
(Write yourself an email)

21. 1. Be Fair
2. Make Learning Fun
3. Be Helpful
4. Be Organized
5. Have Trustworthiness
6. Treat Everyone Nice
7. Do My Job
8. Have a Good Attitude
9. Be Supportive
10. Explain Things Well

22.  Use checklists to prepare (LiveBinder)
 Have your procedures written down
◦ Make list of procedures
◦ Write out your first day script (LiveBinder)
◦ See sample procedure PPT (LiveBinder)
Explore on LiveBinder Tabs
Classroom Management
Routines and Rules
First Day

23. Ican write, explain, rehearse, and
reinforce my classroom procedures.
or
I can write my first day script which will
incorporate my classroom procedures.

24. ASSIST for beginning teachers
(http://assist.educ.msu.edu/ASSIST
Teacher.net (Wong)
(http://teachers.net/gazette/wong.html)
Laura’s Protopage (Teaching Resources)
(www.protopage.com/lchambless)

25. Laura A. Chambless
Assistant Director
K-8 Math and Science
St. Clair RESA
499 Range Rd.
Marysville, MI 48040
810-455-4005(office)
chambless.laura@sccresa.org
www.protopage.com/lchambless

26. Life is about balance!
Learn to prioritize
Balance your personal and professional life