1. EDM 703
Instructional Leadership
Chapter 7: Classroom Management
NURSHEHA BINTI MOHD HADZRI
M.Ed. Management and leadership
UiTM Malaysia
Resource:
Instructional Leadership by Anita and Wayne
3rd Edition

2. Classroom Management :
All of the things that a teacher does to
organize students, space, time and
materials so that instruction in content
and student learning can take place.

3. Leadership
Challenge’s
TeachersStudents
What are the Leadership Challenges?
Leadership Challenges
Principal
Teacher s/
Staffs
Students Parents

4. Leadership
Challenge’s
TeachersStudents
What are the Leadership Challenges?
Students walk around the classroom
during lessons.
Students interrupt while teacher is
attending to one group.
Some students listen , but ask a million
questions out off the topic / unrelated.
Challenging students

5. Leadership
Challenge’s
TeachersStudents
What are the Leadership Challenges?
Teachers try hard to control class, but
are completely overwhelmed.
Teachers desperately try to get control
of the situation.
Students ask challenging questions.
Teachers feel anxious and nervous
during lessons.
Challenges Faced By New
Teachers

6. Organizing the Learning Environment
How to organize the learning environment?
1. Gain their (students) cooperation
Dealing affectively with misbehavior
Different activities require different managerial
skills.
Friendship and status with peers
1. Manage the learning environment
• More time for learning
-allocated time
-engaged time
-academic learning time
• Access to learning
• Management for self-management

7. Creating a Positive Learning Environment
1. Rules and Procedures
• Procedure
• Rules
-Rules Elementary School
-Rules Secondary School
• Consequences
2. Planning for computer uses

8. Creating a Positive Learning Environment
Rules and Procedures
a) Procedures
Administrative routines
Student movement
Housekeeping
Lesson routines
Teacher-student interactions
Student-student interactions

9. Creating a Positive Learning Environment
1) Rules and Procedures
b) Rules
Statement specifying the
expected and forbidden
actions in class.
i. Rules Elementary School
ii. Rules Secondary School

10. Creating a Positive Learning Environment
Rules and Procedures
b) Rules
Elementary Secondary
• Be polite and helpful
• Respect other’s property
• Listen when others are
speaking
• Do not hit, shove, or hurt
others
• Obey all school rules
• Bring required materials to
class
• Seat and ready to work when
bell rings
• Respect and be polite to
everyone
• Respect other people’s
property
• Listen and stay seat while
others is speaking
• Obey all school rules

11. Creating a Positive Learning Environment
Rules and Procedures
c) Consequences
1. Separate the deed from the doer-the
problem is behavior not the students.
2. Highlight to students they have power to
choose their actions and avoid losing control.
3. Encourage students reflection and problem
solving- avoid teacher lecturing.
4. Help students identify problem and advise
them.

12. Creating a Positive Learning Environment
2. Planning for computer Uses
Management issues
1. Provide convenient access
2. Be prepared
3. Create trained expert to help with
computer
4. Develop system for using computer
5. Plan the arrangement of the computer
6. Experiment with other model for using
computer

13. Getting Started: The first Weeks of class
1. Effective Classroom managers for
Elementary Students
2. Effective Classroom managers for
Secondary Students
3. Creating a learning community

14. Getting Started: The first Weeks of class
1. Effective Classroom managers for
Elementary Students
• First day well planned & organized
• Deal with student’s main concerns
• Teach rules & procedures
• Whole group focus
• Appeal to student interests
• Monitor the whole group
• Stop misbehavior quickly

15. Getting Started: The first Weeks of class
2. Effective Classroom managers for
Secondary Students
• Establish rules, procedures, and standards
• Clearly communicate standards for work
• Consistently enforce expectations
• Monitor students closely
• Deal with rule infractions quickly
• Shorter work cycles for lower ability
students
• Monitor student progress carefully

16. 1. Creating a learning community
Getting Started: The first Weeks of class
Creating a learning
community
Cooperative community
Constructive conflict
resolution
Civic values

17. Maintaining a Good Learning Environment
1. Encouraging Engagement
2. Prevention Is The Best Medicine
With-it-ness
Overlapping and Group focus
Movement Management
Students Social skills as prevention
Caring relationship: Connections with
School

18. Dealing with Discipline Problems
Ways to stop misbehavior
Make eye contact
Try verbal hints
Aware of negative effects
Remind the students
Ask the students to state the correct rule
or procedure
Tell the students in a clear and assertive
way to stop misbehavior
Offer a choice

19. Dealing with Discipline Problems
1. Special problems with Secondary
Students
2. Special programs for Classroom
Management
Group consequences
Positive behavior Supports

20. Dealing with Discipline Problems
1. Special problems with Secondary
Students
Work not completed:
-Teach students how to use a daily planner
-Keep accurate records
-Enforce established consequences
-Do not grade on ‘the benefit of the doubt’
Continue to break rules:
-Seat student away from other students
-Catch them before they break the rules
-Enforce established consequences
-Don’t accept promises

21. Dealing with Discipline Problems
2. Special programs for Classroom
Management
Group consequences
-recommended for situations in which
students care about the approval of
their peers.
Positive behavior Supports
-for students with disabilities and
those who are being considered for
special education service.

22. QUESTION
ANSWER
OPINION
Sharing Part…..

23. Sharing Part…..
EXPERIENCES
Government
Teacher
Private
Teacher
Special School
Teacher