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Galloway Community Charter School

Management Section

The purpose of the management section is to ensure that the new teacher is able to efficiently manage learners in a way that best allows the class to accomplish the daily goals and objectives.

As a GCCS teacher, you are expected to

Understand what each learner has to offer in terms of prior knowledge, cultural background and abilities (Inventory the learner)
Plan and implement class meetings as a way to develop classroom norms and values, and create classroom procedures
Greate groups of learners based upon the needs of the lesson and students

References

Student Inventory

In order to have an effective classroom management system, you must first look at the students within the class. This is your student inventory. The student inventory includes the following pieces:

Learner Characteristics
Who is the learner?
What is the gender?
What is the age?
What is the ethnicity?
What is his/her prior knowledge?
What is the learning style of each student?

Personal and Social Characteristics
What is the maturity level?
How is he/she motivated? |
What is the attitude/work ethic of each student?
What are his/her special talents?
How does he/she react to different factors in the environment?

Cultural Characteristics
How is the learner being raised?
Who makes up his/her support system?
What do I need to know about holidays and traditions?

Special Needs
Is there an IEP?
Is there a 504 Plan?
Has there been PIRS?

A simple chart including most of these characteristics is helpful for getting to know your students in the beginning of the year. Most of this information will be gathered at home visits and during portfolio review.

Class Meetings

Class meetings are the most important way to express classroom management to your students. Within your Caring Schools Community kit, you will find lesson plans for class meetings. This information is an expansion of the "Ways We Want our Class to be" book. Your mentor is available to answer questions and model class meetings.

Grouping

According to GCCS procedures, teachers are expected to keep student desks in groups of four. How do you decide the best way to put students into these groups? One thing to keep in mind is that these groups can easily be used for cooperative learning activities. With that in mind, the focus of creating the groups should be on what research shows us.

According to Glass (2002) heterogeneous (mixed ability) grouping is the best policy for the classroom. This ensures that lower level pupils are offered equal exposure to the curriculum, that teachers maintain high expectations for all students and that higher level students are given the opportunity to assist the lower level students.

For more information on this research, visit

Arizona State University's Website

		Galloway Community Charter School Management Section
		Galloway Community Charter School Management Section
		The purpose of the management section is to ensure that the new teacher is able to efficiently manage learners in a way that best allows the class to accomplish the daily goals and objectives. As a GCCS teacher, you are expected to Understand what each learner has to offer in terms of prior knowledge, cultural background and abilities (Inventory the learner) Plan and implement class meetings as a way to develop classroom norms and values, and create classroom procedures Greate groups of learners based upon the needs of the lesson and students






References		Student Inventory In order to have an effective classroom management system, you must first look at the students within the class. This is your student inventory. The student inventory includes the following pieces: Learner Characteristics Who is the learner? What is the gender? What is the age? What is the ethnicity? What is his/her prior knowledge? What is the learning style of each student? Personal and Social Characteristics What is the maturity level? How is he/she motivated? \| What is the attitude/work ethic of each student? What are his/her special talents? How does he/she react to different factors in the environment? Cultural Characteristics How is the learner being raised? Who makes up his/her support system? What do I need to know about holidays and traditions? Special Needs Is there an IEP? Is there a 504 Plan? Has there been PIRS? A simple chart including most of these characteristics is helpful for getting to know your students in the beginning of the year. Most of this information will be gathered at home visits and during portfolio review.
		Class Meetings Class meetings are the most important way to express classroom management to your students. Within your Caring Schools Community kit, you will find lesson plans for class meetings. This information is an expansion of the "Ways We Want our Class to be" book. Your mentor is available to answer questions and model class meetings.
		Grouping According to GCCS procedures, teachers are expected to keep student desks in groups of four. How do you decide the best way to put students into these groups? One thing to keep in mind is that these groups can easily be used for cooperative learning activities. With that in mind, the focus of creating the groups should be on what research shows us. According to Glass (2002) heterogeneous (mixed ability) grouping is the best policy for the classroom. This ensures that lower level pupils are offered equal exposure to the curriculum, that teachers maintain high expectations for all students and that higher level students are given the opportunity to assist the lower level students. For more information on this research, visit Arizona State University's Website